Colt and Remington to relocate??

[worker987]

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012...t-to-relocate/

"Two venerable American gun manufacturers — Remington and Colt — could head for the West their weapons helped win if New York and Connecticut force them to implement microstamping technology."

Get the name of every sponsoring politician - regardless if the bill passes or not - and let them know - at the polls - and up close and personal - just how wrong this legislation will be!

[knight0334]

I hope they do move out of those states.

I'm sure we can find a place here in PA for either of them.

[streaker69]

I hope they do move out of those states.

I'm sure we can find a place here in PA for either of them.

That is actually a good idea, and we can help it happen.

Start to petition your local governments to contact those companies and offer them tax breaks for moving their company. That kind of thing happens all the time.

[priell3]

I hope they do move out of those states.

I'm sure we can find a place here in PA for either of them.

That is what I thought. It would be great for PA.

[worker987]

That is what I thought. It would be great for PA.

PA is not very tax-friendly to manufacturing interests - when was the last time you saw a major corp move INTO PA vs somewhere south?

[bigdawgbeav]

Where do I sign up for a job? My only concern is that Philly would probably give the biggest tax breaks and the last thing we want is good firearm manufacturers in that shit-hole of a city.

[streaker69]

Where do I sign up for a job? My only concern is that Philly would probably give the biggest tax breaks and the last thing we want is good firearm manufacturers in that shit-hole of a city.

With a little bit of research you could convince your local governments that they're a suitable site for the companies to move to your local area.

Things to look for:

Buildings that are already empty and up for lease.
Building that has both manufacturing and ware house space.
Close to a highway
Building already in an industrial area

If you have something like that in your area, go to your township council and propose that they invite those companies to move in and create jobs. Politicians area always looking for ways to create jobs in their area.

[das]

Good idea on trying to get them into Pa. It is kind of ironic that they are still in NY anyway. Plus It would a great kick in the teeth to Bloomy and his buddies.

[7998]

I'll sign a petition for them to move out of NY to PA. Having recently drove across PA I would guess there is many locations for these icons to relocate to.

[ChamberedRound]

I hope they do move out of those states.

I'm sure we can find a place here in PA for either of them.

That is actually a good idea, and we can help it happen.

Start to petition your local governments to contact those companies and offer them tax breaks for moving their company. That kind of thing happens all the time.

+1. I'd love to buy a Colt or Remington firearm that was stamped "<insert town here>, PA".

PA is not very tax-friendly to manufacturing interests - when was the last time you saw a major corp move INTO PA vs somewhere south?

While I agree with your statement, everything's relative. PA might not be great on the tax issue, but I have to believe it's far cheaper than NY, and the relocation costs to PA vs a southern state would likely be lower due to the shorter distance to travel and transport equipment, tooling, etc.

In addition, the only reason PA isn't generally manufacturing friendly is because of tax legislation that was passed decades ago when PA was a foundry powerhouse, and the government was able to take advantage of it. Call your legislators not to keep Colt and Remington in NY, but to pass legislation in PA that repeals the ancient tax code which has no relevance in a 21st century manufacturing environment, and then we can convince more companies than just Colt and Remy to re-open in PA.