Sentences with phrase «gun industry executives»
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.
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It's the first time an executive at the nation's second - largest bank has publicly laid out how it will deal with gun - industry clients following Feb. 14 shootings at a high school in Parkland, Florida, that left 17 people dead.
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.
But gaming executives left the Oval Office quietly, a reminder of what history has shown already — they are no easier to target than the gun industry or any other powerful lobby in Washington.
Now, game industry executives are scheduled to meet with Trump on Thursday, and they're expressing concern that video games could become a convenient whipping boy to take the heat off calls for gun regulation.
IGDA Director Says Capital, Not Unions, Will Keep Game Development Jobs Secure (Matt Kim / USGamer - ARTICLE) «We spoke with IGDA executive director Jen MacLean about the IGDA's new goals, and discuss the questions regarding gun violence and games, and the prospect of unionization within the industry.
In 2013, after the shooting at Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, Vice President Joe Biden held three days of wide - ranging talks on gun violence prevention, including a meeting with video game industry executives.