Gun, ammunition stocks jump after Texas school massacre

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Some of America’s largest gun and ammunition makers have seen their stock prices swell since the massacre this week at a Texas grade school.

has jumped more than 12 percent in the past week; the Arizona-based maker of ammunition and components also owns GunBroker.com, which it bills as the largest online marketplace for the firearms and shooting sports industries.

Such upswings are not uncommon after a mass shooting or any event that puts gun control in the political spotlight, in the view that there will be a rush on guns, ammunition and accessories in advance of any effort to limit access.Smith & Wesson, for example, spiked 20 percent after a gunman killed 49 people at an Orlando nightclub in 2016.

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That’s simply marvelous. I’m so f___ing happy for them and their stockholders. I can sleep peacefully tonight knowing people are making money on dead kids. I’m spent. Really spent.

GlennKesslerWP The country was founded on chattel slavery. ForeverCursed

This is why the GOP will not stop this. They love it.

Obscene.

What is wrong with people in this country? Seriously.

Capitalism. 🙄

The gun industry: quietly unlocking school doors across America.

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