People attending a conservative conference where the head of the National Rifle Association called for more armed security in the wake of the Parkland high school killings said they would support tougher background checks and keeping guns out of the hands of people with mental health problems, but were divided about outfitting school personnel with weapons.
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President Trump used the “listening session” to suggest that teachers in United States schools should be trained and armed with firearms in order to tackle gun violence. Guns are acts of violence against America’s most marginalized communities.
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“Banks and other companies are sensitive to being on the wrong side of a social media campaign, which can spread pretty quickly these days”, said Erik Gordon, a University of MI business professor who has taught classes on marketing.
The NRA has opposed gun restrictions saying it could lead to an erosion of the Second Amendment and other civil rights.
For the record, Rubio has accepted $3.3 million from the gun rights organization so far in his political career. The group has not commented on companies cutting ties.
Mark Barden, whose son was killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in CT, told Trump that his wife, Jackie, a teacher, would say ‘school teachers have more than enough responsibilities right now than to have to have the awesome responsibility of lethal force to take a life.
At the White House, Trump told local and state school officials he had discussed his ideas to stem gun violence in schools with the NRA, the politically influential gun lobby that backed him in the 2016 campaign.
In response to the new political threat of hundreds of furious, social-media savvy teenagers organizing agains the NRA, LaPierre did not have much new to offer besides attacks on the integrity of American law enforcement.
The nation’s largest privately-owned bank holding company and a major auto rental chain said Thursday they will stop promotions aimed at National Rifle Association members.
-Avis and Hertz. Like Enterprise, the competing auto rental companies also offer discounts to NRA members.
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LaPierre, who was not listed on CPAC’s official schedule, accused Democrats of making gun control a political issue in order to achieve their ultimate goal to “eradicate all individual freedoms”.
The insurance company said it is ending its discount program offered to NRA members.
LaPierre had barely stepped down from the stage when the advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety tweeted this blast from LaPierre’s past. Many of those tweeting are in the entertainment industry.
“They hate the NRA”.
“President Trump and our entire administration will continue to take strong action to make our schools safe and to give law enforcement and our families the tools they need to deal with those struggling with unsafe mental illness”, Pence said.
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The target of its ire is NRATV, which describes itself as “America’s Most Patriotic Team on a Mission to Take Back The Truth”. This comes a day after he was confronted at a CNN town hall by Parkland students and parents over his pro-gun votes and support from the NRA. But the backlash against the NRA reached a fever pitch Friday with the hashtag #BoycottNRA trending on Twitter and at least nine corporate brands publicly saying they are not affiliated with the group.
