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Gun stock prices and background checks are surging

by David Brancaccio , Nova Safo and Alex Schroeder
Jun 3, 2020
Some analysts believe anxiety and fear are driving the spike.
Background checks at licensed gun dealers are up for the third month in a row, and they’re up a lot.
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With COVID-19 comes a surge in gun sales

by Jonathan Levinson
Apr 13, 2020
The FBI reports that background checks in March were up. Some of those purchasing guns are doing so for the first time.
People wait in line at Northwest Armory, a gun store in Portland, Ore., on March 21, 2020, two days before the governor issued a stay-at-home order.
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How businesses cope with tragedy

by Kimberly Adams
Aug 5, 2019
Companies have to strike a delicate balance when they are caught up in a tragedy like a mass shooting.
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Want to divest from guns? You might need to team up with your co-workers

by Jana Kasperkevic and Janet Nguyen
Mar 8, 2018
Under pressure to divest from guns, pension funds feel they have to choose between making money for their members and their values.
Outside view of Sunrise Tactical Supply store in Coral Springs, Florida on February 16, 2018 where school shooter Nikolas Cruz bought his AR-15 to gun down students at Marjory Stoneman High School. 
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Should credit card companies tackle gun sales?

by Andy Uhler
Feb 20, 2018
Andrew Ross Sorkin had an interesting column in the New York Times yesterday — a business and economic take on how to make mass shootings less common. PayPal and Square, Sorkin pointed out, decided years ago not to let people use their services to buy guns. What about Mastercard and Visa, he wondered. Or the […]
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Are gunslingers making a comeback thanks to open carry?

by Jana Kasperkevic
Jun 27, 2017
Even the Wild West had gun control
Art and Diana Ramirez of Austin with their pistols in custom-made holsters during and open carry rally at the Texas State Capitol on January 1, 2016 in Austin, Texas. On January 1, 2016, the open carry law took effect in Texas, and 2nd Amendment activists held an open carry rally.
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Top U.S. gunmaker says sales will pick back up under Trump

by Jana Kasperkevic
Feb 23, 2017
Sturm Ruger CEO Michael Fifer says owning firearms is 'more socially acceptable.'
The proprietor of this Merrimack, New Hampshire, gun store said his October 2016 sales were double that of 2015, with customers expressing anxiety about the November election.
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Law enforcement auctions guns that were confiscated in crimes

by Marketplace Contributor
Oct 11, 2016
Some agencies don't want the firearms back on the streets.
Potential gun buyers bid on firearms that were confiscated by the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office. 
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Gun background checks and mental health records

by Miles Bryan
Feb 15, 2016
New rules on patient privacy and mental health records for gun background check.
Ryan Allen, owner of Frontier Arms in Wyoming
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Just who is a "gun dealer"?

by Annie Baxter
Jan 5, 2016
If more people who sell guns are required to get federal licenses, more buyers will get background checks
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