Posted on 10/07/2023 11:50:27 PM PDT by Libloather
Gun manufacturing giant Smith & Wesson hosted a grand opening of its $125 million new Tennessee headquarters after moving from its longtime home in Massachusetts.
The company built a new 650,000-square feet office in Maryville as part of a relocation plan announced in 2021.
The gunmaker had been located in Springfield, Massachusetts, since the mid-19th century, but hoped to move to a more gun-friendly state.
'From where I stand, the next 170 years of Smith & Wesson are looking pretty good. It is something special here in Tennessee,' President and CEO Mark Smith said at Saturday's grand opening.
Smith & Wesson officials have said legislative proposals in Massachusetts would prohibit them from manufacturing certain weapons.
The Democrat led state is known to have some of the country´s strictest gun laws.
Smith said The Volunteer State's welcoming regulatory environment and close collaboration with the state government was a crucial piece of the plan to relocate.
He said the new facility would create hundreds of jobs.
Tennessee has moved to loosen gun restrictions in recent years under Republican leadership.
In 2021, the state passed a law to allow most adults 21 and older to carry handguns without a permit that requires first clearing a state-level background check and training.
Smith & Wesson manufactures AR-15 style rifle weapons, the weapon of choice in many of America's deadliest mass shootings.
A 2022 House Oversight Committee investigation determined that five major American gunmakers: Daniel Defense, Bushmaster, Sig Sauer, Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc., and Sturm, Ruger & Co., took in a combined total of $1 billion in revenue over 10 years from the sale of AR-15s.
Smith & Wesson saw sales jump over the same period from $108 million to $253 million.
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“all the Nashville lefties”
And Memphis.
Most are either out of business or they moved to gun friendly states. It's a shame that liberals ruined another tradition, that is the Connecticut River arms industry.
Just watched Bongino video. The census containing illegal immigrants changes the seats in the house. All part of the dem plan. Conservatives outnumber libs, but the census contains non-citizens. IT SHOULD NOT. Bro lives north of gnashville. lived with him for 2 stints but only went into city a few times for a couple of hours. Love TN’s barns and the smokies.
Will there be a factory outlet store?
I remember the early 1960s when the Congressional Politicians of these states all came out for a ban on the import of 5 shot bolt action Army Surplus rifles. “For crime control” they said.
Come to find out it was really to prevent cheap competition with their local gun industries.
Now they have chased some of their own gun industries out of their states.
Second amendment factory good deal.
The new place is beautiful.
The new place is beautiful.
Indeed
A leftist Daily Mail employee expressing their hate for America.
Yes, true.
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