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Why is the NRA boycott working so quickly?

  • Written by Jerry Davis, Professor of Management and Sociology, University of Michigan

The boycott of the National Rifle Association following its response to the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, came fast and furious.

Car rental companies, airlines, trucking businesses, tech firms, insurers and a bank that issued an NRA-branded credit card all severed their relationships with the gun advocacy group within days of the shooting...

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