---
title: "Rental Car Companies Completely Cut Ties With NRA Amid Gun Control Debate"
description: "The nation's major rental car companies have all dropped their corporate sponsorship programs that offered perks discounts to National Rifle Association members following an online campaign to boycott businesses with financial with the controversial gun rights group."
date: "2018-02-23"
modified: "2018-02-23"
authors:
  - name: "Kyle Cheromcha"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/18761/avis-hertz-join-rental-car-companies-cutting-ties-with-nra-amid-gun-control-debate"
categories:
  - "Culture"
  - "News"
tags:
  - "avis"
  - "boycott"
  - "budget"
  - "Enterprise"
  - "Hertz"
  - "nra"
  - "rental cars"
---

# Rental Car Companies Completely Cut Ties With NRA Amid Gun Control Debate

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The nation's major rental car companies have all dropped their corporate sponsorship programs that offered perks and discounts to National Rifle Association members [following an online campaign to boycott businesses](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/18744/gun-control-debate-pushes-rental-car-companies-to-end-nra-member-benefit-programs>) with financial ties to the controversial gun rights group.

Born in the wake of the horrific school shooting at that claimed 17 lives at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida on February 14, the #BoycottNRA movement sought to push the 22 companies involved in the NRA's benefit program to end their support. As it happened, six of the biggest rental car companies in this country—Hertz, Enterprise, National, Alamo, Avis, and Budget—all provided discounts to NRA members.

https://twitter.com/_/status/967132184439066626

On Thursday, Enterprise Holdings, which controls the Enterprise, National, and Alamo brands, [announced](<https://twitter.com/enterprisecares/status/966847626439086082>) it would be cutting ties with the group, effective next month. And today, a spokesperson confirmed to *The Drive* that Avis Budget Group would follow suit and end its discount program. Finally, Hertz [issued a brief statement](<https://twitter.com/Hertz/status/967132184439066626>) saying it too had notified the NRA of its decision to withdraw as a benefits partner.

https://twitter.com/_/status/966847626439086082

The [online car-buying](<https://www.thedrive.com/category/buy-sell>) service TrueCar has also come under criticism over its relationship with the NRA, but so far the company hasn't commented on the issue.

Benign as these sorts of business discount programs usually are—nearly every major corporation in America has at least one of these rental car companies on their roster—that a 25 percent break on a Chevy Malibu for a weekend has become such a flash point reflects the powerful emotions coursing through both sides of this debate.

## Author
Overseeing an expert staff of writers and editors from his lair in Los Angeles, Kyle shapes The Drive’s singular approach to covering the automotive industry and car culture. He’s been with the site as a writer since 2017, taking over as editor in 2019. On a daily basis, Kyle is responsible for directing The Drive's editorial news and car review content strategies, setting special coverage priorities, managing complex reporting projects, and ensuring what you read on the page meets our high internal standards for quality and trustworthiness. He is also the executive producer of The Drive's YouTube channel, which was relaunched in February 2024 to great acclaim and has accumulated over 14M new views in its first year back on the scene. He hosts a biweekly series on the channel where he breaks down fascinating and complicated stories from the automotive world.

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