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Business backlash grows against the NRA

The backlash against the NRA ramped up Saturday with Delta and United Airlines both announcing they will no longer offer discounts to the millions of NRA members.

Now, a few Northwest bicycle shop owners say they won't sell some popular helmet brands because the parent company manufactures ammunition.

This comes 10 days after the deadly school shooting in Florida.

Tiffany Teasdale who has owned Lynnwood Gun for five years, was taught to shoot at a young age. Still, she didn't know her NRA card could get her discounts.

But Teasdale thinks discriminating against an entire group is not good for business, especially the airlines.

"I think a lot of them also forget that some of their pilots are also NRA certified or NRA instructors or concealed carry, on the plane," she said.

The groundswell of activism sweeping across the business community actually began with the teen survivors of the mass shooting. They have turned their grief into political action, demanding stricter gun control.

Now that protest has reached some bike shops in Portland. These owners say they will no longer buy some of the best known names in bike helmets and accessories because the parent company, Vista Outdoor, manufactures ammunition.

"We're going to continue selling the products that we do have from those brands," said Leah Benson, owner of Gladys Bikes. "But we're going to donate all the proceeds to "Everytown for Gun Safety" as a way to ethically spend that money."

The helmets are still for sale on the REI website and on Amazon.

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