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December 25, 2013, 06:06 PM | #1 |
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Va no longer on the list.
Until Virginia Governor-elect Terry McAuliffe (D) was elected on November 5, Beretta USA had the Old Dominion on a short list of states in which it could build a new factory. Until McAuliffe was elected VA was "one of six finalist locations" being considered by Beretta executives.
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December 25, 2013, 08:14 PM | #2 |
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Well, that's not a very comprehensive view, unless that was just the last straw. The legislature tends to do more than the Governor.
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December 25, 2013, 09:37 PM | #3 |
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Not much doubt:
“The anti-gun ads that McAuliffe ran in northern Virginia were particularly offensive,” Jeff Reh, general counsel of Beretta, told me in an interview. “And the fact that he could gain a voting advantage by doing so caused us additional concern.” http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...#ixzz2oXpTcSZP Vote in dogs, don't be surprised if game animals leave. |
December 25, 2013, 09:41 PM | #4 |
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Link to the Emily Miller story:
http://p.washingtontimes.com/news/20...means-beretta/
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I think they are looking at the long term trending of Va. getting more and more populated with DC leftovers, and how gun friendly a state will continue to be several years from now. |
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December 26, 2013, 10:08 AM | #7 |
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Let's steer clear of red vs. blue politics. McAuliffe's position on guns was known before he was elected.
The question is: will this make him think twice about his policies? I'd like to think so, but Colorado Governor Hickenloper barely blinked when Magpul left the state, taking over $100 million of the economy with them.
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No, it may not replace the entire loss. But it helps ease the pain. (pun intended)
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December 26, 2013, 06:19 PM | #10 |
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osbornk, I agree with you. Charlottesville has gotten increasingly more stupid. One of the City Council members lives two door behind my house and was on the Council when they voted in favor for a rainfall tax. They call it a fee but it is a tax none the less. Those of us who actually pay taxes in the city wonder when they will put in a breath fee (taxing us for the air we breathe).
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December 26, 2013, 06:43 PM | #11 |
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I hope and pray Virginia does not go the way of Colorado. That was on the short list of states I wanted to move to one day, but now I'm not so sure.
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December 27, 2013, 04:22 PM | #13 |
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Did Magpul actually leave Colorado?
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December 27, 2013, 05:01 PM | #14 |
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Beretta has had a bad time of it from the MD General Assembly, as have all us Marylanders. They would like to expand into a firearm-friendly state.
VA would be logical for them, but the possibility of having to go through the same sort of nonsense that Maryland has shoveled onto their plate is causing them to keep looking. Now that MD is pretty well lost to the progressives, they're moving to Northern VA to escape the high taxes that their policies have inflicted on MD. The fear is that they will bring the same agenda to VA. I'd like to leave MD for VA, and it'd probably not turn into what I am trying to escape, in what's left of my lifetime. But I certainly hope we get a swing toward the center in this country pretty soon. |
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Yes, it looks like South Carolina is making a push Governor Nikki Haley is bragging about her Christmas gift a new Berretta PX4.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics...hristmas-tree/
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December 27, 2013, 06:25 PM | #16 |
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Aside from our latest Governor, Virginia has gone for Obama in the last two elections, and we have two U.S. Senators who would love to say to Diana Feinstein, "Count me among your fifty-one," but they haven't quite dared yet because they value their jobs more than their principles which are unfortunately very much against individual liberties.
In my part of Virginia, Southwest Virginia, a recent Democratic candidate for the House of Delegates proclaimed that he had a concealed weapons license, and he dressed his children up in camouflage for one of his political ads, but he still lost by a 2 to 1 margin because he supported Obama. By area Virginia is dramatically pro-Second Amendment, but the urban populations increase at a greater rate than the rural populations. It's the same story nationally. If we can't convince the people who live in urban areas that the concepts of individual rights have a place in an urban environment, then its a matter of time before our cause is finished |
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