From HuffPo: The stock market seems to have made up its mind
about the future of U.S. gun control laws.
There are only two publicly traded gun makers, the stock
prices of which have both tumbled since Friday, when 26 people were shot to
death in Newtown, Conn., including 20 small children.
Recently, the consensus view in the market seemed to be that
gun stocks were good bets. A Forbes column called guns a "growth
market." That may have now changed after Friday's events.
The stock price of Sturm, Ruger & Co. Inc., was down 1.5
percent on Monday and has fallen nearly 6 percent since Friday. The price of
Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. was down nearly 4 percent on Monday and has
lost more than 8 percent since Friday. Shares of gun-retailer Cabela's Inc. are
down nearly 6 percent since Friday. (The maker of the Bushmaster rifle used in
the killings is owned by private-equity firm Cerberus Capital Management.)
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