Anti Gunner plays politics with Florida Retirement fund
Florida’s pension fund adopted anti-gun guidelines with Rick Scott’s blessing From the Second Amendment Foundation’s Investigative Journalism Project
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Ashbel C. “Ash” Williams Jr., has the financial wellbeing of Florida’s public employees in his handsWilliams serves as executive director and chief investment officer of the Florida State Board of Administration in Tallahassee, which oversees more than $250 billion in assets, including the nearly $2 billion Florida Retirement System – the state’s public employee pension fund.
Ashbel C. “Ash” Williams Jr.
On Nov. 14, 2018, for reasons known only to him, Williams signed an agreement known as the Principles for a Responsible Civilian Firearms Industry, on behalf of the State of Florida. In fact, Florida was one of the first states to sign up with the group, and one of Williams’ own staffers helped draft the document.
Go read the rest. Vigilance cannot ever stop and here is a reason why.
Ok, so we have a state government official, apparently with the (at least tacit) agreement of Scott, supporting victim disarmament policies. State preemption laws prevent towns from doing such things, but how does it help if the state itself does the wrong thing?