Couldn´t see THAT coming. Oh, wait. Yes we could.

Wish Mississippi were on the list of states courting Remington. I would pit our gun owners against any other state. Bring it on. Even old ladies like me are able to hit the bulls eye...or robber if needs be. My deer hunting days are over...can´t sit that long..but we are well armed in the plumnellie family.

There are three issues with Remington (and other gun MFGers) being in true blue states. First is the all out political assault on them in the current gun control fight (think Rahm Emmanuel in Chi-town). Second is the ever-increasing state taxes in liberal-controlled areas (NY, CA, etc.). And third is the fact that most blue states are not Right to Work states so most of the labor force is unionized.

I´ve been saying this for the last four years. Why would any gun manufacturer remain in a blue state?

Move now why you still can!

Might I recommend GA, NC, SC?

Freedom Group may be the group to keep an eye on, they are buying up gun companies (I hear Marlin is next, and may be up to no good?

I would bet that many of the employees at the Remington plant are excited about the prospect of escaping New York to more friendly locals. What union represents these employees? The favorable economic implications of moving to a right-to-work state are growing every year.

Dear Remington,
Please come to OKC, we already named a horse racing track and casino after you.
Sincerely,
r-j-s

As a New Yorker I do my very best to convince anyone and everyone to NOT move here. Businesses especially should be discouraged from moving to this blood sucking state. I hope Remington pulls out of here to another state who will welcome them.

They should move immediately to a free state and take all specially skilled employees with them. In fact, all citizens who care about their rights should move out of New York state.

Our Governor, a recent candidate for President, has personally asked Remington (and other gun manufacturers) to move to our State. Texas will always be gun-friendly. My children have been raised that way and we are now raising our grandkids to be that way.

Gov "evil eyes" Cuomo is just trying to shoot hoops like The bamster , through The Constitution..

I hope Remington tells Cuomo bye bye and they take all their employees with them!

The area around Ilion New York is terribly depressed rural area. If they lose Remington......well, just another case of unintended consequences.

Thank you Governor Hamster Brain!

Hey, we love firearms in Texas. Everyone has one, or more even. We also don´t have any income taxes.

Yeah, we do get a bit hot in the summer but there is plenty of A/C, and the energy to power it, and plenty of iced tea, too.

I think Remington´s employees will really love moving to Texas.

The first state that throws in buying the employees houses and paying relocation expenses for them will likely have a deal.

It is pretty clear that the liberal Democrats are attempting to put much of the generally considered conservative oriented US small arms and related industries out of business by banning just about all the modern firearms that are produced and sold in the USA today. As clearly those industries would have a very hard time surviving by bidding on a diminishing number of military contracts in the future. If those industries are wiped out, the tens of thousands of well paying US jobs in those industries would also disappear, and with them would go all the related technical know how.

It is notable that the liberal Democrats are as silent as church mouses regarding the culpability of the Hollywood movie and the video game industries in their wholesale production of very violent content computer enhanced multimedia presentations, from which they earn billions of dollars some of which finds its way into Democrat campaign coffers, that give criminally insane ideas such as mass murder to unstable young minds present in such peaceful places as rural Connecticut towns.

Don´t forget to look at Louisiana!

I´m gonna go out on a limb and guess that economic issues rather than ideological fealty to the Second amendment will determine Remington´s decision. I don´t see how the NY gun-ban law will directly affect Remington´s bottom line, given their nation-wide customer base, unless the NY authorities decide to raid the plant and confiscate the guns and magazines Remington manufactures for the civilized parts of the country that can still buy them. My guess is that Rem will stay put.

How long before ALL industries that make stuff people actually need and want to buy have relocated to Republican states and ALL trash "industries" making stuff Dems want people to buy, and are 100% dependent on public funds have relocated to Bankrupt states?

Wouldn´t you think Gov Perry would invite them to Texas ?

Get out of New York Remington. I did and I wish I had done it many many years ago. Not a good place to live or work.