Stag Arms To Leave Connecticut
BY Herschel Smith
5 years, 5 months ago
Stag Arms, a New Britain manufacturer of automatic and semiautomatic AR-15 rifles, announced Friday it’s leaving the city for a yet-to-be-determined site that offers “significant support for the firearms industry.”
Stag Arms announced its board of directors decided to relocate as part of its “strategic initiative to significantly improve the overall customer experience.”
“The location of Stag’s new headquarters has not been finalized but the board has narrowed down the options to a short list of vibrant communities where there is significant support for the firearms industry,” the company said in a statement posted on Facebook.
New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart said the announcement “comes as no surprise.”
“We have known for many years that Stag has been courted by other states following the passage of more stringent gun laws here in Connecticut,” she said in an emailed statement. “Quite frankly, I’m surprised it took this long.”
Good. It couldn’t happen to a better state – or worse state – or whatever. I hate that it took this long. I hope Connecticut suffers financially from this at least a little bit.
On June 11, 2019 at 6:53 am, ragman said:
Sounds like the mayor doesn’t really give a hoot. I refuse to deal with any company based in the northeast or any other state that is run by communists. Most of the CSA still at least give lip service to the Bill of Rights with the notable exception of Virginia which is now a People’s Republic. I don’t have much leftover after the bills are paid but I’ll be damned if I’ll spend one penny in the likes of CT. Good on Stag Arms!
On June 11, 2019 at 8:56 am, Frank Clarke said:
The really interesting part is that other manufacturers have already started or completed the process, and they’re all moving in the same direction. Should we ever have that 2nd Civil War my book predicts, all those manufacturers will be in ‘free states’.
Seconding @ragman, I lust after a Henry lever action, but contain myself until they stop paying taxes to New Jersey.
On June 11, 2019 at 9:23 am, Herschel Smith said:
@Frank,
You can always opt for “Big Horn Armory,” but the price escalates if you make that choice. They’ve got some BEAUTIFUL firearms.
On June 11, 2019 at 1:30 pm, ExpatNJ said:
FYI:
United Sporting Companies firearms seller who bet on 2016 HRC win goes bankrupt
85yr-old SC-based outdoor equipment company USC, that stocked up on guns in anticipation of Hillary Clinton winning 2016 US election, has gone bankrupt
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-10/political-misfire-debt-load-bankrupt-gun-seller-united-sporting
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-06-10/firearms-seller-who-bet-big-2016-clinton-win-goes-bankrupt
On June 11, 2019 at 8:55 pm, Muthaucker said:
Come to Brevard County, FL. We already have several manufacturers (KelTec, DB, KA) here.
On June 13, 2019 at 12:58 am, StillSworn said:
And I thought we were all in this together.
On June 13, 2019 at 10:15 pm, James said:
” I refuse to deal with any company based in the northeast”,uh Rag,that would include N.H./ME./Vt.,all states that do not require permission slips to own guns and or carry guns(am worried about direction Vt. is heading though),lets not paint the whole northeast with the same brush.
I will say am proud of the patriots in states like Ct. who refused to register their scary black rifles ect.I realize some trapped in these states due to job/family ect.,hope they can also move or get enough folks to fight back on BS laws.
As for Stag leaving,even with no gun restrictions taxes ect. will be punitive in states like Ct.,no wonder the gun manufactures leaving.