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Retirement Investors Urged To Cut Ties With Gun Makers As Gun Stocks Soar

by AWR Hawkins8 Dec 201522 As gun stocks soar–returning approximately 7 percent on Monday alone–anti-gun groups are urging retirement investors to make sure their 401(k) does not invest in firearm manufacturers. According to The New York Times: There is a growing movement among public pension funds, public advocates and other organizations to help investors divest themselves of financial stakes in the gun and ammunition industry. A number of these initiatives began after the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting in Newtown, Conn., and have been reignited over the killings in San Bernardino, Calif. The perpetrators of last week’s shooting bought a cache… View Article