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United and Delta Airlines both announced over the weekend that they have notified the National Rifle Association that they will no longer offer discounted rates for the NRA membership. Both companies have asked the NRA to remove these offers from its website.
These airlines made the move in the wake of a mass shooting that killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. last week and follow similar decisions earlier week by rental car companies Hertz, Enterprise and Avis Budget to end their NRA discounts.
The NRA responded by saying “The law-abiding members of the NRA had nothing at all to do with the failure of that school’s security preparedness, the failure of America’s mental health system, the failure of the National Instant Check System or the cruel failures of both federal and local law enforcement,” adding that “The loss of a discount will neither scare nor distract one single NRA member from our mission to stand and defend the individual freedoms that have always made America the greatest nation in the world.”
