Got guns? Of 42 universities contacted for this article, 7 declined to say whether their endowments held gun-related investments -- and 4 said they had no firearm holdings.
Got guns? Of 42 universities contacted for this article, 7 declined to say whether their endowments held gun-related investments -- and 4 said they had no firearm holdings.
The Florida teachers' union is unable to divest from firearms industry stocks, or any others in their portfolio, on its own because the portfolio is managed by the governor and his staff.
Florida teachers may be surprised to learn theyve been helping fund the firearms industryincluding American Outdoor Brands, which made the gun used in the recent mass shooting.
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