Colt Considering Leaving Connecticut

[Flesh Thorn]

Colt's Manufacturing, the company that has made the iconic gun dubbed "The Peacemaker" for more than a century, could pull up its Connecticut stakes after coming under fire in the national debate over the Second Amendment.
President and CEO Dennis Veilleux said the pro-gun control climate that has taken hold in the wake of the Sandy Hook school massacre and other firearm attacks has left him feeling unwelcome in the state his company has called home for 175 years. Proposed laws being debated by the Legislature and pushed by Gov. Dannel Malloy include a new gun offender registry, an expanded assault weapons ban, ammunition restrictions and a ban on bulk purchases of handguns. Veilleux said those measures have put Colt and its nearly 700 employees in the crosshairs.


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[Jim]

We would certainly welcome them in Virginia!

[Lomack27]

There's too many states that would be happy to have the revenue for them to stick around there. Good to see magpul move also.


Thanks,
Lomack27

[RMP-RLTW]

What makes me happy about this is, it is exactly as the founders intended. States rights to make the laws and citizens rights (or businesses in this case) to move to another state if they so desire. Taking their revenue with them.

It's a beautiful thing!


Ryan
RLTW!

[Sleepy Doc]

Ironic that we have so little support here in a state that used to have a huge arms manufacturing industry. You name it; it was either built here or invented here. Arms manufacturing put the People's Republic of Connecticut on the map. Shit, the original Winchester plant is built down to bedrock and literally cannot be torn down. So many are long gone; Remington, Winchester, Olin, Marlin.. Bushmaster is getting ready to leave and Colt will probably follow.


Punchline to the joke; the municipality that charges the highest taxes per capita in the union? None other than Bridgeport, Ct. (Former home of Remington Arms and Bridgeport Arsenal, where they manufactured the main guns for tanks)

Pathetic.. If my son were not here, I'd be gone in a flash too