From: januarybaybee@gmail.com   
      
   May 11, 2018   
      
   Gun control advocates score 2 wins against weapons makers as Sturm Ruger and   
   Remington targeted   
      
   Sturm Ruger must produce a report on safety for shareholders, while Remington   
   faces funding crunch   
      
      
   Gun control advocates landed two direct hits on the weapons industry they are   
   trying to dismantle on Friday, as a major U.S. bank says it will no longer   
   loan money to one gun maker, and the shareholders of another are demanding   
   that their products    
   somehow be made safer.   
      
   Shareholders of Sturm Ruger voted in favor of a proposition that would force   
   the gun maker to look into how the company's products are used in violent   
   crimes, as well as produce a report on producing safer firearms and the risks   
   gun violence could pose    
   to its reputation and finances.   
      
   A coalition of religious-based investors, led by the Interfaith Center on   
   Corporate Responsibility, had purchased a minority stake in the company   
   earlier this year with the express purpose of being able to lobby the company   
   for changes in its behavior.   
      
   The group managed to get a safety-focused resolution to be tabled at the   
   company's annual general meeting this week, and lobbied enough major   
   shareholders to win the vote.   
      
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