Retirement plan participants might be socking away money from gun sales toward their futures—even those opposed to guns.
Lots of participants might be shocked to learn that many of the mutual funds that fill their retirement portfolios invest in gun companies—and the number of those funds is higher than one might think.
CBS News reports that both actively and passively managed funds have stock in gun manufacturers and sporting goods stores that sell guns, with approximately 35 percent of U.S. stock funds including investments in a maker or retailer of guns and ammunition.
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