New York Pension Fund Targets Walmart for Gun Sales, Seeks Divestment

By Robert Farago

“Just over three weeks ago, two people in Pennsylvania were killed in their car with ammunition purchased at Walmart.” That’s Letitia James’ opening salvo in her nydailynews.com op-ed, Why New York’s pension funds should divest from Walmart. The New York City public advocate and New York City Employee Retirement System trustee wants the City’s 300k+ retirees to divest their several hundred million dollar stake in Walmart. Because guns. Sorry. Ammunition. And guns. To justify this recommendation, James begins her anti-Walmart polemic with a bout of bloody shirt waving . . .

Over a period of several weeks this spring, a 22-year-old man killed seven men and women in New Jersey and Pennsylvania with ammunition purchased at Walmart. And in March, a Cornell student killed his father in New York using a firearm purchased at Walmart. All this according to reports from local enforcement.

As communities across our nation continue to bleed, one thing is clear: America loves its guns, and no one sells guns better than Walmart.

One thing is clear: Ms. James is vilifying a company selling legal products legally. The fact that a statistically insignificant portion of Walmart’s gun and ammunition buyers eventually use these products illegally is …read more

Source:: Truth About Guns