Hell, I remember over 15 years ago I wondered why so many gun makers had their manufacturing setup in CT. Maybe NOW they are getting the message. Go South! Where you will be welcomed with open arms, for many reasons!
It's where they initially set up shop. That was before before the moonbats took over the rats. Most yankees used to have common sense.
It costs money to move.
Historcally, firearms manufacture was prevalent in New England, and the state of CT, in particular, since the days of Eli Whitney, who was the first person to demonstrate the mass production of firearms. Sam Colt set up shop in Hartford, in the early 1800's to produce his revolutionary new revolving cylinder pistol. Others, who had started under his tutelage, spun off, and began their own companies nearby.
Oddly enough, one of the major reasons that the South lost the Civil War, was the fact that manufacturing was largely centered in the North. The South had little manufacturing capabilities of its own, relying on imports, which were strangled due to the Union blockade. What little manufacturing capabilities of its own the South possessed, were utilized primarily to manufacture copies of the 1851 Colt Navy revolver. They had neither Sam Colt's blessing, or approval in this, Sam being a staunch Unionist...
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