Hertz ends rental car discount program with NRA

He also pushed hard for arming security guards and many teachers in USA schools.

A handful of companies have ended discount programs with the NRA as the group aggressively resists calls for stricter gun control after a gunman killed 17 people at a Florida high school last week. The group devotes massive resources to fighting gun regulations in the name of the Second Amendment to the Constitution, which protects the right to bear arms.

The correct response to the Florida shooting, he said, was more armed security on school campus – not fewer guns in the United States.

In Florida, meanwhile, funerals continued. Those of you who are younger can encourage as many people as possible to vote. In his view, the solution includes pay bonuses for teachers willing to pack weapons. Poehler’s Parks co-creator, Mike Schur, tweeted at the N.R.A., asking them not to use the GIF to promote a “pro-slaughter” agenda.

Jaw set and eyes blazing, Marjory Stoneman Douglas senior Ryan Deitsch asked Florida Sen. Marco Rubio said he now is open to raising age limits for long-gun purchases.

The NRA is one of the country’s most powerful lobbying groups for gun rights and claims 5 million members.

Wyndham Hotel Group said in a statement that it “ended our relationship with the NRA late past year”.

They have taken to social media to urge peers to hold a National School Walkout on March 14 and converge on Washington ten days later for the “March For Our Lives”.

When the N.R.A. used a GIF of Parks and Recreation character Leslie Knope to thank spokeswoman Dana Loesch for speaking out at the Sunrise town hall, Amy Poehler was not happy. “Now I’m not saying that you love the tragedy, but I am saying that you love the ratings”.

Hammer said the NRA “conceptually” supports the idea of restricting gun access to the mentally ill but could not comment on the specific proposals by the governor and legislators because they had not yet released the language and “this is very tricky stuff”. What’s worse is Trump’s pivot to embrace the NRA’s solution: more guns. The country is with them, even if their government is not. “All three of our brands have ended the discount for NRA members”, said a tweet on the Enterprise Rent-A-Car account. So does Sen. Bill Nelson, up for reelection. Jeff Flake recently said via Twitter. A Quinnipiac Poll on Thursday showed that 67 percent of Americans favor a nationwide ban on assault rifles, against 29 percent opposed.

Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said he was skeptical the president would follow though. Everytown for Gun Safety, the largest U.S. gun control advocacy group, formed a youth branch this week after receiving thousands of enquiries from students around the country and is opening chapters in four states.

“What [was] relatively invisible up until this point in time is now visible”, Beal said. “I can’t speak for others but I will not be returning until meaningful gun control legislation is in place”.

Other companies distanced themselves from the NRA on Friday. Currently, state law only allows those 21 and older can carry concealed weapons. The organization said anti-gun activists aided by congressional Democrats are trying to convince the president he should “support their disastrous gun control efforts”, the message said. A year earlier, Starbucks Corp. made a similar statement after the Newtown, Connecticut, shooting.