Sentences with phrase «said gun manufacturers»

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

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.

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

«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.

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.

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.

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.

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

The package of bills also allows victims of gun violence to sue the firearms manufacturer for negligence, said Sen. Jamaal Bailey.

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.

«You made a product that is inherently dangerous and you didn't take the proper precautions to protect people,» Mr. Cuomo said of gun manufacturers.

Hoylman said a simple Google search led him to the site of a manufacturer — Slide Fire Solutions — that sold the devices, which allows semi-automatic rifles to mimic machine guns.

Meanwhile, the state comptroller says he's thinking of divesting the state's pension fund from investments in gun manufacturers.

«I don't understand how the mayor, who wants to be characterized as a national leader on gun control, has allowed his people to vote against divesting from gun manufacturers,» he said.

He also attacked David Hogg, another shooting survivor, as a «bald - faced liar» for comments he made on CNN in which Hogg said the leader of the National Rifle Association was working with gun manufacturers to control Congress.

«Not one additional child shall fall victim to the insanity that the gun manufacturers have over our country and those to profess to represent us all,» Miami - Dade Public School Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho said.

The controversial founder of Defense Distributed, a manufacturer of 3D gun printers, has said his company is flourishing, in part due to bitcoin.

Intel is said to be using this opportunity to gun for more chip contracts with Apple and other manufacturers in the future.

CoinDesk The controversial founder of Defense Distributed, a manufacturer of 3D gun printers, has said his company is flourishing, in part due to bitcoin.