Sentences with phrase «by gun manufacturers»

Her firm is hired by gun manufacturers to fight proposed gun control legislation.

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Finucane said Bank of America also won't underwrite securities issued by manufacturers of military - style guns used by civilians.

Added to this was a strong belief that wars were caused, not by sneaky politicians and generally reinforced by politically motivated mass hysteria, but rather by so - called capitalists, the manufacturers of guns and munitions.

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

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

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

By implementing this gun - free screen, ESML will avoid exposure to the three largest and best - known public civilian firearms manufacturers — Sturm, Ruger & Co., American Outdoor Brands Corp and Vista Outdoor Inc. — all of which are small - cap stocks.

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.

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.

The measures include proposals that would ban so - called undetectable firearms that can not be seen by an x-ray or metal detector, strengthen background checks and allow the victims of gun violence to sue manufacturers.

Connecticut State Treasurer Denise Nappier said the state is open to selling public pension funds» positions in firearm manufacturers if the companies don't take measures to curb gun use by dangerous people.

The divestment represents the latest move by the city's pension funds to dissociate the city's $ 160 billion worth of assets, one of the largest public pension systems in the country, from gun retailers, and firearm and ammunitions manufacturers in response to a wave of mass shootings.

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

As a trustee of the City's largest public pension fund, I have repeatedly called for the divestment of all public pension dollars from gun retailers and manufacturers, and I am encouraged by the Mayor's call today to divest from assault weapon manufacturers.

Public Advocate Letitia James Supports Call for Divestment from Assault Weapon Manufacturers As we mourn tragedy after tragedy caused by guns, New York City must take a powerful stand against companies that contribute to carnage and violence across our nation.

Mr. Sanders, representing a rural, gun - loving state, voted against the 1993 Brady Bill and for a federal law granting weapons manufacturers immunity from lawsuits by shooting victims.

ALBANY — Rob Astorino, the Republican Westchester County executive who is marching toward a run for governor, criticized the incumbent Governor Andrew Cuomo for standing idly by as a gun manufacturer expanded into Alabama, and for offering college credit for state prison inmates.

I am particularly heartened by her push to repeal legal immunity for gun manufacturers and dealers.»

By the way, one of the largest gun manufacturers is based right here in New York (Kimber, Remington).

UFT President Michael Mulgrew praised the vote by the three teacher members of the New York City Teachers» Retirement System to sell the $ 13.5 million pension fund holdings in publicly traded securities of gun and ammunition manufacturers as «the right thing to do» in the wake of the December school shootings that left 20 children and six adults dead in Newtown, Conn..

He has attacked Sanders for voting for a bill pushed by then - President George W. Bush that gave gun manufacturers immunity from lawsuits.

GelSight might find its true home outside the lab, in providing quality control for manufacturers and perhaps helping forensic investigators, since the patterns left on bullet casings by guns, easily visible with the device, can help pinpoint what weapon was used in a crime.

That had to wait until April 1874, when the American gun manufacturer E. Remington & Sons, which had already branched out into sewing machines and farm tools, shipped its first Type Writer, based on a prototype by the American inventor Christopher Sholes.

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The wife of a gun manufacturer is held hostage in an elaborate plot by a man seeking revenge for the death of his daughter in a high school shooting incident.

Except she does apparently draw one ethical line in the sand, risking her entire career in an early scene by laughing down a powerful gun manufacturer's bid for a more «lady» - friendly NRA agenda.

Now that each manufacturer has its own unique look you can immediately identify any gun by just glancing at it.

Players travel through a vast complex constructed by a group of respected gun manufacturers aiming to show the world the virtues of guns for the common man.

Just as the NRA was «unmasked» by the recent events in Connecticut and shown to be nothing but a lobbyist for gun manufacturers... events will continue to take place in nature that will give those that want to fight against climate change a little more momentum.

The Wall Street Journal Law Blog recently drew to our attention a case decided by the New York State appellate court, allowing a shooting victim to sue the manufacturer, distributor, and dealer of the gun.