Sentences with phrase «us gun manufacturers»

Clinton seeks to roll back a controversial law that gives gun manufacturers ample protection from lawsuits.

The 202 - year - old company, which owns gun manufacturers including Bushmaster and Marlin, said its sales fell 30 % last year to $ 600 million.

At least a half - dozen of the nation's major gun manufacturers produce military - style firearms, including Remington Outdoor Co., Sturm Ruger & Co., SIG Sauer, Vista Outdoor Inc., O.F. Mossberg & Sons and American Outdoor Brands Corp..

The firm has had «intense conversations over the last few months» with those kinds of gun manufacturers to tell them it won't finance their operations in the future, she said.

The outcry after the shooting has sparked public pressure on corporations who offer discounts to the NRA as well as asset managers who invest in gun manufacturers.

Larry Fink, BlackRock CEO talks about the company's plans to provide ESGs which exclude gun manufacturers.

Shares of gun manufacturers briefly rose Thursday following the tragic shooting at a high school in Florida.

The aftermath of the tragic shooting followed similar patterns: politicians sent their thoughts and prayers to the victims and discussed «the difficult issue of mental health ``, and the price of shares in gun manufacturers went up.

David Labistour announced Thursday that MEC will stop selling several outdoor equipment brands owned by Vista Outdoor Inc., which is also a gun manufacturer.

As the NRA and gun manufacturers dumped millions into Trump and the Republican Party in 2016, Clinton may have been a boon to the industry as president.

Investors, meanwhile, have perhaps become desensitized to the inevitable stock price surges of gun manufacturers following horrific mass killings.

After a teenager on Wednesday slaughtered at least 17 people in Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., the share prices of gun manufacturers went up.

Also known as Socially Responsible Investing, investors can be confident that these funds will steer clear of gun manufacturers and retailers.

In the following days, gun manufacturer stocks rose, as more people purchased guns and accessories on the suspicion that new regulations would be passed limiting their ability to buy weapons.

We know the revelation that the Florida Retirement Pensions System had a small investment in gun manufacturers is an embarrassment to that organization and to the government of Florida.

BlackRock, which manages over $ 6 trillion in assets, is a major shareholder of gun manufacturers Sturm Ruger, American Outdoor Brands and Vista Outdoor through indirect investments.

«When people feared there would be increased gun regulation, they went out and bought more guns,» said Kevin Cassidy, an analyst at Moody's Investors Service, who covers the gun manufacturers.

None of its actively managed funds — in which a manager actually decides to make investments in a particular company — has a stake in a gun manufacturer.

With the plethora of European gun manufacturers, some may be included in foreign and European ETF's.

Well, it turns out that Mr. Fink's firm is one of the largest owners of gun manufacturers in the country.

The private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management bought the company in 2007 for $ 118 million and rolled it up with other gun manufacturers into a conglomerate called Freedom Group.

After emerging from bankruptcy, Remington, one of the country's oldest gun manufacturers, will be owned by creditors including JPMorgan.

Earlier this week the Remington Outdoor Company, one of the country's biggest and oldest gun manufacturers, said it would seek Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection amid plunging sales and mounting losses.

Over the past several weeks, there has been a lot of talk about investors ridding themselves of their shares in gun manufacturers and retailers after the school shooting in Parkland, Fla..

American gun manufacturers produce millions of firearms annually — nearly 9.4 million in 2015, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Increased measures are being taken by financial companies and retailers have put gun manufacturers under pressure.

Richard Feldman, a former NRA lobbyist, told Newsweek that such trust has resulted in a classic supply - and - demand predicament for gun manufacturers: Without fear of a supply crunch, the demand drops.

It's time to demand greater responsibility from gun manufacturers and the NRA as they once again shrug their shoulders and dodge their complicity in what has become a recurring American tragedy.

Stock prices for gun manufacturers also tend to rise after mass shootings, likely because the debate over gun control heats up and rekindles fears from gun owners.

Blackstone Group, another Wall Street investment firm, sent an email to fund managers over the weekend, asking them whether they have any stakes in the gun manufacturers.

Diane Zappas, a spokeswoman for PNC Financial Services Group, said that the company, which is «continuing to consider these issues,» had discouraged new loans to gun manufacturers since 2013 and had «very limited exposure» to clients that manufacture AR -15-style rifles like the kind used in the Parkland shooting.

After Sunday's mass shooting in Orlando, New York Stock Exchange stock prices for Smith & Wesson and Sturm, Ruger & Co. — two major gun manufacturers — both had risen by more than 10 percent combined, according to Vox.

it's a lose - lose scenario except for the gun manufacturers who play both sides of the fence.

Under both the 1928 and 1938 acts, gun manufacturers and dealers were required to maintain records with information about who purchased guns and the guns» serial numbers.

«The majority of our country supports change, and 92 % of Americans support universal background checks, but unfortunately powerful lobbyists for gun manufacturers have some politicians scared to do what they know is right.»

Bushmaster — the gun manufacturer of the rifle used in the Newtown, Conn., shootings — is being sold by its owner, the private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management.

As a result, gun manufacturers are constantly turning out new and better shotguns, most of them far more rugged and adaptable to a wider variety of shooting conditions than ever before.

But if you have a pension or a 401 (k) or an investment in index funds, there's a good chance that, directly or indirectly, you own shares of one or more gun manufacturers.

Sanders had said that Sandy Hook massacre victims shouldn't be able to sue gun manufacturers who made legal weapons used in the tragedy.

There's also a bill allowing relatives of people killed by firearms to sue gun manufacturers.

They are the oldest gun manufacturer in the country that creates needed jobs in our region.

Spitzer was working on an agreement to compel gun manufacturers to change the marketing and design of their products.

Likely Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino is criticizing Gov. Andrew Cuomo as the gun manufacturer Remington Arms expands its footprint to Alabama.

Folks are starting to see that the NRA represents gun manufacturers... and that their political blood money puts all of us in danger!

The expansion doesn't impact any existing jobs at the gun manufacturer's upstate plant in Herkimer County, where its workers have been vocal opponents of the gun control law known as the SAFE Act.

Tenney went on to contrast the state's investment in nanotechnology to the gun manufacturer's layoffs.

In an eight - page letter, NYC Public Advocate Tish James asked federal regulators to investigate whether the gun manufacturer Smith & Wesson had made adequate disclosures in its financial statements.

US Sen. Chuck Schumer said he wants the federal government to use its «massive purchasing power» to put the financial screws to gun manufacturers who deal with shady weapon sellers.

In the three years since the massacre in Newtown, Conn., the country's biggest gun manufacturers have made loads of money following a string of mass shootings — proof that as the body count rises, so do sales and profit.

Assemblywoman Grace Meng, a Queens Democrat, faulted the National Rifle Association and Republicans in the state Legislature for blocking a bill to require gun manufacturers to use bullet microstamping technology.