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Teachers' pension fund invested in maker of gun used in massacre

A state pension plan for Florida teachers held shares in American Outdoor Brands, which manufactured the gun used in the Feb. 14 school attack.

By Neil Weinberg and Polly Mosendz | Updated on February 21, 2018
Bullet holes A pension fund for Florida teachers invested in the company that made the gun used in the recent massacre.

(Bloomberg) –As Florida teachers grieve over the mass shooting that left 17 students and colleagues dead last week, some of them may be surprised to learn they’ve been helping fund the firearms industry—including the company that made the gun used that bloody Wednesday.

A state pension plan for Florida teachers held 41,129 shares in American Outdoor Brands Co. valued at more than a half-million dollars, according to a Dec. 31 securities filing listing the plan’s holdings. Formerly known as Smith & Wesson, Springfield, Massachusetts-based American Outdoors manufactured the semiautomatic AR-15 assault rifle that was used in the Feb. 14 attack on the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

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