[Oldexpat]

The gun manufacturers should go to the equity market to replace their loans. It would be tough on current share holders, but make them immune to commercial bank pressure.

[RoosterRedux]

The equities markets are also being squeezed by the demands for divestiture on the part of investors like Cerberus who are under pressure from their investors (like the California teachers’ pension fund).

That said, retail investors (small, non institutional investors like you and me) might pick up the slack if the gun companies accessed the public markets for equity.