Why companies are abandoning the NRA
The aftermath of a mass shooting in America is tragically familiar.
After the shock and grief, advocates push lawmakers to pass stricter gun
laws. The NRA stands its ground. Nothing really changes. But something
else is happening after the attack at a high school in Parkland,
Florida. People are pushing companies to cut ties with the powerful gun
lobby. Advocates are targeting not weapons makers, but banks, rental car
agencies, airlines, insurers and other companies with ties to the NRA.
"Americans have had it," said Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand
Action for Gun Sense in America, a group that calls for gun law reform.
"This feels like a different energy level," she added. In many cases,
Source: Yahoo News
Source: Yahoo News
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