130+ investors sign statement on gun violence

By Daniel Terrill

The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibilities in September 2014 demonstrating to advance climate change policies. (Photo: ICCR via Facebook)
A coalition of investors has joined a growing movement in corporate America calling for changes to how the gun industry conducts business.
Some 130 groups representing $634 billion in assets signed the statement last week asking for gun makers, distributors, sellers and fellow investors to make gun control policies routine practice.
In the statement, the Interfaith Center of Corporate Responsibility asked companies to adopt “Sandy Hook Principles,” measures named after the horrific 2012 school shooting designed to “reduce the risk of gun violence.”
“Corporations … have an important role to play both to ensure that they are not indirectly complicit in these lethal events, and in advancing the solutions that may help prevent them,” the group said in the statement.
The measures — popularized by high profile companies like Dick’s Sporting Goods and Walmart — include banning “assault” rifles and high capacity magazines, and restricting sales from buyers under 21. But they would also require companies to support advancing gun safety technology like smart guns and universal background checks, and end ties to the National Rifle Association as it aggressively lobbies Congress to roadblock gun control.
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Source: Guns.com