In my opinion they should pay the price for alienating at least half their customer base. Kudos to AlarmGrid for not jumping onto the bandwagon like so many opportunist companies have done. We really do try to remove politics from our business because taking political positions would alienate many of our customers, and, more importantly, our employees. We’re just a good ole American business started by some entrepreneurs in South Florida. We’re not venture backed, we don’t have giant amounts of investment. And most discount programs require us to pay to be involved. It’s because we do our best to offer great prices to every customer. But that’s not because we dislike the NRA. We have never given NRA members any kind of discount. But we do our best to respect one another’s views. This is literally something that happened in our community and strong emotions directed at solving the problem are to be expected. It’s our prayer that this never happens again.Īs a company, we have encourage our staff to get involved however they see fit. Everyone at Alarm Grid harbors deep sadness at the events that unfolded there. Our connections to the tragedy are numerous and direct. Many of us know students who go or went there. Our headquarters is just down the road from Marjory Stoneman Douglas. Our only hope is that the debate, is respectful, open, and fact-based. As to the administration of those rights, the debate about guns themselves, their lethality, background checks, mental illness issues, etc, we will leave up to the people of this great country and the courts. We hold in high regard the rights endowed to us. We would be remiss, however, if we did not give due credit to the country we are founded in and due respect to the laws of that country for the success of our growth. As a company, our expertise is in dispatching the police when someone is breaking into your home. What we have appreciated is that the conversation internally has always been very respectful.Īs a company, our position is that we want to make sure your home is as secure as possible so that no matter what gun laws are, you have a layer of protection that will make it unnecessary to ever have to use them.Īlarm Grid attempts to remain above the fray when it comes to political topics. We are sure that some at Alarm Grid are vehemently opposed to gun rights. But discussions have happened around the office. We have not probed or asked what people’s positions are. We are a diverse company with a lot of people who hold a lot of different opinions on the subject matter of guns. We do not make guns, we have nothing to do with guns, and we as a company do not wish to alienate anyone on either side of the debate. This is a hot-button debate right now, and being accidentally caught up in the fray of a political discussion as a company is unenviable. Whatever the motivation, we don't envy their position. It began a couple weeks ago after our competitor, Simplisafe, pulled their discount for NRA members. 24 at 8:25 p.m.We are getting a lot of callers asking us whether we as a company support the NRA. This article was originally published Feb. 25: This article was updated with Paramount Rx announcing plans to end a prescription discount program for NRA members. 25: This article was updated with Starkey Hearing announcing that it will not renew an NRA discount program.ģ:25 p.m., Feb. announcing that it no longer will sell NRA-endorsed insurance policies.Ħ:50 p.m., Feb. 28: This article was updated with Lockton Affinity Inc. Bean announcing that they're restricting their gun sales, and with REI's decision to halt future orders of some brands whose parent company also makes firearms.Ģ:20 p.m., Feb. announcing restrictions on firearm sales by its business customers and Bank of America’s decision to stop lending to some gun manufacturers.ĥ:30 p.m., March 2: This article was updated with Dick's Sporting Goods, Walmart, Kroger and L.L. REI did not say whether it would resume doing business with Vista after the May 1 announcement.ġ:40 p.m., May 2: This article was updated with Vista Outdoor’s announcement that it planned to seek buyers for its firearms manufacturing business.ĥ:10 p.m., April 26: This article was updated with Citigroup Inc.
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