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An increasing number of companies are plans to ties with the USA's National Rifle Association (NRA) following the latest high-school shooting massacre. The tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in South Florida, in which 17 students and staff their lives, could a watershed for gun control in the USA. Many high profile companies are for gun control and are ties with the powerful NRA lobby group. United Airlines, Delta Airlines and Hertz among many companies to special discounts and benefits for NRA staff and members. There also a campaign on social media for greater gun control in the USA.

The NRA a statement the failure of both school and federal systems for the high school tragedy. It said: "The law-abiding members of the NRA nothing at all to with the failure of that school's security preparedness, the failure of America's mental health system...or the cruel failures of both federal and local law enforcement." It that: "Despite that, some corporations have to punish NRA membership in a shameful display of political and civic cowardice." An NRA spokesman back at the companies, saying: "The loss of a discount will neither nor one single NRA member from our mission to and defend individual freedoms."