A U.S. outdoor gear company that was dropped by Canadian retailer MEC in the wake of the Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School School massacre plans to exit the gun manufacturing business. Vista Outdoor Inc., which is based in Farmington, Utah, said Tuesday it will look at selling its Savage and Stevens firearm brands. Although MEC doesn't sell firearms or ammunition, it came under consumer pressure to drop Vista Outdoor brands following the Florida school shooting. MEC has been selling some of the brands, including Bollé, Bushnell, CamelBak and Jimmy Styks, for years, even before Vista acquired them. MEC couldn't be reached immediately for comment following the latest move by Vista to exit gun manufacturing.

Source: CBC News May 01, 2018 18:23 UTC