Colt to bolt? Gun maker's boss says company feels unwelcome in Connecticut

Foxnews.com via Yahoo ^ | March 21, 2013 | Joshua Rhett Miller

[ModernDayCato]

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.

[libstripper]

Only if you certify you aren’t DEmonCraps. We’ve done a good deal of flushig here recently and don’t want the sewage backing up through the commodes.

[ModernDayCato]

Could be worse. You could be Colorado.

[andyk]

I love my pre-80 combat commander. Well, right up until i lost it in that boating accident. Dear Colt, please come to Idaho. :-)

[Dr. Sivana]

Could? If they are not actively in the process of moving by now, then there is no hope for them. They needed to leave as soon as CT proved they were stuck on stupid.

I tried running for State Rep in 96, got my clock cleaned, got married in '97, and moved out in '98.

I agree with what you are saying.

Many who are left behind are doing so largely for the sake of older relatives.

Of course, moving to Illinois might not seem like much of an upgrade, but once you get far enough away from Chicago and its suburbs, it is a different world culturally.

I do miss the apizza.

[Mich Patriot]

Cool! ...but unless I missed it, you haven’t told us WHAT state you’re in yet. :)

[MasterGunner01]

Other CT gun makers (besides Colt) that may want to consider the “free world” elsewhere:

1. Colt Defense LLC
2. Colt's Manufacturing Co.
3. Charter Arms Co.
4. Stag Arms co.
5. O.F. Mossberg & Sons
6. Marlin Firearms Co.
7. Strum Ruger Co.
8. United States Firearm Mfg. Co.

I wonder what the governor would say if they all moved out? Colt brings in $1.7 billion into the state of CT alone. I wonder how much the others contribute? Gov. Malloy is a putz of epic proportions. With an 8.2 percent unemployment rate, the governor is courting a politician-made disaster.

[raisincane]

Gov. Pence and the rest of we Hoosiers would give a warm welcome to Colt and their employees. Come on down!

[SCHROLL]

I hope there comes a time when not only gun and ammo producers bolt Blue States, they refuse to sell in them as well.

[left that other site]

The Sunshine State!
Floridah.