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February 24th, 2018, 11:20 PM #31
Re: Car rental and banks severing ties with NRA
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http://www.breitbart.com/big-governm...-nra-campaign/
On February 24, Breitbart News reported the names of seven companies:
First National Bank of Omaha
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Symantec
Metlife
Delta Airlines
United
Best Western
First National Bank of Omaha announced it will not longer offer an NRA Visa Card, and the other six companies announced an end to discounts for NRA members. CNN Money reports that United’s NRA related discount consisted of a lower fare for those flying to the NRA annual meeting. The lower fare for NRA travelers is no more.
Newsweek reports that these companies have cut ties with the NRA as well:
Alamo Rent a Car
Avis
Allied Van Lines
Budget
Chubb Insurance
Hertz
North American Van Lines
Paramount Rx
SimpliSafe
TrueCar
Some of the companies listed by Newsweek are part of larger companies that decided to cut ties with the NRA. For example, Alamo Rent-a-Car is an Enterprise Rent-A-Car brand, so its ties with the NRA were severed along with those of Enterprise.Last edited by fallenleader; February 25th, 2018 at 12:07 AM.
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February 24th, 2018, 11:53 PM #32Grand Member
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February 25th, 2018, 12:13 AM #33
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February 25th, 2018, 12:17 AM #34
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I didn't renew after they threw bump stocks out with the bath water.
This shit makes me want to join out of spite.
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The outdoor recreation economy is officially a big deal. On Wednesday, the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released numbers detailing the economic power of the outdoor recreation industry, showing it comprises 2 percent ($373.7 billion) of the entire 2016 U.S. Gross Domestic Product.
It’s an impressive figure that puts it on the scale of industries like construction (4.3 percent); legal services (1.3 percent); agriculture, including farming, forestry, and fishing (1 percent); and, most significantly, mining, oil, and gas extraction (1.4 percent). The report also stipulates that the outdoor industry is growing by 3.8 percent, a faster rate than the overall economy (2.8 percent).
The BEA report was two years in the making, initiated when President Obama signed the Outdoor Recreation Jobs and Economic Impact Act. Signed in 2016, it directed the federal agency to measure the outdoor economy with the same tools it uses to chart other industries and the economy as a whole. “We’ve wanted our industry to be counted as a discrete sector of the economy for more than a decade now,” says Amy Roberts, executive director of the Outdoor Industry Association (OIA). “We are really pleased to have data that allows us to talk about our industry in the same ways that other industries that use public lands are discussed.”
Wait, I thought we already had numbers for the size of the outdoor industry?
The BEA’s report differs from the OIA’s own 2017 report, which said that outdoor recreation was $887 billion in size. Both reports measured the breadth of outdoor recreation—from outdoor equipment manufacturing and retail, to recreation businesses like ski resorts and fishing guiding services, to travel expenses like lodging and gas. The big difference was in methodology. In addition to the $373 billion GDP figure, the BEA also measured gross output from the outdoor recreation economy, a figure that totaled $673 billion, and is as close as it gets to an apples-to-apples comparison with the OIA report. There are two big differences between the OIA and BEA approaches, however. The BEA report did not measure the revenue generated from apparel and equipment manufactured overseas (the lion’s share of outdoor gear), though it did account for the revenue generated when that gear was sold at retail.
Perhaps more important, the BEA did not measure travel expenses or spending on recreation trips less than 50 miles from home. “We know that two-thirds of all outdoor recreation happens within those 50 miles,” says Roberts, who says that difference is likely to blame for the discrepancy between the BEA and OIA figure.
What exactly is the outdoor recreation industry?
The report broke down the outdoor economy into three sections: “conventional core activities” (things like bicycling, hiking, hunting), “other core activities” (like agritourism, outdoor festivals, and even amusement parks), and “supporting activities” (travel, government, construction).
The core activities we typically think about when we think of the outdoor economy make up nearly 40 percent of the industry total. By far the largest sector was the motorized vehicle industry, which was valued at roughly $60 billion. That was followed by the boating and fishing industry, hunting and shooting, the equestrian industry, and, finally, what the report called “other conventional outdoor recreation activities”—backpacking, climbing, and other outdoor gear-related sports—were valued at $10 billion, well behind the hook-and-bullet industries.
Granted, a custom RV, sprinter, or bass boat can run tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of dollars. But the discrepancy will no doubt cause some controversy and a bit of reflection within the industry—many hiker, bikers, and climbers barely even think of hunters and ATVers as being in the same category. But some hope the report will bring the various cultures and user groups together. “Today especially, people within those cultures pop across the boundaries all the time,” says Luis Benitez, director of Colorado’s Outdoor Recreation Industry Office. “I have a gun safe, I hunt, I fly-fish, hike, climb, I also have a dirt bike. So the time has come to bring all those together.”
Indeed, Roberts, the OIA’s executive director, notes that the loud and effective pushback in 2017 on Utah Representative Jason Chaffetz to sell off public lands was so effective in killing the bill largely because it was led by sportsman’s groups. “It shows that to protect public lands we need to be unified,” she says.
So the government did some math—what’s the big deal?
It makes a big difference that this is a number derived from an established and trusted government agency and not a private industry association. The OIA could publish as many detailed reports as it wants. That doesn’t mean that its number could be used by civil servants as they make decisions that concern the land people recreate on. “Land managers haven’t been able to gauge the positive impacts on the economy for recreation,” says Steve Barker, co-founder of the travel gear company Eagle Creek and former interim executive director of the OIA. “They knew how many board feet were taken out, or how much the mining revenue was, but now they’ll be able to look at the impact of recreation in these communities.”
What’s more, the number gives a solid comparison with other industries. Before, activists and conservationists could only point to a number derived by the OIA. (The equivalent of Exxon Mobil touting all the great things that the American Petroleum Institute said about the industry.) Now, the industry knows where it stands. “In the past we haven’t been recognized as a viable part of the economy,” Barker says. “Now we can show that we are, and that we’re growing faster than the overall economy.”
How do we turn these numbers into more recreation opportunities?
Roberts notes that the foremost opportunity presented by the bill is to pressure Congress to restore funding to recreation opportunities on public lands. “With these numbers we can show that investing in outdoor rec will spur the economy,” she says. “The upcoming infrastructure bill is a great opportunity to build trails and keep campgrounds open. Putting dollars into outdoor recreation infrastructure, especially in rural areas that have been suffering from the decline in extraction industries, is a smart way to rebuild those economies.”
Former Black Diamond president, Peter Metcalf, who now serves as a board member for several conservation organizations, agrees. “We need a large, organized, pro recreation, pro public lands campaign,” he says. “It should be funded by a pro-public lands PAC. We need several telegenic talking heads who can take this message to TV and radio in places that are impacted by public lands. The underlying narrative must be that these numbers are larger and more sustainable than the contributions of dying legacy industries.”
If you made it this far , this is where we must fight back against these miss-informed individuals.
WE own the Outdoors , We Hunt , Fish , Camp , Shoot , We are the economic engine they want to destroy without even realizing it .
Call your Wildlife commissioners and tell them that they need to know that the next game permit won't be purchased unless
they tell their bosses they better get off the anti gunner kick . Because that is the only way we win this fight , hit em where it hurts .
Emotion rules em when tragedy happens and all common sense goes out the window .
BUT if millions of dollars aren't flowing in to keep the ball rolling they will listen . (now that they actually know the numbers)
Call your dnrc and dmvs' and let them know you won't be re-registering your boat , or atv due to the infringing of your 2nd amendment rights
since won't have need of the tools of being outdoors if your rights are being infringed upon .
Calling your local officials so far hasn't worked for us , So let the money managers call em for us .
The only pain they feel is in their coffers , time to make em realize what economic might we really control .
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February 25th, 2018, 01:22 AM #36
Re: Car rental and banks severing ties with NRA
What rental car companies still support the NRA anybody know?
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February 25th, 2018, 01:29 AM #37
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This is why we need to assert greater cultural influence instead of letting the left act like they own us.
"You can't stop insane people from doing insane things by passing insane laws--that's insane!" -- Penn Jillette
"To my mind it is wholly irresponsible to go into the world incapable of preventing violence, injury, crime, and death. How feeble is the mindset to accept defenselessness. How unnatural. How cheap. How cowardly. How pathetic." -- Ted Nugent
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February 25th, 2018, 10:59 AM #38
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February 25th, 2018, 11:05 AM #39Active Member
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Re: Car rental and banks severing ties with NRA
The NRA is probably looking around and saying,”What, we have arguably been the biggest enablers of gun control in the last hundred years...and you guys are protesting us?” I think I’ll boycott both the NRA and every company that boycotts them, that way like a broken clock I’ll be right at least a few times a day.
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February 25th, 2018, 11:48 AM #40Active Member
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Re: Car rental and banks severing ties with NRA
It looks like we may not have any great options for rental cars now. Next time I rent I am going to spend the extra $10 a day for their insurance and return the car by sliding it into their parking lot on its roof with a new NRA sticker on the bumper. Like I used to in my 20s.
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