Small New York Town Devastated as Gun
Plant Shuts Down
Epoch Times,
by
Allan Stein
Original Article
Posted By: earlybird,
12/23/2023 6:41:02 PM
ILION, N.Y.—In the village of Ilion, New York, 80 miles west of the state capital in Albany, residents are mourning the departure of gunmaker Remington Arms Co. after two centuries of continuous operation.
Without fanfare, the company announced last month that the manufacturing plant would be closing its doors on March 4, 2024.
"I feel like a family member has died," Ilion Mayor John Stephens told The Epoch Times. "My dad raised four kids on a paycheck from there for 37 years. He walked to work and carried his lunch every day."
Mr. Stephens said no one expected the announcement a week after Thanksgiving that the plant was set to close.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
DVC 12/23/2023 6:50:55 PM (No. 1623194)
Unions and a state and city full of people who hate the product, and did every thing they could to make it hard for them, and I'll bet that many were rude and nasty to the workers and management people.
NY is a very antigun nutball state, at least at the political levels where policy is made.
Remington will do well in their new home.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
JHHolliday 12/23/2023 7:14:42 PM (No. 1623205)
The hostile government in NY did this along with union wages. If Remington had stayed, they would have faced bankruptcy and the workers would still be out of good, high paying jobs. I am willing to bet that at least 80% voted Dem. Sucks when yo run businesses off....maybe they can learn to code.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
NorthStar 12/23/2023 7:30:49 PM (No. 1623222)
Play stupid games win stupid prizes.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Vaquero45 12/23/2023 7:35:16 PM (No. 1623226)
Remington hasn’t made guns in Ilion in several years. They sent all their machinery to Ruger in North Carolina last year. It’s just taken this long to close the plant down.
Remington made guns in the wrong place for about 50 years. High taxes, gun control laws and unions made it unprofitable. All the people bitching about losing their jobs probably voted Democrat all their lives. You got what you wanted, Ilion. Embrace the suck.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Hazymac 12/23/2023 7:36:39 PM (No. 1623227)
A hostile political climate and hoplophobic Democrats in some blue states are driving firearm manufacturing out of those places. S&W has moved from Massachusetts to East Tennessee; Kimber has moved from Yonkers, NY to Troy, Alabama; Remington is moving from Ilion, New York to Northern Alabama (Huntsville). The trend is certain to continue.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
seamusm 12/23/2023 7:41:36 PM (No. 1623230)
Then just learn to code. Blame their own voting for the DimoTwit Party and being slaves to union party hacks.
21 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
msavalla 12/23/2023 7:46:15 PM (No. 1623233)
Maybe the Wokes can use the building for a tatoo parlor, body piercing , Marijuana supply place. I'm sure that would satisfy everyone.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
BarryNo 12/23/2023 8:34:06 PM (No. 1623248)
You elected the people who forced Remington out. Think of it as a late term abortion.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Subsuburban 12/23/2023 9:45:56 PM (No. 1623278)
It's sad that the people of upstate are made the victims of the left wing politicians of New York City and its environs. The City dominates the entire state, while the upstate counties pay the price of the City's idiocy. You can't blame Remington for taking its business elsewhere. The blame lies squarely on the selfish, short-sighted and suicidal voters in the five boroughs.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
earlybird 12/23/2023 10:07:47 PM (No. 1623284)
How many know anything at all about this tiny village? In the part of NY more apt to vote Riight than Left. Go and read about it. At one time when it was to have a post office, it would have been named Remington except the company preferred they not do so. The "company town"since 1816,, I can understand this was a huge blow to them.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Petronius 12/23/2023 10:11:05 PM (No. 1623286)
Politicians, lawyers, and unions killed it.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Mizz Fixxit 12/23/2023 10:13:17 PM (No. 1623287)
Why did Remington settle the Sandy Hook case for $73 million? I thought The Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act is supposed to protect firearms companies from liability.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
marlon 12/23/2023 11:09:31 PM (No. 1623290)
I bet a good chunk of the employees are conservative. Hey this isn't NYC or Westchester County. Even if they are Union the leadership is probably way left of the workers. I feel for them.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Trigger2 12/24/2023 12:58:54 AM (No. 1623323)
Thank demonrats for the closure. Stupid people keep voting for stupid demonrats.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
chumley 12/24/2023 5:45:59 AM (No. 1623364)
Communists like the ones running New York dont care who they hurt, as long as it isnt themselves. Its all about ideology and power, and casualties be damned.
I own several Remingtons and for the most part they are good quality guns that were reasonably priced when new. Hope this move doesn't change that.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
coldborezero 12/24/2023 6:23:02 AM (No. 1623367)
I could be wrong (I often am), but I don’t think Bushmaster was ever connected to Remington.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Pault135 12/24/2023 8:10:51 AM (No. 1623400)
As #13 mentioned, the union leadership may have been “radical New York City liberals” but the membership voted FOR the pay and benefit increases that those same leaders negotiated for them. It would have been revealing if the article would have mentioned what the contract gave them.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Strike3 12/24/2023 11:00:27 AM (No. 1623480)
No problem, I already have my Model 700 neatly tucked away and expect it to last a lifetime, however long that may be.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
dwa 12/24/2023 12:08:50 PM (No. 1623527)
You get the government you vote for.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Old Army Vet 12/24/2023 2:19:06 PM (No. 1623578)
I'm glad that I left that arm pit of a state a long time ago.
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