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9 Jan 2013

Author:
Adam Kanzer, Managing Director and General Counsel of Domini Social Investments, in Reuters Great Debate

Let’s stop investing our retirement funds in lethal weapons

Unlike other national tragedies fueled in part by investment decisions – the BP disaster immediately comes to mind – the Newtown massacre has prompted an important and overdue debate about the role of investment in our society. Your IRA is at the heart of that debate. [refers to Cerberus, Freedom Group, Vanguard, Smith & Wesson, Sturm Ruger, Olin]

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Adam Kanzer of Domini: "Let’s stop investing our retirement funds in lethal weapons"

Shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut - arms firms and investment in the arms industry