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Firearm stocks spike after mass shootings as investors dismiss the chance of tightening gun laws

Written by: Brad Greenwood, Associate Professor of Information Systems and Operations Management, George Mason University

Trading on tragedy.Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images.

The day after an armed 18-year-old entered the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, and shot dead 19 children and two teachers, the share prices of gun and weapons manufacturers jumped.

A week on, and the market rally of gun stocks following the latest mass shooting hasn’t...

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