The NSSF talks to execs and employees from Mossberg, Stag Arms and Ammunition Storage Components about their businesses and the current climate in Connecticut. What, no Colt? Is this just a (not very) thinly veiled threat that they’ll pull up stakes and relo to friendlier states should Governor Dan Malloy’s gun control agenda pass? You make the call. The NSSF’s press release is after the jump . . .
NEWTOWN, Conn. — The employees and management of three Connecticut-based companies in the firearms industry speak out about their jobs and their combined economic impact on the state in a video released today by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade association for the firearms and ammunition industry.
Release of the video featuring individuals from O.F. Mossberg & Sons of North Haven; and Stag Arms and Ammunition Storage Components, both of New Britain, follows the announcement late last week by Gov. Dannel Malloy that he was proposing severe new regulations governing firearms ownership.
Following release of the governor’s proposal, NSSF issued a statement saying, in part, “We are troubled by the Governor’s apparent change in attitude and seeming impatience with the approach of the General Assembly’s bipartisan Gun Violence Task Force and even his own commission. We do not believe a rush to quick-fix legislation is likely to produce real public safety solutions, while it holds the clear potential to hurt good-paying manufacturing jobs in our state.”
The statement continued: “We applaud the General Assembly’s bi-partisan task force for working to fully evaluate all the issues and points of view, including that of our industry, in an effort to craft an effective public policy response. We hope the Governor will give the General Assembly the opportunity to get it right.”
NSSF and member companies based in Connecticut and Western Massachusetts have been working for several weeks to help educate legislators and the public about the economic impact of the firearms industry in the Constitution State as well as what measures are most effective at keeping firearms out of the hands of criminals and unauthorized individuals.
The firearms industry in 2011 directly employed nearly 3,000 in Connecticut, while supporting another 2,400 supplier positions in the state, according to a study by John Dunham and Associates. The total economic impact to the state exceeded $1.7 billion.
Nice work, SAF, although I wish it was almost all minorities and women. White people carrying guns is nothing new. This is a great start to the heart argument we need in the fight to preserve and expand freedom.
Holy boring video Batman…
Also, the whole “Modern Sporting Rifle” thing is weak. Call a “spade” a spade.
AR’s and AK’s are Assault Rifles. Whether or not that is a bad thing or a good thing depends on what you use it for. And you can be damn sure that if someone breaks into my house with intent to hurt my family, I am going to use mine to Assault-the-Sh%t out of them until they either leave or expire.
If you have an AR, all you have is a crappy little small bore semiautomatic rifle. I am getting big tax refund this year. That means I am breaking down and buying an M-1. That is the original assault rifle.
I think the NRA is starting to get with it a little bit…
Ok this BS I’m try’in to watch the video and a Visa Prepaid video kicks on.
Again this is BS, one has to stop the real video untill the damm commercial is over due to over laping audio tracks. Does one need to say forget this site.??
Besides that,- it’s not a date therefore it’s not an “Assault,” just an aimful experience!