Posted on 12/05/2015 9:03:52 AM PST by Alas Babylon!
In wake of San Bernardino mass shooting, Bill de Blasio appeals to comptroller to 'to divest immediately' from funds that include assault weapon-makers New York City's mayor, Bill de Blasio, urged the city's pension funds on Friday to divest their holdings in stocks of gun-makers after this week's mass shooting in San Bernardino, California. In a statement he said: "I call on all government pension funds in New York City and across the country to divest immediately from funds that include assault weapon manufacturers." The mayor urged the city comptroller "to divest as soon as possible if no verifiable assurance is given that assault weapons will not be sold to civilians". De Blasio also appealed to private investors to dump gun stocks and funds that invest in them.
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All New Yorkers should take advice from a self-admitted Communist who married a lesbian.
Hmmm. Does that make him a lesbian too? It would explain so much!
Does Remington still have any manufacturing left in Ilion, NY? Know that they moved a bunch of their operations to North Carolina.
Also, Kimber’s HQ is located somewhere in metro NYC area—maybe it’s time for them to relocate, too. I’m all for bringing jobs and a tax base to places outside of New York.
No one’s listening to their anti-gun hysteria. They’ve lost control of the narrative.
The manufacturers should stop selling firearms and ammo to the NYPD.
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