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...Defendants include six US-based gunmakers — among them Smith & Wesson, Colt and Sturm Ruger — whose weapons Mexico said turn up most often on its side of the border....
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...Fear that the pandemic will lead to civil unrest and a breakdown of law and order is providing a boost to gun manufacturers and sellers....
...The method estimates 1.1 firearms are sold for each handgun and long gun check, and two firearms are sold for each “multiple” background check....
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...We can beat the gun manufacturers,” urged former vice-president Joe Biden in the aftermath of two of the deadliest mass shootings in US history....
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...Ruger, and Rupert Murdoch’s media companies....
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...A nearly identical resolution was passed in May at rival Sturm & Ruger, with BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street Global Advisers all voting in favour....
...Capital Group, a publicity-shy active asset manager with $1.6tn under management that has an 8.6 per cent stake in Sturm Ruger, took the rare step this week of announcing it was stepping up its contact with...
...The election of a president who opposes curbs on gun ownership in the US has not been helpful to the finances of gun manufacturers. Quite the opposite....
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...now own those of gun manufacturers, for investment and moral reasons....
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