Colt shuts down...temporarily? Anyone read this?

Winchester_73 · March 16, 2013, 08:58 AM

http://news.yahoo.com/colt-shuts-pla...113403810.html

In a lot of ways, I applaud this move, but like anything else Colt has ever done, I hope they have planned for all of the real and potential consequences of this move.

I also just read that they began building a new plant in Florida sometime last year. I wonder if they are considering moving out of CT ? Supposedly the new plant in FL was considered an "expansion" factory due to increased sales and demand in the last so many years. Its nice to see a small American gun company doing well. It also feels kind of weird to refer to them as small, but really, at the present time, they are much smaller than S&W or Ruger.

**4V50 Gary** · March 16, 2013, 09:08 AM

That was a huge cost for Colt. Kudos to them.

tekarra · March 16, 2013, 02:24 PM

Good luck to Colt and their employees.

Frasier · March 16, 2013, 06:12 PM

So that's why I can't find a Colt Mustang.

Aguila Blanca · March 16, 2013, 07:10 PM

Already being discussed in Law & Civil Rights: http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=519776

dodge · March 16, 2013, 07:13 PM

I read that they shutdown for a day and bussed their employees to the state capital to protest an anti gun law. My understanding was that all of day shift and a few of the off shifts went. Kudos to Colt for making a stand. They did this to show the crooks in state government the faces of the people that would be effected by these laws.

**pax** · March 16, 2013, 07:38 PM

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Already being discussed in Law & Civil Rights: http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=519776

Click the link above to join the discussion already in progress (and I agree: kudos to Colt for standing up for what's right!)

pax

March 16, 2013, 08:58 AM	#1
Winchester_73 Senior Member Join Date: December 21, 2008 Location: Pittsburgh PA Posts: 2,610	Colt shuts down...temporarily? Anyone read this? http://news.yahoo.com/colt-shuts-pla...113403810.html In a lot of ways, I applaud this move, but like anything else Colt has ever done, I hope they have planned for all of the real and potential consequences of this move. I also just read that they began building a new plant in Florida sometime last year. I wonder if they are considering moving out of CT ? Supposedly the new plant in FL was considered an "expansion" factory due to increased sales and demand in the last so many years. Its nice to see a small American gun company doing well. It also feels kind of weird to refer to them as small, but really, at the present time, they are much smaller than S&W or Ruger. __________________ Winchester 73, the TFL user that won the west

March 16, 2013, 09:08 AM	#2
4V50 Gary Staff Join Date: November 2, 1998 Location: Colorado Posts: 15,422	That was a huge cost for Colt. Kudos to them. __________________ Vigilantibus et non dormientibus jura subveniunt. *Molon Labe!*

March 16, 2013, 02:24 PM	#3
tekarra Senior Member Join Date: May 26, 2007 Posts: 1,029	Good luck to Colt and their employees.

March 16, 2013, 06:12 PM	#4
Frasier Senior Member Join Date: March 10, 2011 Posts: 175	So that's why I can't find a Colt Mustang.

March 16, 2013, 07:10 PM	#5
Aguila Blanca Senior Member Join Date: September 25, 2008 Location: CONUS Posts: 4,830	Already being discussed in Law & Civil Rights: http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=519776

March 16, 2013, 07:13 PM	#6
dodge Senior Member Join Date: July 10, 2001 Location: ridgerunner from Northern PA Posts: 257	I read that they shutdown for a day and bussed their employees to the state capital to protest an anti gun law. My understanding was that all of day shift and a few of the off shifts went. Kudos to Colt for making a stand. They did this to show the crooks in state government the faces of the people that would be effected by these laws.