Posted on 09/13/2014 8:32:11 AM PDT by george76
An upstate New York lawmaker said the loss of manufacturing jobs in the state last month is due to an anti-gun administration that has ignored pleas from local officials to be involved in the negotiating process.
“Remington talks have come to a halt,” said Assemblyman Marc W. Butler (R.-Newport), whose district includes the Village of Ilion, where the Remington Outdoor Company has been located for almost 200 years. “We are losing 105 jobs at the Ilion primary plant,” said Butler.
In February he predicted long-term consequences of Remington’s decision to expand to Huntsville, Ala., instead of Ilion, N.Y. The small community of 8,000 people Northwest of Albany will be hit-hard by the layoffs, said Butler. Remington, the country’s oldest firearm manufacturer, is adding a 500,000 sq.-ft. development site in Huntsville.
“It is very unfortunate for us in New York,” he said. “We have a great, quality work force; expansion here would have been ideal.” There were talks about additional facilities at “The Pumpkin Patch” in Herkimer County; however he said information was not given to the area senator or county officials, until after they learned about it in the news.
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Remington 1911 and Bushmaster is shifting from New York to Alabama due to the odious provisions in the SAFE Act, he said. “Bushmaster rifles are considered assault weapons.” Bushmaster, who is the leading supplier of AR15-type rifles in the nation, is sold to consumers for hunting, recreation, competition, and home defense.
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It is Cuomo’s anti-gun agenda that has hurt business and will continue to hurt business in New York, he said. “Remington has been critical of the SAFE Act since the gun-control law was championed by Cuomo in January 2013.”
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It’s not just firearms that Cuomo is running out of NY. NY also bans oilfield fracking...which would make **GIGANTIC** economic booms for small property owners in upstate NY if it was allowed, ala North Dakota and Texas.
In the meantime...Roll Tide!
I left upstate NY back in the 70’s for Texas. Texas is beginning to resemble the NY I left. Sadly I can’t think of anyplace to go to now. Texas in the 70’s was a really great place to live. Now it is slowly turning blue.
I remember East St. Louis from my days in Scott AFB in 1957.
One would not want to get in a car accident in that town even in those days.
These socialist elitist, whom Cuomo and King Barry are only reflections of the libtard cidiot stronghold thought processes, know quite well that it all comes down to incrementalism: frog in the pot. If they were not aware of such, and we did as you propose, giving voting rights to landowners only, they would loose their power. However, they are even trying to get around that aspect as well by using front groups such as The Nature Conservancy to buy up all the best farmable, resource rich, and waterway land. They are not stupid. If/when the SHTF the liberal stronghold cities would be out of luck, and they know it.
I was born and raised in the Florida Panhandle. After college, I got married, took a job that basically moved me all over the country.
After I retired, I moved back to the Panhandle and except for the beaches, it has hardly changed at all.
“This is the same NY State that runs TV advertisements trying to induce new businesses to relocate by giving them a 10-year tax holiday.”
Picture being an established business in NY for decades and a competitor moves in with a 10 year tax holiday.
Liberals know nothing about capitalism.
And whatever you do, don’t allow fracking. Better to open a few casinos in the Jewish Alps and claim an economic recovery.
The problem could be addressed at the federal level by repealing the 17th amendment. The authors of our Constitution foresaw the problem.
Good one, LOL
Memphis, TN
Madison, WI
Philadelphia, PA
Houston, TX,
Portland, OR
and so on................
The tumors within states.
The “Neu Yuk Sh*ty” socialism is a good business repellant.
Too bad Neu Yuk didn’t decide to produce a better mosquito repellant instead of a business repellant.
and Welcome to Rocket City U.S.A. Remington!!!!
“Andrew evil eyes Cuomo who said if you are conservative he doesn’t want you in HIS state”
Cuomo’s cash cow is the financial sector and Manhattan. As ling as he has that he’s solid. He doesn’t give a squat about upstate broke hicks. I say you up-staters should break-away and start fracking. Once you develop a petroleum industry you’ll be able to twist NYC’s tail and make’em dance same as Russia does to Europe.
That is a myth it would hurt the firearms industry... Gov Sales at most viable manufactures is about 12% of revenue. the only 2 that would suffer greatly would be FN and Colt. Outside of that...everyone and I mean every other OEM for firearms and ammunition would have a small impact. The Consumers need to force the manufacuters to cut off liberals!
An interesting post offering educational possibilities. Let's start with “Imagine if Lord Cuomo and his ilk were in charge during the forming of this country?”.
In New Your, they nearly weer in charge. New York had quite a number of residents leave for Canada, and it was far from a solidly pro-Revolution state. New Yorkers have always had quite a desire for a King.
All too many New Yorkers are GibsMeDats, from ghetto trash to rich white trash - all have their snouts in the Government Feeding Trough.
Right, and the Dakotas. And the Carolinas.
All of the companies that will be laying off (or selling the business with the potential to lay off) a good percentage of their employees within 90 days. If you go here...
http://labor.ny.gov/workforcenypartners/warn/warnportal.shtm
It explains the terms and conditions for businesses to follow when laying off employees....
You missed it. I lived in SoCal in the late fifties and early to mid sixties. It was really nice. Joined the Army in '66.
When I went back in '80 after getting my discharge I got chased out of a convenience store by Mexicans in my own home town. There was Mexican gang graffiti everywhere.
When I went back again for a HS reunion they couldn't even hold it in the same town - too dangerous. The old campus, once open, was surrounded with 8ft chain link fences topped with razor wire and we were warned not to stop or get out of our car.
Actually NYC under Guiliani was a remarkable turnaround...my wife and I felt safe walking around after midnight in Midtown...now I would certainly think twice....
We can also thank the Powers that Be for a surge in demand for a new product...Narcan.
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