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Feeling unwelcome in blue states, gun companies move to red ones
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| Aug. 29, 2022
| Todd C. Frankel
Posted on 08/29/2022 7:42:31 AM PDT by PROCON
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To: Lurkinanloomin
CornHole and PatchEye are Texas examples.
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posted on
08/29/2022 8:21:31 AM PDT
by
JCL3
(As Richard Feynman might have said, this is reality taking precedence over public relations.)
To: PROCON
Slave States.
Plantations that grow votes only.
To: Lurkinanloomin
I’ve found that the “reddest” states elect the worst Assistant Democrats. Yes, Texas has had a long string of them as state house speaker for many years. They consistently block every good proposed bill, or water it down until it's useless.
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posted on
08/29/2022 8:22:46 AM PDT
by
fwdude
(Racism is not dead, but it is on life support - kept alive by politicians….” — Thomas Sowell)
To: Wallace T.
They still have Barrasso and Lummis as Senators.
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posted on
08/29/2022 8:25:41 AM PDT
by
Lurkinanloomin
(Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
To: PROCON
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posted on
08/29/2022 8:36:50 AM PDT
by
DugwayDuke
(most pick the expert who says the things they agree with.)
To: PROCON
I personally told the S&W CEO and and one of the VPs about 14 years ago this very message about why they ought to consider moving to OK for the reasons stated here and many others. Corporate America moves at about the pace of a tortoise and wonders why they can’t gain market share, etc. Glad I’m through with that part of my life.
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posted on
08/29/2022 8:45:12 AM PDT
by
T-Bird45
(It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't. )
To: PROCON
The picture in the WaPo article clearly demonstrates the left’s wrong thinking (sorry, it’s a Getty or I’d post it here).
The picture shows a banner claiming, “Smith and Wesson Guns Killed Innocents.” But S&W guns (rifles, revolvers, pistols, et al) have never killed anyone. A gun is an inanimate object. It can’t pull it’s own trigger to kill someone.
The killing blame belongs to the person pulling the trigger. Not S&W.
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posted on
08/29/2022 8:52:58 AM PDT
by
upchuck
(The longer I remain unjabbed with the clot-shot, the more evidence I see supporting my decision.)
To: kosciusko51
If they were smart, they’d stop selling to blue states as well...
I wouldn’t go that far. However, if a state government is openly hostile to firearms, not selling firearms to that state’s police and other agencies might be in order.
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posted on
08/29/2022 9:22:07 AM PDT
by
hanamizu
To: PROCON
I will be able to consider buying my first Smith & Wesson.
Yes its a historic American brand and yes, some of their guns are quite good, but whenever possible, I don’t do business with blue states. Why should I support my enemies? and yes, companies there no matter how they feel are paying taxes to and thus strengthening the enemy.
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posted on
08/29/2022 9:27:14 AM PDT
by
FLT-bird
To: Little Ray
"Blue states = slave states"Post of the 21st Century.
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posted on
08/29/2022 9:27:47 AM PDT
by
matthew fuller
(Murrill McLean Award, for cowardice by a Policeman, shooting of 12 lb. Mini-Dachshund. Danville, VA)
To: upchuck
Yep. Blaming a company for the intentional misuse of its product is absurd. It would be like blaming GM every time a drunk driver has used one to kill an innocent person.
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posted on
08/29/2022 9:29:53 AM PDT
by
FLT-bird
To: PROCON
Colt is now owned by a Czech company-”In 2021, Colt was purchased by the Česká zbrojovka Group (CZG), which would rename itself Colt CZ Group in 2022.”
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posted on
08/29/2022 9:40:05 AM PDT
by
matthew fuller
(Murrill McLean Award, for cowardice by a Policeman, shooting of 12 lb. Mini-Dachshund. Danville, VA)
To: kosciusko51
BINGO, ADD IN BLUR COUNTIES.
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posted on
08/30/2022 4:37:46 AM PDT
by
GailA
(Constitution vs evil Treasonous political Apparatchiks, Constitutional Conservative.)
To: SmokingJoe
You can be sued anywhere by far left Dems and their lawyers . . .
Yes and no. You can indeed by sued, but if you do not reside in and do no business in the state, then you can ignore any judgments. If the state tried to enforce its ruling, it would end up in the Supreme Court, who would say that the state has no standing.
At least, that's what they would rule if they were even vaguely honest - which I admit is a valid question.
However, there is another reason not to sell firearms in blue states. It will irritate the people who want to buy one, and ultimately, the people ('slaves') in the blue states will need to revolt if they want their rights back.
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posted on
08/31/2022 2:47:20 PM PDT
by
Phlyer
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