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August 16, 2016

Gays Against Guns Protest BlackRock for Investing in Firearms
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And here in Manhattan, activists with the group Gays Against Guns
rallied outside the New York City headquarters of the investment
management company Black Rock to protest its investment in gun
manufacturers. As of 2015, Black Rock was one of the top three
shareholders of the gun manufacturers Smith & Wesson and Sturm, Ruger &
Co. Black Rock has also invested heavily in major ammunition companies.
During the protest, 12 activists staged a die-in to represent the people
killed in the 2012 Aurora, Colorado, movie theater massacre. The
shooter, James Holmes, had used a Smith & Wesson-manufactured
semiautomatic rifle. This is organizer Tim Murphy.

Tim Murphy: "We're protesting Black Rock today because they're the
largest asset management company in the country, and every time there's
a mass shooting, since 2012, they buy more and more stocks in guns,
because they know that the death business is good business for them.
They are literally profiting off the backs of dead people."



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