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Pa is a gun friendly state. Just plain friendly, actually. We even tolerate New Jersey being next door to us although we keep running water between us to keep us clean.
That is the intent of the laws in NY. Not only to go after the citizen who own them, but to also hit those making them harder.
The thing about the USA, is you can move to a friendlier State and arm those still in that state they left.
He is short on details as to exactly why he is moving to PA so I have a feeling this has more to do with taxes than anything else but this gives the company cover for the move.
No mention of closing the Worcester, MA office that also has strict laws and NY's Safe Act did not restrict the companies production. Less than 100 employees is pretty much the equivalent of losing a supermarket, but 10 corporate execs in a company that size.
He is short on details as to exactly why he is moving to PA so I have a feeling this has more to do with taxes than anything else but this gives the company cover for the move.
No mention of closing the Worcester, MA office that also has strict laws and NY's Safe Act did not restrict the companies production. Less than 100 employees is pretty much the equivalent of losing a supermarket, but 10 corporate execs in a company that size.
Kahr is just one of several firearms companies moving out of states that are politically hostile to firearms based on recent laws. Kahr had been planning to expand in NY, but viewed those plans as riskier now in NY. I think gunmakers find it problematic that some states now have laws that allow firearms to be manufactured in the state, but hard for citizens to buy and own.
Taxes, incentives surely are a big factor too.
Although I don't know what the payroll is - I do not think losing manufacturing jobs is the same as losing supermarket baggers, checkout workers, and stockers.
Kahr is just one of several firearms companies moving out of states that are politically hostile to firearms based on recent laws. Kahr had been planning to expand in NY, but viewed those plans as riskier now in NY. I think gunmakers find it problematic that some states now have laws that allow firearms to be manufactured in the state, but hard for citizens to buy and own.
Taxes, incentives surely are a big factor too.
Although I don't know what the payroll is - I do not think losing manufacturing jobs is the same as losing supermarket baggers, checkout workers, and stockers.
He still did not indicate exactly why he was moving other than a general statement. If they are exporting guns wto other states why would the Safe Act make a difference, he can move anywhere he wants and the NYS gun laws will remain the same.
The prior company that moved from CT to SC was primarily minimum wage or slightly above.
He is short on details as to exactly why he is moving to PA so I have a feeling this has more to do with taxes than anything else but this gives the company cover for the move.
No mention of closing the Worcester, MA office that also has strict laws and NY's Safe Act did not restrict the companies production. Less than 100 employees is pretty much the equivalent of losing a supermarket, but 10 corporate execs in a company that size.
I believe he said it here;
"Maybe we could have stayed here and built a plant, but the way the bill was passed left us feeling there were a lot of uncertainties going forward."
Business doesn't like shaky ground to invest upon.
Yawn, a mom and pop moves "corp". Per its website, toital employment -all 3 states-plus corp-is 250. Assuming they are of average relationship corp staff-plants, corp is likely a few dozen employees max.
We had a local Italian independent restaurant close with a bigger payroll than that.
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