State Treasurer Steve Grossman says the Massachusetts pension fund has about $27.8 million invested in the gun industry.

The Globe reported earlier this week that Grossman had asked for an accounting of gun-related investments following the Dec. 14 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. “Given recent events, we’re engaged in a serious conversation on gun violence in America, and I hope that the timely release of this information will make that as comprehensive a discussion as possible,” Grossman said in a statement Friday.