Colt leaving Conn.?
 

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.


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Before this is over, there are a number of big name gunmakers that are going to be facing similar dilemmas.

I had thought about the problem of relocating employees. It won't be an easy thing, but I think they are going to have to do it.

Lots of impact throughout the community and to the company. But maybe that's what it takes to wake people up from this trance many have been in for years thinking we can legislate ourselves into bliss. Elections and actions have consequences. Personally, I hope all these companies move into friendlier states.

Virginia is open for Gun Business!

Civil war in the making...

It's a tough position to be in. I'll be surprised if Colt goes anywhere.

If I was a long time Colt (Winchester, Marlin, Olin, ... insert your favorite CT, MA, NY based firearms/firearms allied industry here) employee I'd be open to transferring to a free state ... even if I had to pay my own way there. I left five years ago and won't be back except to visit ... and my family roots are as deep as any in CT ... it is a real shame what they have done to a once great (and still beautiful) state.