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Unintended Consequences: The Hidden Costs Of “Gun Control”
Bill Dietrick, observing from a long career serving his country and the public interest, has this to say about gun industry companies being driven from their home states by insane feel-good laws being promoted at the state house level:
Something to keep in mind in regards to firearms manufacturers, wholesalers and distributors, etc. moving their operations: the economic loss to the state is far greater than those jobs would indicate.
For instance, Remington is seriously negotiating to move out of New York, with five other states, as a result of Cuomo’s ill-considered ramming through of his new idiot bills.
Remington is the economic mainstay business of Ilion, New York. True, they’d perhaps directly lose perhaps 2,500 jobs, but consider how many other people depend on those jobs for their livelihood.
If those folks move, there goes the income for the firefighters and cops (not as many needed), the real estate agents, the car dealers, the grocers, the clothiers, etc. etc. Ilion will become a ghost town.
All directly attributable to Cuomo’s self-aggrandizing posturing.
The losses will be monstrous.
Mag-Pul and its subsidiary suppliers may actually only move 800 jobs directly out of Colorado, but figure, at minimum, double that in lost jobs.
Then, how about the loss to the state in the form of property tax, sales tax, vehicle tax, gasoline tax, etc? These politicians think Mag-Pul is bluffing. I assure you they are not.
Neither are Remington, Beretta, etc.
They may piss off their constituents to the point we’ll not see another Democrat majority for decades, which wouldn’t hurt my feelings at all.
…And here is a New Jersey employer explaining to legislators how their proposed anti-gun law is making it harder for him to import qualified personnel, and is driving New Jersey workers to other states.
Meanwhile, a lady in Florida who got herself elected to the state house there now proposes a law that no one can purchase ammunition unless they show proof of having taken an anger management class. (You know: the kind of class the young mass-murderers Klebold and Harris reportedly took before they slaughtered their classmates at Columbine High School in 1999.) Read about it here: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/03/06/florida-lawmaker-wants-anger-management-courses-for-ammunition-buyers/
Madam, if your goal is to achieve anger management, why do you provoke general public anger by insulting the intelligence and mental competence of your entire constituency? Talk about unintended consequences…
Senator Gibson, if you wish to reduce collective anger in the Sunshine State, I respectfully suggest that you withdraw your asinine bill.
Unintended Consequences: The Hidden Costs Of “Gun Control”
Bill Dietrick, observing from a long career serving his country and the public interest, has this to say about gun industry companies being driven from their home states by insane feel-good laws being promoted at the state house level:
Something to keep in mind in regards to firearms manufacturers, wholesalers and distributors, etc. moving their operations: the economic loss to the state is far greater than those jobs would indicate.
For instance, Remington is seriously negotiating to move out of New York, with five other states, as a result of Cuomo’s ill-considered ramming through of his new idiot bills.
Remington is the economic mainstay business of Ilion, New York. True, they’d perhaps directly lose perhaps 2,500 jobs, but consider how many other people depend on those jobs for their livelihood.
If those folks move, there goes the income for the firefighters and cops (not as many needed), the real estate agents, the car dealers, the grocers, the clothiers, etc. etc. Ilion will become a ghost town.
All directly attributable to Cuomo’s self-aggrandizing posturing.
The losses will be monstrous.
Mag-Pul and its subsidiary suppliers may actually only move 800 jobs directly out of Colorado, but figure, at minimum, double that in lost jobs.
Then, how about the loss to the state in the form of property tax, sales tax, vehicle tax, gasoline tax, etc? These politicians think Mag-Pul is bluffing. I assure you they are not.
Neither are Remington, Beretta, etc.
They may piss off their constituents to the point we’ll not see another Democrat majority for decades, which wouldn’t hurt my feelings at all.
…And here is a New Jersey employer explaining to legislators how their proposed anti-gun law is making it harder for him to import qualified personnel, and is driving New Jersey workers to other states.
Meanwhile, a lady in Florida who got herself elected to the state house there now proposes a law that no one can purchase ammunition unless they show proof of having taken an anger management class. (You know: the kind of class the young mass-murderers Klebold and Harris reportedly took before they slaughtered their classmates at Columbine High School in 1999.) Read about it here: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/03/06/florida-lawmaker-wants-anger-management-courses-for-ammunition-buyers/
Madam, if your goal is to achieve anger management, why do you provoke general public anger by insulting the intelligence and mental competence of your entire constituency? Talk about unintended consequences…
Senator Gibson, if you wish to reduce collective anger in the Sunshine State, I respectfully suggest that you withdraw your asinine bill.
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