NRA faces corporate backlash after latest US school shooting

President Donald Trump has aligned himself with the NRA, suggesting some teachers could be armed so that they could fire on any attacker.

National Rifle Association Executive Vice President and CEO Wayne LaPierre (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

By Damian Troise and Alexandra Olson, Associated Press

The National Rifle Association is facing a corporate backlash as companies take a closer look at their ties to the gun industry following the latest school massacre.

A number of companies have ended discount programmes with the NRA as the group aggressively resists calls for stricter gun control after a gunman killed 17 people at a Florida high school last week.