business angle because we're seeing reaction from wall street to wal-mart so demitri kerber. know its purpose capital it's a private equity firm anyway they announced it in freedom group which owns shares in bushmaster which is the maker of the rifle that was reportedly used in the shooting the company released a statement saying our role is to make investments on behalf of our clients who are comprised of the pension plans of firemen teachers policemen and other ministers workers unions endowments other institutions and individuals it's not a role to take positions or attempt to shape or influence the gun control policy debate that's the job of federal and state legislators there are however actions that we can take as a firm. obviously selling their stake as one of a wal-mart also decided to pull sales of bushmaster rifles from their website from online dick's sporting goods announced that out of respect for the victims they remove guns from sales near newtown. let's step back what do you make of these announcements. when you think about the specific point the guns off. thi