Do You Have Gun Stocks in Your Funds?
Mass shootings in the U.S. have become a quotidian part of American life. Just as the public was struggling to understand the May rampage at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school that left 19 students and two teachers dead, the carnage of a July Fourth shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, has shocked the country yet again. If it feels like there are more firearm deaths and injuries in the news, it is because there really are. Add in suicides, accidents and other homicides, and deaths from firearms have more than tripled since 2014. Firearms are now the leading cause of death among U.S. children and teens age 1 to 19, overtaking automobile crashes and cancer. SEE MORE New ESG Fund from Engine No. 1 Leans on Activism This naturally has sparked a national conversation about how to solve the problem, with suggested solutions including anything from gun control to better mental-health resources. Some are trying to distance themselves from guns in any way imaginable – even in their own portfolios.
Do You Have Gun Stocks in Your Funds?
Mass shootings in the U.S. have become a quotidian part of American life. Just as the public was struggling to understand the May rampage at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school that left 19 students and two teachers dead, the carnage of a July Fourth shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, has shocked the country yet again. If it feels like there are more firearm deaths and injuries in the news, it is because there really are. Add in suicides, accidents and other homicides, and deaths from firearms have more than tripled since 2014. Firearms are now the leading cause of death among U.S. children and teens age 1 to 19, overtaking automobile crashes and cancer. SEE MORE New ESG Fund from Engine No. 1 Leans on Activism This naturally has sparked a national conversation about how to solve the problem, with suggested solutions including anything from gun control to better mental-health resources. Some are trying to distance themselves from guns in any way imaginable – even in their own portfolios.