Gun Control & RKBA

SecularMotion

(7,981 posts) Fri Jun 27, 2014, 01:17 PM Jun 2014

Visa urged to to sever links with National Rifle Association

Visa is facing calls to scrap an array of credit cards it is offering to members of the National Rifle Association.

The role of the NRA in resisting moves to curb gun ownership and impose stricter checks has come under greater scrutiny following a recent series of shooting sprees, in several cases on college campuses.

Earlier this month President Barack Obama repeated his calls for tighter gun laws in the wake of the 74th school shooting in the 18 months since the Sandy Hook elementary school massacre in Connecticut.

Thousands of campaigners have already signed a petition calling for Visa to end its association with the lobby group.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10929469/Visa-urged-to-to-sever-links-with-National-Rifle-Association.html

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Visa urged to to sever links with National Rifle Association (Original Post) SecularMotion Jun 2014 OP

Another opportunity for gun control groups to demonstrate their impotence hack89 Jun 2014 #1

What makes you think Visa is going to pay anything more than passing attention IronGate Jun 2014 #2

Talk about living in a fantasy world! DonP Jun 2014 #3

hack89

(39,171 posts)

1. Another opportunity for gun control groups to demonstrate their impotence

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Fri Jun 27, 2014, 02:39 PM

Jun 2014

I am sure Visa is shaking in their shoes.

IronGate

(2,186 posts)

2. What makes you think Visa is going to pay anything more than passing attention

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Fri Jun 27, 2014, 03:17 PM

Jun 2014

to a worthless online petition?
Visa will do what's best for it's bottom line and that doesn't include dropping NRA themed Visa cards.
All this will do is show the continuing impotence of gun control groups.

DonP

(6,185 posts)

3. Talk about living in a fantasy world!

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Fri Jun 27, 2014, 04:47 PM

Jun 2014

I'm sure an online petition, signed by a few thousand (and I'm being very generous with that number) malcontents, too cheap to join gun control organizations with dues, will make them immediately drop their profitable cards offered to 5 million NRA members.

Then are you going after the NRA Mastercards too?

Why would any business bother listening to you?

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