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Smith and Wesson celebrates opening of $125m HQ in gun-friendly Tennessee - after moving from longtime home in Massachusetts
Daily Mail ^ | 10/08/23 | Rachel Bowman

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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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Education; History; Local News
KEYWORDS: banglist; massachusetts; smith; smithandwesson; tennessee; wands; wesson
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Congrats Tennessee.
1 posted on 10/07/2023 11:50:27 PM PDT by Libloather
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Hope y’all enjoy them in Tennessee. I enjoy all of mine. Mama’s got her own.


2 posted on 10/07/2023 11:59:35 PM PDT by Equine1952
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"Smith & Wesson manufactures AR-15 style rifle weapons, the weapon of choice in many of America's deadliest mass shootings."

Gee, no bias, there.

3 posted on 10/08/2023 12:49:09 AM PDT by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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To: Libloather

...and screw Massachusetts and all its useful idiot democrat voters.


4 posted on 10/08/2023 1:07:01 AM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: Eagles6

AR-15 style rifle? That takes in a lot of territory. Mini-14 to Uzi. I’ll wager these type of idiots wouldn’t know a Thompson machine gun from a AK47 or pump mosseburg shotgun.

Stupid is really nice when you can put out 💩 and never get called on it. Eff them.


5 posted on 10/08/2023 1:07:55 AM PDT by Equine1952
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To: All

6 posted on 10/08/2023 1:09:54 AM PDT by Liz (“The only time Biden gets his hands dirty is when he’s taking cash from foreign countries." Trump)
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To: Equine1952

Exactly.


7 posted on 10/08/2023 1:16:57 AM PDT by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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To: Libloather

Crook – “What’s you doing, you pighead sucka?”

Harry Callahan – “Every day for the past ten years, Loretta there’s been giving me a large black coffee. Today she gives me a large black coffee, only it has sugar in it, a lotta sugar. I just came back to complain. Now, you boys put those guns down.”

Crook – “Say what?”

Harry Callahan – “Well, we’re not just gonna let you walk out of here.”

Crook – “Who’se we sucka?”

Harry Callahan – (Drawing his .44 Magnum) “Smith and Wesson… and me.”

SUDDEN IMPACT - 1983


8 posted on 10/08/2023 1:27:51 AM PDT by Gnome1949
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To: Libloather

About time they get out of Mass of 2 sh!ts


9 posted on 10/08/2023 1:39:03 AM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: Gnome1949

👍😆

I have often quoted that scene in forums.


10 posted on 10/08/2023 1:56:02 AM PDT by MachIV
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To: Bikkuri; Libloather

It’s best for S&W, no doubt, to move out of Mass. However, it’s a good thing generally for Blue States to have some significant defense manufacturing and firearm manufacturers within their employment bases. It helps keep the voters and officials in those states less far left crazy.


11 posted on 10/08/2023 2:08:55 AM PDT by oldplayer
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less far left crazy

Doesn’t seem to have done much good in MA...its why S&W left.


13 posted on 10/08/2023 2:32:07 AM PDT by Adder (End fascism...defeat all Democrats.)
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To: Libloather

My brother went to this grand opening yesterday, haven’t heard any feedback yet. We’re about 20 miles from the factory.


14 posted on 10/08/2023 3:31:55 AM PDT by Baldwin77 (Be not deceived, God is not mocked)
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To: Libloather

Good for them....good for everyone.


15 posted on 10/08/2023 3:59:06 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: oldplayer

Massachusetts has plenty of defense contractors. Plenty.

Robotics defense that can disarm citizens.


16 posted on 10/08/2023 4:15:14 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Genocide is here. Leftist extremists are spearheading the Genocide against conservatives. )
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To: Libloather

Tennessee will remain gun friendly until all the Nashville lefties flip the state blue.


17 posted on 10/08/2023 4:16:51 AM PDT by IamConservative (I was nervous like the third chimp in line for the Ark after the rain started.)
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To: Libloather

Great move! Now all they have to do is get rid of that damned Hillary Hole lock!


18 posted on 10/08/2023 4:19:37 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Gnome1949

Great movie!


19 posted on 10/08/2023 4:24:03 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam ("Normal" is never coming back.)
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To: Libloather

My brother and his wife went yesterday. He said they were super tired when they left, so there must’ve been a lot to see and do.


20 posted on 10/08/2023 4:26:17 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam ("Normal" is never coming back.)
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