[Zhang Fei]

Not entirely surprising that blue states are chasing away a slow-growth low-profit and politically-incorrect sector. Nonetheless, it's a pretty big move for some businesses that have been in these locations since the Revolutionary War.

[freeandfreezing]

Firearms manufacturers are welcome here in New Hampshire, and we have a large collection of machine shops and other specialty manufacturers to support them. We also have business friendly tax rates and no income tax for employees.

Ruger is here, as is Sig Sauer.

Massachusetts and New York are a different story. Both states, apart from their anti-firearms governments also have very high taxes and anti-business attitudes.

[winterystorm]

Are they going to the great state of Tennessee. So many businesses are moving there and Florida.

[Still Thinking]

If a society has contempt for your product, they shouldn’t benefit from the sale of it.

[muir_redwoods]

I had a long conversation with a senior executive from Ruger a few years ago. We met at the Ruger plant in Southbury Connecticut. The executive office, employing perhaps 20 people, was attached to an empty and idle factory building.

During the conversation he told me that Ruger was dedicated to not investing another dime in Connecticut. All of their manufacturing was done in New Hampshire and other gun friendly states.

[Deplorable American1776]

One of Hartford most iconic view is the Blue Dome of the Colt Armory. Even the Hartford Athletic SC has it in their logo. A branch of the New Haven was (and still is) called the Armory Branch.

[1Old Pro]

Smart corporations are agile, flexible and nimble and make decent business decisions.