Gunmaker's share price performance
A look at shares of U.S. firearm makers after the San Bernardino shooting, after President Obama vowed to use executive powers to expand background checks for buys and bolster licensing requirements for dealers, and after the mass shooting in Orlando that killed 49 people. Prices are rebased to the last share price close before the attack/event.
Sturm Ruger
Smith & Wesson
S&P 500
San Bernardino shooting
Rebased: Dec. 1, 2015
Obama's speech on gun safety reform
Rebased: Jan. 4, 2016
Orlando nightclub shooting
Rebased: June 10, 2016
Major shootings in the U.S. since 2007
Number of deaths*
*Deaths exclude perpetrators. Note: Includes incidents with nine or more deaths.
Nationwide firearm background checks
In millions
Firearm background checks in Florida
In millions
**2016 figure = January to May
Note: Figures for the number of firearm background checks initiated through the NICS, they do not represent the number of firearms sold.
Sources: Thomson Reuters; Federal Bureau of Investigation, National Instant Criminal Background Check System
By Jiachuan Wu and Christine Chan | REUTERS GRAPHICS