Nutter proposes divestment from gun makers, sellers that don't follow his 20 "Sandy Hook Principles"
Mayor Nutter on Tuesday announced a plan to force gun manufacturers and retailers to adhere to a list of 20 "Sandy Hook Principles" or face divestment from Philadelphia and, he hopes, other cities and organizations across the country.
Nutter proposes divestment from gun makers, sellers that don't follow his 20 "Sandy Hook Principles"
Sean Collins Walsh
Paging Rush Limbaugh.
Mayor Nutter on Tuesday announced a plan to force gun manufacturers and retailers to adhere to a list of 20 “Sandy Hook Principles” or face divestment from Philadelphia and, he hopes, other cities and organizations across the country.
“Americans have economic power in how we choose to spend and invest our money. We can and should use that power to send a very strong message that irresponsible corporate behavior will not be tolerated,” Nutter said at a press conference.
The requirements, based on the Sullivan Principles that sparked a divestment movement against South Africa’s Apartheid regime, include “develop and implement technology-enhanced safety measures for guns” and “support and promote a requirement that all background check data be shared by all federal agencies.”
Nutter, who is president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, said he hopes that cities like Los Angeles and Chicago will follow suit and that a broad movement of divestment against what he views as irresponsible weapons companies will take place.
Asked whether he fears a conservative backlash (similar to what happened when liberal groups protested Chik-fil-A and ended up sparking a mass show of support for the fast-food company by their opponents), Nutter said now is not the time to worry about what others will do but to take action with the tools that cities have.
To start the process, Nutter is asking the city Pension Board to review its portfolio, find companies that might be in violation of the principles and notify them that they have to make changes.
Unfortunately I think we have watched the destruction of our once great country from the inside out. Obama has managed to change the weight of voters from productive citizens that vote intelligently to dependent voters that vote b/c they are promised more free things. He then goes and spends ungodly amounts of $ will running a campaign of lies about balanced budgets and spending cuts, none of which will ever come true. He has allowed muslim extremist to infiltrate his cabinet. He has used our the influence of his seat of power to allow mulsim extremist to overthrow once friendly governments, ex: Egypt, he has then sent these governments some of our most advanced weapons of war. He is now attempting to disarm the law abiding citizens and trampling the Constitution left and right. I am preparing for the eventual coming of people for the country our founding fathers established and those that want to destroy her.— dcn- nutter is emblematic of the vacuous rantings of the democrats and the sycophantic behavior of the lame stream media. These idiots rely on the low-information-voter to perpetuate their existence.— junethe4th
- "Americans have economic power in how we choose to spend and invest our money."...
Yes, Mr. Mayor - and that economic power is being displayed as we speak by literally millions of citizens who have been purchasing firearms at a record pace since The Smartest Brother of All Times got elected in 2008. Why? Because they fear exactly the scenario that is playing out right now, where hacks like yourself are trying to disarm the law-abiding population, so you and your misguided counterparts can continue to live in denial about the real causes of violence in this country, and your fair city.— nellar - Nutter is following Rham Emmanuel's advice of never letting a tragedy go to waste. Obviously a lot of people don't understand the stock market, the company already has the money they're going to get. If Phila. wants to get rid of their stock, they have to find a buyer. If they continue with the negative press on this, they'll drive down the value of their stock and LOSE money or additional net increased value of their stock. Follow this circle and less money from stocks sales, more money the city has to make up in unfunded liabilities. Good thinking Mikey!— jcc1960
- i hope if they ban guns they start with the libs on the main line.this would be great watching the savages invading the maine line from nutter's base in west philly.— seanmike
- This newspaper should start to ignore nutter and his I'll informed comments. The pension board's only objective should be the highest return on investment, not social consciousness.— anti-tax
- Here is what Nutter meant to say "Americans have economic power in how we choose to spend and invest our money. We can and should use that power to send a very strong message that irresponsible Government behavior will not be tolerated,”— tombstone713
- Great news! I'll take all the stock those dopes running the City pension want to unload.— Wilhelm Von Humboldt
- My apologies, Mr. Mayor, but let's start small and deal with the violence of all types that occurs within city limits first. I am still deeply saddened by the tragedy at Sandy Hook; however, I do not feel that gun legislation is the end-all be-all. We need to convince our society to begin respecting human life again and teach our children morals and responsibility. With that comes proper treatment and handling of the mentally ill, which includes preventing them from having easy access to any weapon, whether it is a gun, knife, or homemade IED. Try as you might, you will not and cannot stop the production and sale of firearms, but you CAN aim to stop the senseless and never-ending violence within your own city.— amd804
- Do a little history; we have been killing each other since the dawn of the ages. That poignant moment in 2001: A Space Odyssey where one “Cro” bashes in the head of another is on point.
Murder is innate in our species, more people throughout the ages have been killed by other means then guns, and it is just today’s weapon of choice. Gun reform is needed, but: “All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate would be oppression.”
Thomas Jefferson quotes
— STEPHEN1988 - Professor 1982 is an idiot.— dfc922
- ya know this kinda thing is called extortion— Iknowyourider
- i wonder what the murder rate i south africa since the blacks took control of the country.you guessed it.— seanmike
- Nuttman and Ramsey can't control the runaway crime in the city, so both are desperate to blame any circumstance or thing (guns) they can to cover their butts. If you ran an effective police force and got rid of the whimp plea bargaining DA and spineless jelly-hearted liberal judges, the city would be a safe place to live and work. Trying to camouflage the real cause of the city's demise isn't working Nuttman.— dogman5
- I just read Mr Nutter's 20 "principles". Fine reading. Unfortunately, not a single one of the 20 would have prevented, or even delayed, the Sandy Hook tragedy. Most of these "principles" are either the law, or are common practice, like stamping serial numbers on guns.— DonQ
