Stag Arms Continues To Operate In Connecticut
BY Herschel Smith
10 years, 6 months ago
14 months ago there were about 200.
“After the law was passed, unfortunately, it did nothing to make the state safer and in fact it hurt jobs in the state of Connecticut so unfortunately now we’re down to about 150 employees,” Malkowski said.
For Malkowski that was very hard because he says it was the first time he had to layoff employees in the eleven years he has run ‘Stag Arms.’
As for the years ahead … and if his company does see any growth again what will he do?
“Any future expansion we do for business we will look to other states,” he said, adding, “just because of how difficult it is to operate in the state of Connecticut but for right now we’re going to be operating here.”
He says that he has lost some regular customers, as several smaller gun shops have closed around the state and some out of state customers are unhappy that he continues to operate here.
He says, “they would rather see us in a different place.”
Maybe they will hang on until they are out of business entirely. They could choose to move to a free state and repair their image, but apparently that’s too difficult for them. I do understand the trauma of relocation and move of a business, including all of the employees. But the alternative seems to be death of the company.
These are hard choices, and Stag Arms didn’t choose to be in this position. Nonetheless, they are here and must act wisely. Seldom do we get to choose our circumstances. We only choose how to respond. That’s what defines our character.
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On June 26, 2014 at 6:56 pm, Jeffersonian said:
I’m not feeling a lot of sympathy for a company whose radio advertisements boast of their products being “battle tested by elite SWAT teams.”