Editor s note: This article originally ran on Aug. 8, 2019. It has been updated to reflect recent shootings and new data.
In the aftermath of the Parkland mass shooting in 2018, many investors expressed concern about owning gun manufacturers in their mutual fund holdings, which led me to write this piece on finding gun stocks in fund portfolios.
Since then, we ve had dozens of mass shootings, most recently in Atlanta and Boulder, Colorado.
As the epidemic of gun violence in the United States continues, pressure is building for action to be taken to address it. If you are concerned about gun violence and are a fund investor, you may want to know whether you are invested in gun stocks. Or not: It s a reasonable position to be concerned about the issue and want to see something done to address it but not to be worried about guns in the context of your investments. That view may depend on the extent of your exposure to guns.