Anti Gun Violence activists to protest FedEx, Hertz, and Wyndham Worldwide for supporting the NRA

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NEW YORK, NY, (NOV. 25, 2016) — In a protest at FedEx, Hertz, and Wyndham Worldwide locations in Midtown Manhattan, Gays Against Guns will demand that the three companies halt their generous discounts for NRA members because the money those members save ends up in the gun lobby’s bank account.

“The NRA spent $52 million in outside spending to elect Donald Trump and pro-gun senators and representatives this year,” said Ken Kidd, a member of Gays Against Guns, an anti-gun violence group that was founded following the June 2016 massacre in an Orlando LGBTQ club that left 49 dead. “Some of that cash came from NRA members who saved money doing business with FedEx, Hertz, and Wyndham Worldwide. If these companies want to do business with the rest of us, they have to stop doing business with the gun radicals at the NRA.”

FedEx gives NRA members discounts of up to 26 percent on shipping firearms. Hertz gives NRA members discounts of up to 25 percent on ALL car rentals. Wyndham Worldwide discounts its hotel room rates up to 25 percent for guests who check in via the NRA website or who show an NRA membership card. Some of the money that NRA members save with FedEx, Hertz, and Wyndham ends up in the NRA’s bank account. That same NRA bank account siphons money straight to politicians, like Donald Trump.

The cash raised from these transactions with NRA members can be substantial. In a recent solicitation sent to NRA members, First Bankcard, a division of the First National Bank of Omaha, a large privately held bank, the credit card provider boasted that “Over $24 million has been raised to date!” for the NRA.

Gays Against Guns is a direct action group committed to ending gun violence in America through sensible gun law reform, a reinstatement of the assault weapons ban, and universal background checks. Founded in June 2016 after a mass shooting in an LGBTQ nightclub in Orlando that left 49 people dead, GAG believes that gun violence is a public health issue that disproportionately affects people of color, religious minorities, and LGBTQ Americans. It has chapters in New York, Los Angeles, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Washington, DC.

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