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Main Forums => Politics => Topic started by: Ben on February 23, 2018, 12:32:02 PM
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I thought I would start a list of business and other entities that are cutting ties to the NRA. Choose to do, or not do anything regarding them, but I figured it would be good to list them.
So far I know of:
First National Bank no longer issuing the NRA credit card.
Enterprise, Alamo, and National are no longer offering car rental discounts to NRA members.
I have heard, but not confirmed, that Best Western is also pulling NRA discounts.
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Too bad I rarely do business with any of those clowns.
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Hertz appears to still offer NRA discounts: https://www.hertz.com/rentacar/hertzlink/index.jsp?targetPage=NRA_org.jsp
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Also:
MetLife
Symantec Corp
SimpliSafe (Alarm Company)
Wyndham ended their relationship in 2017
Best Western has Tweeted they do not have an affiliation with and is not a corporate partner of the NRA
bob
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Also:
MetLife
Symantec Corp
SimpliSafe (Alarm Company)
Wyndham ended their relationship in 2017
Best Western has Tweeted they do not have an affiliation with and is not a corporate partner of the NRA
bob
Oh No! Not Wyndham, I actually use that one.
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Best Western has Tweeted they do not have an affiliation with and is not a corporate partner of the NRA
Well, that's a relief. I have a ton of points with them. Though I suppose using points means they're sorta paying me, so it would actually have been sticking it to them. :laugh:
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Symantec Corp
I've got a client who uses their hosted antivirus endpoint product. I think I'll advise an alternate solution next year.
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Metlife's statement lacks some awareness:
We value all our customers but have decided to end our discount program with the NRA.
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Metlife's statement lacks some awareness:
Same one that Enterprise gave.
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It's been many years since I was an NRA member. The political scare tactics asking for more money every week wore old fast.
If I had some money I would become a member again. And while I don't travel much these days I always used enterprise and Wyndham but I never will again.
Let the sjw keyboarders rule your business and you do not get mine.
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It's been many years since I was an NRA member. The political scare tactics asking for more money every week wore old fast.
If I had some money I would become a member again. And while I don't travel much these days I always used enterprise and Wyndham but I never will again.
Let the sjw keyboarders rule your business and you do not get mine.
I just said "*expletive deleted*ck it" and gave them $75 for a two year membership. The hate towards the NRA is actually pissing me off more than the NRA ever has... Which is saying something.
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I just said "*expletive deleted*ck it" and gave them $75 for a two year membership. The hate towards the NRA is actually pissing me off more than the NRA ever has... Which is saying something.
Maybe it's just me, but I seem to notice that:
Conservative boycotts either sometimes have an effect or else mostly have no effect.
Progressive boycotts and "shamings" almost always seem to have the opposite effect of their intention. They almost always seem to end up boosting the sales or positive publicity of their targets, or if they shame a business into caving to their demands, the business actually takes a hit.
I think it's because people ignore or just roll their eyes at conservative boycotts. However, the SJWs and progressives are just so absolutely annoying and self-righteous and smug when they do theirs, that they actually get fence sitters to go to the opposite side. Sorta like how Trump got elected. :)
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I just said "*expletive deleted*ck it" and gave them $75 for a two year membership. The hate towards the NRA is actually pissing me off more than the NRA ever has... Which is saying something.
I'm another slacker that had let my membership lapse a couple of years ago.
Just fixed it and won't have to worry about it for 5 years.
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Addressed my lax attitude about two weeks ago. May go ahead and add a couple years to the re-up.
Brad
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Well, phooey. I am due to re-up this month anyhow, and can't afford to make a statement by getting the Platinum-level Lifetime membership, or anything. =(
(Is Platinum level the one where you get to hunt Democrats on LaPierre's plantation, with a silenced, semiautomatic assault rifle, or is that the Royal Deluxe Grade, w/ Color Case Hardening and scrollwork membership level?)
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Thanks for the reminder. My membership has been lapsed for a few years.
Renewed today.
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Well, phooey. I am due to re-up this month anyhow, and can't afford to make a statement by getting the Platinum-level Lifetime membership, or anything. =(
(Is Platinum level the one where you get to hunt Democrats on LaPierre's plantation, with a silenced, semiautomatic assault rifle, or is that the Royal Deluxe Grade, w/ Color Case Hardening and scrollwork membership level?)
Must be the Royal Deluxe. I am at the Diamond II level and get constant sales pitches for the Platinum level, but they never mention any of those perks.
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I went to Life probably twenty years ago (for the lather jacket, man! :laugh: )* and then leveled up to Patron over the years, with the idea that with that, I have given enough to the NRA for my lifetime**. Keeping in line with my previous post though, this current crap really makes me want to send some dough to NRA/ILA. Just because.
* I don't know if any one else with Life has noticed, but it seems to really cut down on the NRA mailings. I went from a bajillion a month to maybe 3-4 per month. That's worth it right there! :lol:
** Though I did leave a small donation to the NRA in my Trust, just so I can stick it to the SJWs from the great beyond. =D
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I didn't realize the Dallas mayor now wants the NRA to "reconsider" holding the convention there this year. It might be too late (and not to dis our Texas members), but I hope the NRA DOES reconsider and goes somewhere else.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/02/24/kansas-and-nebraska-governors-welcome-nra-convention-after-dallas-official-s-warning.html
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If you don't want junk mail from the NRA call the number on your card, and tell them so:
877-NRA-2000
I did years ago, and haven't gotten junk mail since.
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Life member here. I’m torn. The down side is that they initiated some of the anti-gun legislation. My days of supporting “compromise” on the gun issue are long, long past and I am not impressed that they are supporting more anti-gun laws.
Okay, maybe a real compromise. About the only support I would have for the NRA’s bump stock ban is if it was worded such that bump stocks were considered machine guns and the registry was permanently opened to new MG stamps.
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Oh, on the car rental companies, Hertz is now out too. I think that's all the major rental companies you find at airports?
https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2018/02/24/i-cant-even-joe-scarborough-mika-brzezinskis-new-line-of-attack-on-nra-sends-heads-to-desks/
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If you don't want junk mail from the NRA call the number on your card, and tell them so:
877-NRA-2000
I did years ago, and haven't gotten junk mail since.
I was getting lots and lots of phone calls from them; always when I was not home and my wife answered the phone, which made her pissed at them *and* me. :mad: I finally talked to one of them and told them to stop calling. Also said I read all their emails but most of the snail mail goes straight in the trash, so save your stamps. I get almost no calls from them now (acceptable level), and not much junk mail. Not a whole lot of junk emails either, those mostly come from Second Amendment Foundation and the Republican Party.
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Life member here. I’m torn. The down side is that they initiated some of the anti-gun legislation. My days of supporting “compromise” on the gun issue are long, long past and I am not impressed that they are supporting more anti-gun laws.
Okay, maybe a real compromise. About the only support I would have for the NRA’s bump stock ban is if it was worded such that bump stocks were considered machine guns and the registry was permanently opened to new MG stamps.
Same boat here, lifer, but instead of mentioning my dissatisfaction with some of their efforts, I'd rather keep a "solid front" until the SJWgasm is spent.
Terry, 230RN
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Now airlines are making a political statement:
https://twitchy.com/bethb-313034/2018/02/24/why-must-you-get-political-even-more-companies-pull-their-benefits-for-nra-members/
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I was just thinking that Military Arms Channel has been boycotting the NRA lately, but that was because he was ticked off that they sent that letter asking the ATF to ban bump stocks with regulations. They are trying to steer people to the GOA.
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Just punted my Hertz membership. *expletive deleted*ck 'em
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You can add United and Delta.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/united-and-delta-cut-ties-to-nra-as-boycott-movement-spreads-to-global-corporations/ar-BBJx07h?li=BBnb7Kz
This is one of the biggest knee jerk reactions I have seen to anything. The left leaning media and people like Bloomberg and Soros has made the NRA the scapegoat when the real issue lies with federal, state and local agencies. But that wouldn't further their agenda.
bob
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Became a Life member years back when it was $300 and I actually could afford it.
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Not a whole lot of junk emails either, those mostly come from Second Amendment Foundation and the Republican Party.
Did SAF ever find somebody - anybody - else to quote from time to time? The constant "SAF President Alan Gottlieb said," slightly evolving to "SAF Founder and EVP said," really sounds like nobody else in the whole organization is capable of stringing two words together intelligently, even though the officers are nearly all noted gun rights writers.
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It appears this is the most recent list. Best Western is back on, so maybe they did have a relationship? Or maybe they're saying they won't have one? Chubb is interesting, as isn't that the company that underwrites the new NRA carry insurance?
15 brands have now ended their relationship with the @NRA:
1. @MetLife
2. @symantec
3. @BestWestern
4. @Wyndham
5. @Alamo
6. @NationalPro
7. @Enterprise
8. @FNBOmaha
9. @Hertz
10. @Budget
11. @Avis
12. @NortonOnline
13. @northAmericanVL
14. @SimpliSafe
15. @ChubbNA#BoycottNRA
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It appears this is the most recent list. Best Western is back on, so maybe they did have a relationship? Or maybe they're saying they won't have one? Chubb is interesting, as isn't that the company that underwrites the new NRA carry insurance?
Yes, Chubb was underwriting the NRA Carry Guard Insurance. I have a feeling it wasn't making them enough money so what did they have to lose. Now maybe they can come up with an insurance for Vapers in case their apparatus explodes in their face. ;)
bob
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Statement from NRA-ILA:
https://www.nraila.org/articles/20180224/nra-statement-on-corporate-partnerships
Not much content. Basically just "they don't stop us."
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Seems kinda ballsy to say F'you to 5 million customers (customers old enough to actually have money), especially in a way to imply that we are baby-killers.
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Seems kinda ballsy to say F'you to 5 million customers (customers old enough to actually have money), especially in a way to imply that we are baby-killers.
Also, as is now being pointed out in the newz (though not the MSM of course), people don't join the NRA for the discounts. The discounts are generally not that great anyway. The one or two times I looked into using them (both car rentals I think) I found equal or better deals elsewhere.
We join the NRA because of what they represent. So by highlighting businesses that are no longer associating with the NRA, all the SJWs are doing is creating a list of companies for NRA members to avoid.
With the car rental companies for example, they're not getting more SJW business because of their stance (they may continue to get the SJW business they were getting pre-stance), they're simply losing the business of 5 million NRA members. Plus, it would seem, some non-NRA members who just don't like bullies.
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I don't think it's a ballsy move. I think it's cowardly and short-sighted.
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Seems kinda ballsy to say F'you to 5 million customers (customers old enough to actually have money), especially in a way to imply that we are baby-killers.
:D Chuckle, chuckle, chuckle.
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I didn't even realize all these company's had NRA discounts. I don't use most of them anyway. But now I see them all in a negative light because they jumped on the bandwagon.
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I didn't even realize all these company's had NRA discounts. I don't use most of them anyway. But now I see them all in a negative light because they jumped on the bandwagon.
Yup.
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The recent anti-NRA backlash is having an effect.
I know of three people personally that have joined/rejoined NRA since this started. I've also seen many, many replies on local news stories where people have either stated they have joined for the first time, rejoined or renewed their membership because of the negative push.
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Did SAF ever find somebody - anybody - else to quote from time to time? The constant "SAF President Alan Gottlieb said," slightly evolving to "SAF Founder and EVP said," really sounds like nobody else in the whole organization is capable of stringing two words together intelligently, even though the officers are nearly all noted gun rights writers.
The SAF does mostly good work, but... I was really annoyed when they sold my address to a lot of other political organizations... I was wondering why I started getting junk mail from all sorts of anti-illegal alien organizations.
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So now, if you do a Google search for "AR-15" or "AR15", under the Shopping tab, you get no results.
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Fedex responds. Half good, half bad I guess. They could have just skipped the first part and simply stated the second. PR I guess.
https://twitchy.com/bethb-313034/2018/02/26/ha-boycottnra-will-hate-fedexs-epic-response-to-calls-for-dropping-nra-discounts/
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So now we have a backlash against the backlash?
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/26/georgia-lt-gov-will-kill-delta-tax-break-unless-airline-restores-nra-ties.html
Georgia Lt. Gov says will 'kill' Delta tax break unless airline reinstates relationship with NRA
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So now we have a backlash against the backlash?
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/26/georgia-lt-gov-will-kill-delta-tax-break-unless-airline-restores-nra-ties.html
Not sure how I feel about that one. On the one hand, I don't like the idea of any government making such demands of any private organization. Can you imagine the outcry on our side if a government demanded a company to re-establish a relationship with Brady Center of a Million Moms for Banning Handguns? On the other hand, the stick they're using is choosing not to enact a preferential tax break on avgas designed to primarily to benefit that company. Not sure I love the idea of that kind of preferential tax break in the first place.
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Not sure how I feel about that one. On the one hand, I don't like the idea of any government making such demands of any private organization. Can you imagine the outcry on our side if a government demanded a company to re-establish a relationship with Brady Center of a Million Moms for Banning Handguns? On the other hand, the stick they're using is choosing not to enact a preferential tax break on avgas designed to primarily to benefit that company. Not sure I love the idea of that kind of preferential tax break in the first place.
Yup. Bad idea.
I understand where he's coming from, but you don't want gov to butt into stuff like this. Anytime something like this is brought up, I ask myself what I would think if it was used for something I didn't like. The Harry Reid rule is a good yardstick for "when stuff backfires". Or possibly "What's good for the goose is good for the gander". Or, "Be careful what you wish for". :)
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So now we have a backlash against the backlash?
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/26/georgia-lt-gov-will-kill-delta-tax-break-unless-airline-restores-nra-ties.html
Don't think I actually like this.
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Dad heard today that because of all the NRA hate people *without* guns are even joining now. :rofl: I don't know where he heard it, but I actually believe it.
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Dad heard today that because of all the NRA hate people *without* guns are even joining now. :rofl: I don't know where he heard it, but I actually believe it.
Just seen a facebook post where someone shared a screenshot of someone from Australia who posted that they just bought an NRA membership. :rofl:
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Dad heard today that because of all the NRA hate people *without* guns are even joining now. :rofl: I don't know where he heard it, but I actually believe it.
Not proof of anything, but chatter on other gun forums has included a lot of "I finally got off my butt and joined" and "I just kicked in an extra donation to the NRA."
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Just seen a facebook post where someone shared a screenshot of someone from Australia who posted that they just bought an NRA membership. :rofl:
<Mr. Burns> Excellent <Mr. Burns>
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Not proof of anything, but chatter on other gun forums has included a lot of "I finally got off my butt and joined" and "I just kicked in an extra donation to the NRA."
I believe it. I reinstated my lapsed membership right after the Sandy Hook massacre.
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Life member, can't lapse.
If my clothes washer hadn't just eaten it's own drum, I'd be kicking some money over to them now. :(
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I just saw an (unverified) estimate that NRA membership grew by 500,000 over the weekend.
On the boycotting, it looks like even liberal Warren Buffett uses common sense, which makes sense considering how he acquired his wealth. Sadly, Blackrock, which also administers the Federal TSP retirement fund, is apparently looking at divesting from firearms related stuff. You can't really do that with an index tracking fund, but it's vexing that the people who handle my money would consider politicizing my money. MY money, not their money.
http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/warren-buffett-dont-think-berkshire-should-say-were-not-going-to-do-business-with-people-who-own-guns
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Dad heard today that because of all the NRA hate people *without* guns are even joining now. :rofl: I don't know where he heard it, but I actually believe it.
Of course they don't have guns. When the media polster calls them asking if they are a gun owner, they clearly say "No".
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Yup. Bad idea.
I understand where he's coming from, but you don't want gov to butt into stuff like this. Anytime something like this is brought up, I ask myself what I would think if it was used for something I didn't like. The Harry Reid rule is a good yardstick for "when stuff backfires". Or possibly "What's good for the goose is good for the gander". Or, "Be careful what you wish for". :)
It's a bad idea and I don't want to live in a country that does this.
However, given the left has already gone down this route (remember the "boycotts" from cities and states over the Religious Freedom bills?) I'm no longer opposed to this stuff.
The left has removed the gloves. They must be made to play by their own rules until they are ready to act civilly again.
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Erick Erickson, who I believe is a GA native, explains some of the back-story on GA/Delta. Starts about 1m 40s.
https://ricochet.com/podcast/erick-erickson-show/a-bully-by-any-other-name/
He says Delta has been throwing its weight around in the state, pushing it to the left. While he doesn't approve of Delta being punished for being anti-NRA, his message for Delta is "live by crony capitalism, die by crony capitalism."
(https://ca.non.co.il/extra/lectures/images/simpsons-nelson-ha-ha.jpg)
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Here's a new twist I just heard... Jeni' s ice cream (overpriced gourmet crap) is going to stop using FedEx for shipping unless FedEx dumps the NRA...
http://www.businessinsider.com/fedex-nra-deal-sparks-boycott-from-jenis-ice-cream-2018-2
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That one tweet about choosing the NRA over the American people made me laugh. It's like they don't realize that the NRA is made up of, wait for it, American people.
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That one tweet about choosing the NRA over the American people made me laugh. It's like they don't realize that the NRA is made up of, wait for it, American people.
Well, there is at least one Australian . . .
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Here's a new twist I just heard... Jeni' s ice cream (overpriced gourmet crap) is going to stop using FedEx for shipping unless FedEx dumps the NRA...
http://www.businessinsider.com/fedex-nra-deal-sparks-boycott-from-jenis-ice-cream-2018-2
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: She thinks that her 100,000+ shipments a year is going to make a dent in FedEx's bottom line when (according to FedEx's own page) they handle >14,000,000 a day.
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:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: She thinks that her 100,000+ shipments a year is going to make a dent in FedEx's bottom line when (according to FedEx's own page) they handle >14,000,000 a day.
Well, has-been band Blink 182 or whatever their name is also boycotted Fedex. What do they do, ten packages a year? :laugh:
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:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: She thinks that her 100,000+ shipments a year is going to make a dent in FedEx's bottom line when (according to FedEx's own page) they handle >14,000,000 a day.
If it saves just one life makes enough customers think she's woke AF.
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Not looking too good for entities boycotting the NRA
https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2018/02/28/backfire-alert-heres-some-unsettling-news-for-all-companies-that-caved-to-threats-from-the-anti-nra-crowd/ (https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2018/02/28/backfire-alert-heres-some-unsettling-news-for-all-companies-that-caved-to-threats-from-the-anti-nra-crowd/)
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Not looking too good for entities boycotting the NRA
https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2018/02/28/backfire-alert-heres-some-unsettling-news-for-all-companies-that-caved-to-threats-from-the-anti-nra-crowd/ (https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2018/02/28/backfire-alert-heres-some-unsettling-news-for-all-companies-that-caved-to-threats-from-the-anti-nra-crowd/)
Ahem.
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Who could ever have guessed that spitting on people (we'll call it, minimum ~25% of the country) might have negative conseqences? Something, something, basket of deplorables?
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I'm calling Delta to complain. They had a 68 min waiting time to speak to a rep. They are supposedly going to call me back.
Here's there number:
1 (800) 221-1212
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I know there's at least one thing I need that I can order from Amazon today. I think I'll also stream a few segments of NRA TV from both Amazon and my Roku. :)
https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2018/03/01/today-is-alyssa-milanos-march1nraboycott-of-amazon-apple-and-fedex-everyone-shop-stream-and-ship/
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I know there's at least one thing I need that I can order from Amazon today. I think I'll also stream a few segments of NRA TV from both Amazon and my Roku. :)
https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2018/03/01/today-is-alyssa-milanos-march1nraboycott-of-amazon-apple-and-fedex-everyone-shop-stream-and-ship/
I ordered a couple of gun bits, but this would also have been appropriate.
https://www.amazon.com/Hands-Off-My-Gun-Defeating/dp/1455584339/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1455584339&pd_rd_r=K42DMYXFY8YR7ZYMEHWP&pd_rd_w=FHM2Z&pd_rd_wg=9KYPk&psc=1&refRID=K42DMYXFY8YR7ZYMEHWP
Should we send one to Alyssa?
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I've never watched NRA-TV; is it any good? I have a Roku now.
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I've never watched NRA-TV; is it any good? I have a Roku now.
I've never watched it actually, but just thought this would be a good time to check it out. =D
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I've never watched NRA-TV; is it any good? I have a Roku now.
I just got it. The American Rifleman show was decently interesting. The talking heads stuff is talking heads, but for background noise it's better then the talking heads on CNN. (I've had the live stream on for about an hour)
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Well, it looks like Delta has made a fool of itself (and likely pissed off its shareholders). Digging, by USA Today no less, showed that Delta has only ever issued 13 - yes, thirteen - NRA discounted tickets. Compare that to how many NRA members and others are now booking other airlines. :laugh:
https://twitchy.com/sarahd-313035/2018/03/02/now-that-is-funny-turns-out-deltas-gun-control-pr-stunt-was-even-stupider-than-you-thought/
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Yeah. I don’t think I’ve ever actually used my NRA card for a discount. I’d bet most members don’t. A lot of companies are going to lose a lot of potential customers who never used NRA membership status for discounts, but now will remember who they won’t do business with again.
I also think a lot of people get caught up in thinking the NRA only has those 5 million members number that is often referred to. I’d bet it is more like 5 to 10 times that number that consider themselves members. I’ve personally considered myself a member since I was in my teens, but I didn’t always actually have a paid membership. I’d guess like many forget to renew for awhile, then renew for a year or three; then forget for awhile again. The whole time they would still side with and consider themselves a member so to speak.
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George Will wrote about that in 2004:
AARP (formerly the American Association of Retired Persons), with nearly 36 million members, is the nation's third-largest organization (behind the Catholic Church and the American Automobile Association). The NRA has "only" 4 million adult members. Thirty states and the District of Columbia have smaller voting-age populations. And whereas slightly more than 50 percent of age-eligible Americans have voted in recent elections (51 percent voted in 2000), about 95 percent of NRA members vote. Liberals who lament voter apathy should be careful what they wish for.
Each of the 4 million pays $35 in annual dues. Polls indicate that another 14 million Americans think that they are NRA members and an additional 28 million think they are affiliated in some way with the NRA because of their membership in one or more of the 35,000 shooting and hunting clubs.
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Delta CEO: "We are supporters of the 2nd Amendment"
:rofl:
https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2018/03/02/backpedal-alert-delta-ceos-attempt-at-2a-damage-control-is-hilariously-pitiful/
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Yeah. I don’t think I’ve ever actually used my NRA card for a discount. I’d bet most members don’t. A lot of companies are going to lose a lot of potential customers who never used NRA membership status for discounts, but now will remember who they won’t do business with again.
True. I've always found that my AAA discount was equal to or better than the NRA discount.
The transfer case on my Cherokee blew yesterday. I would have just gone to Enterprise and rented a car until I can get the Cherokee fixed, but all the car rental companies seem to be in "collusion" to discriminate against NRA members ... so I called a friend in my Jeep club and he's lending me a car until mine gets fixed. Sorry, Enterprise. If you don't want my business, you won't get my business.
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This was very interesting to me. It's suggesting that large groups and corporations were ramped up for an incident like Parkland, not necessarily Parkland itself, as the current driver.
I'm once again incredibly disappointed in outdoor companies like REI. I really like a lot of their stuff, but sorry REI, you're out. As a side note, I didn't know that Camelbak was related to Vista Outdoors (also a boycott target). I am lukewarm about the Camelbak response. I suppose they were going for an "unbiased" response, given they have a pretty wide cross-section of users.
https://www.snewsnet.com/news/mec-drops-vista-outdoor-camelbak-responds
https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2018/03/03/must-read-thread-on-how-activists-are-pressuring-cos-like-delta-to-drop-the-nra-gun-industry/
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This was very interesting to me. It's suggesting that large groups and corporations were ramped up for an incident like Parkland, not necessarily Parkland itself, as the current driver.
I'm once again incredibly disappointed in outdoor companies like REI. I really like a lot of their stuff, but sorry REI, you're out. As a side note, I didn't know that Camelbak was related to Vista Outdoors (also a boycott target). I am lukewarm about the Camelbak response. I suppose they were going for an "unbiased" response, given they have a pretty wide cross-section of users.
https://www.snewsnet.com/news/mec-drops-vista-outdoor-camelbak-responds
https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2018/03/03/must-read-thread-on-how-activists-are-pressuring-cos-like-delta-to-drop-the-nra-gun-industry/
Here too on REI. I've been a member for probably over 30 years and spent a lot of money in their stores and online. I've physically made purchases in REI stores in at least 5 different states. I even have an REI Credit Card. No more, canceling membership, CC, and will not buy from them again. I emailed the board to let them know too. I think they will be surprised by the number of gun owners that also are outdoor enthusiasts (rock climbing, mountain biking, hiking, backpacking, etc.) that previously shopped at and supported REI.
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Here too on REI. I've been a member for probably over 30 years and spent a lot of money in their stores and online. I've physically made purchases in REI stores in at least 5 different states. I even have an REI Credit Card. No more, canceling membership, CC, and will not buy from them again. I emailed the board to let them know too. I think they will be surprised by the number of gun owners that also are outdoor enthusiasts (rock climbing, mountain biking, hiking, backpacking, etc.) that previously shopped at and supported REI.
Even more than gun owners. They definitely seem to be targeting a particular customer base more than ever in recent years, as can be seen by their stance in Utah. Which I guess is fine. They will lose some customers and gain others.
I don't mind shopping at a store known as liberal, but I just won't shop at a store that is actively liberal. If the owner/corporation has different political viewpoints than me, I can generally live with that. When they say they hate me and don't want me in their stores, well, to paraphrase, "It's not me, it's you."
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I too wrote to the REI board with a reminder that there are more retailers than ever who sell products that are identical to, or credible substitutes for, everything REI sells. I’ve been a member for over 20 years, but it wouldn’t inconvenience me one iota if every one of their stores disappeared overnight.
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Told REI to stuff their dividend today. I'm a gun guy along with being a mountain biking, hiking, backpacking and kayaking guy. Oddly enough I also discovered a local outfitter who has great prices and a nice selection of gear and whose second floor is filled with guns, archery and fishing gear. =D
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Told REI to stuff their dividend today. I'm a gun guy along with being a mountain biking, hiking, backpacking and kayaking guy. Oddly enough I also discovered a local outfitter who has great prices and a nice selection of gear and whose second floor is filled with guns, archery and fishing gear. =D
The bastage!
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This is one angry coffee company:
https://twitchy.com/samj-3930/2018/03/04/load-it-point-it-at-your-face-toro-coffee-co-gets-rekt-for-telling-gun-owner-to-shoot-himself/
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:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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Just re-joined a few minutes ago after a 5 or 6 year lapse. Been meaning to, this is as good a time as any if not better.
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https://www.facebook.com/theconservativemillennialblog/videos/2611421478998563/
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Freakin' Orvis. Like an 18 year old can afford one of their $5000 shotguns anyway. This one actually seems good to go for an OR style lawsuit, given that they "will and they won't" sell to an 18 year old, depending.
https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2018/03/07/orvis-wins-momsdemand-seal-of-approval-after-announcement-on-gun-sales/
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https://www.facebook.com/theconservativemillennialblog/videos/2611421478998563/
A mighty LOL issued forth from my auditory orifice thinking of the poor snowflakes who will inevitably watch only the first 15 or 20 seconds, then dutifully share with their fellow snowflakians in spittle-enhanced outrage.
:rofl:
Brad
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https://www.facebook.com/theconservativemillennialblog/videos/2611421478998563/
Some people just have to bring abortion into everything.
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Some people just have to bring abortion into everything.
I see what you did there.
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Some people just have to bring abortion into everything.
I chuckled.
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I chuckled.
I think several of us did. :lol: ;/
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I've got a client who uses their hosted antivirus endpoint product. I think I'll advise an alternate solution next year.
The Symantec licenses are expiring and we are migrating.
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I went to Life probably twenty years ago (for the lather jacket, man! :laugh: )*
me too! though in 2004 i think, but i have moved around so much i have not updated my address to get the magazine.
the leather jacket still looks good and still gets a reaction, tho folks always confuse it with the Marine Corps logo