Sunday, March 25, 2018
A List of the Companies Cutting Ties With the N.R.A.
This article is pretty straight forward and talks about several companies that have chosen to cut ties with the NRA after the recent Parkland shooting. Much talk has arisen about how the economy will be effected as a result, especially gun sales and the NRA. Another conversation to potentially be having is how the companies that cut ties will be effected. For instance, a strong supporter of the NRA might not want to be a customer of one of the companies that cut ties. Like Delta airlines, for example, could potentially lose business due to peoples political agendas regarding guns and the NRA. On the other hand, business could fluctuate in a positive way for companies because of the very same reason. If someone had a very strong dislike for the NRA, they might intentionally gravitate more towards the companies that cut ties, more than they otherwise would have. Either way, the economy could be effected by more than just gun sales, but also these companies' decision to cut ties with the NRA.
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That's a good point of discussion. It's only fitting that Remington, one of the oldest gun producers, decided to file bankruptcy the same weekend as protests happened all over the world to enforce gun control. I think the NRA is finally starting to lose the strong hold it used to have and this will only stimulate the economy, hopefully for the better.
It will be interesting to see if the NRA continues to have the same lobbying power they have had for so many years going forward. If they begin to lose the backing of big weapons manufacturers, their influence might wane.
Guns do not kill people; people do. Companies should focus on funding mental health programs versus cutting ties with a legitimately moral industry.
The United States doesn't have any more of a mental health problem than the next country, or else we'd see similar evidence of gun violence in said countries. Data shows that the number of mental health professionals per capita, the rate of severe mental disorders, and the mental health spending rate in the United States is closely in line with those of other wealthy countries. So something else must be the main contributing factor to other countries' low gun homicide rates- it could perhaps be stricter gun laws, which research suggests. But since we're blaming mental health, why hasn't the NRA themselves put money towards mental health programs? If that's what you and many other gun/NRA advocates are suggesting is necessary to lower gun violence, why doesn't the NRA put its money towards more mental health programs instead of funding political campaigns? Which usually consist of politicians opposed to expanding universal healthcare that would otherwise address the United States' outrageous mental health problem.
I think this is going to end up being a defining factor of the push for gun rights. Voting with your wallet is a great means of getting a message across, and I think will be respected by companies like Delta and special interest groups even more than a march.
I agree with Madeleine, I think voting with your wallet is what will get the message across and companies who are brave enough to take a stance will hopefully be rewarded for it.
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