Bill calls for Massachusetts to divest holdings in gunmakers

Associated Press: Legislation has been filed on Beacon Hill that would require the state’s pension fund to divest from any companies that manufacture guns and ammunition.

Democratic state Treasurer Deb Goldberg, whose office oversees the pension fund, proposed the bill along with two Democratic lawmakers, Senate Majority Leader Cynthia Creem of Newton and Rep. Lori Ehrlich of Marblehead, in the aftermath of the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida.

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