In Addition To Public Protest Hit The Pocketbook

In Addition To Public Protest Hit The Pocketbook

This is the aim of many of us in the USA when it comes to guns: Protest, oppose the NRA, voting and — I think this is big — hurt the gun producers at at the pocketbook:

Remington Arms Co filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in a Delaware court on Sunday to carry out a debt-cutting deal with creditors amid mounting public pressure for greater gun control.

It listed assets in the range of $500 million to $1 billion and liabilities in the range of $500 million and $1 billion.

The Madison, North Carolina-based firm manufactured the Bushmaster AR-15-style rifle used in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre that left 20 first-graders and six educators dead in 2012.

Remington’s sales plunged 27 percent in the first nine months of 2017, resulting in a $28 million operating loss.

Colt’s Manufacturing Co LLC, a competitor of Remington, emerged from bankruptcy in 2016 following falling sales of its sports rifles and the loss of military contracts.


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