Sentences with phrase «gun industry»

If you talk against gun control, people from gun industry will jump in.

Yet, a niche community of developers has sprouted up offering their own open - source contributions to the 3 - D printed gun industry, even in spite of the ongoing risk.

Wall Street is deeply tied to the sprawling, opaque gun industry through pension funds that buy into public gun companies, private equity firms with firearms holdings and financial institutions that back sizable loans to handgun and rifle manufacturers.

She was twice nominated to U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, only to see her first nomination filibustered and her second sunk by charges of judicial activism by Senate Republicans over gun industry litigation during her time as solicitor general.

In the past, the machine gun industry saw upticks in sales when the stock market experienced a downturn.

The investment firm BlackRock, which owns the largest stake in American Outdoor Brands and Sturm Ruger, said it has reached out to gun industry executives to see what they plan to do about gun violence.

Well Bill, I guess I do not see your group / religion as any more than a powerful lobby group, no different than oil and gas, defence industries, tobacco, NRA gun industry, etc..

The NRA announced support for regulating «bump stocks» — a surprising shift for the leading gun industry group, which in recent years has resolutely opposed any gun regulations.

The most significant spending on the pro-gun side, however, has come from the National Shooting Sports Foundation — a Newtown - headquartered gun industry trade association that lobbied aggressively against the state gun control legislation.

Next week, activist shareholders will make their first attempt at shaking up the gun industry using their votes instead of just their voices.

The downward trend has been called the «Trump slump» because the president is seen as supportive of the gun industry.

The nation's second - largest teacher's union has ended a promotional program with Wells Fargo, citing the bank's continued ties to the gun industry.

Not satisfied with the gun industry's response to demands for help ending an epidemic of gun violence, groups representing millions of workers are pressuring what they see as an even bigger change - maker.

Trump to take center stage at the NRA convention as the gun industry faces a wave of backlash, activism and weak demand

Signs are emerging that companies and investors are starting to push back against the gun industry and its main lobbying group, the National Rifle Association (NRA), in the wake of last week's Florida high school shooting.

Its NRA card was also highlighted in a New York Times opinion piece that called on the financial industry to exert its «leverage over the gun industry,» seeing as politicians — many of whom are funded by the NRA — continue to refrain from doing so.

Last year, President Trump called himself a «true friend» of the gun industry.

«As my colleagues go to sleep tonight, they need to think about whether the political support of the gun industry is worth the blood that flows endlessly onto the floors of American churches, elementary schools, movie theaters, and city streets.

Activists seeing divestment in the gun industry get a sympathetic ear, but in practice, it hasn't been so easy for Wall Street to get out.

He says the opioid suits could also potentially go the way of the gun industry.

He continued: «As my colleagues go to sleep tonight, they need to think about whether the political support of the gun industry is worth the blood that flows endlessly onto the floors of American churches, elementary schools, movie theaters, and city streets.

«They've changed the dynamic of this whole issue,» said Diaz, an author and expert on terrorism and the gun industry.

Nash also raised questions about Wells Fargo's position as the biggest lender to the gun industry.

Sloan also faced sharp questioning from another shareholder about the bank's relationship with the gun industry.

Before the 2016 presidential election, the gun industry had maintained a robust manufacturing operation.

(No retailer has ever sold a «smart gun» in the country, in part because of pressure from the gun industry and lobby.

Dick's, the biggest sporting - goods retailer in the U.S., was one of many brands to eschew the gun industry following the shooting.

Supporters contend that the case, if it makes it to trial, could offer a glimpse into how the gun industry operates and possibly provide a road map for the survivors and relatives of victims in other mass shootings who have otherwise been hamstrung in pursuing legal action.

Many trade groups can offer granular detail on the products their members manufacture, but the gun industry is much less forthcoming.

The problems demonstrate the paradoxical and tumultuous nature of the gun industry.

The gun industry bet big on Donald Trump over fears that a President Hillary Clinton would negatively affect it, but have been even worse for firearm sales.

Ironically, the gun industry has fared well under Democratic leadership, or when faced with the threat of it.

The gun industry bet big on Trump in 2016.

Yet the gun industry easily found ways around the law and most of these weapons are now sold in post-ban models virtually identical to the guns Congress sought to ban in 1994

Fewer people are hunting, younger people are less interested in gun ownership and the gun industry has had little success in its attempts to appeal to women and minorities.

Public pressure against companies connected to the gun industry following last month's school shooting in Florida has hit an unlikely target: REI, the outdoors co-op better known for its public lands advocacy, liberal return policy and annual dividend for customers.

«The gun industry and its allies often attempt to block research and data - gathering on gun violence, but analysis like this can both demonstrate the life - saving effectiveness of sensible gun laws, and also help us prevent gun crimes and solve them when they occur.

The Clinton bill «would have fundamentally changed the gun industry — the design, the distribution... it would have happened but for the that [Bush)-RSB- immunity law.»

Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, and others have limited their ties to the gun industry.

The largest teachers union in the country is ending its relationship with Wells Fargo because the bank does business with the gun industry and the NRA.

Regardless of that bittersweet news, Tenney also said the layoffs may have been avoided if the state provided more economic incentives to the gun industry, like they have with solar power in Western New York.

Mr. Cuomo compared Mr. Sanders» defense of the gun industry to the harm the tobacco industry inflicted on the public.

Leah Barrett, Executive Director of New Yorkers Against Gun Violence said opposition to the SAFE Act is influenced by the gun industry lobby, and said the acts of protest from local officials do not surprise her.

«Even if the gun industry lobby and its allies in Washington continue to block federal progress on this issue as they have for so long,» said Kavanagh «I believe that New York lawmakers can and will step up.

Constituents need to know who is working for them, and who is working for the gun industry.

In addition, the focus of research should expand to include the effects that policies have on defensive gun use, gun ownership, hunting and recreation activities, jobs in the gun industry and officer - involved shootings.

Between 10 million and 20 million Americans actively participate in hunting or sport shooting annually, and the gun industry generates $ 16 billion in revenue and employs hundreds of thousands in gun manufacturing, distribution, sales and recreation.

Out of the thousands of studies evaluated, the RAND analysis identified 62 that investigated the causal effects of gun polices on any of the outcomes RAND investigated, including those of concern to gun owners and the gun industry, as well as violence, suicide and injury.