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‘Berettas Don’t Bluff’: Major Gun Company Threatens to Leave Maryland Over New Gun Control Proposals

Feb. 24, 2013 7:07pm Erica Ritz

Beretta USA Threatens to Leave Maryland Over New Gun Control Proposals

A woman holds a Beretta pistol at a gun buyback event at the Bridgeport Police Department’s Community Services Division on December 22, 2012 in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Beretta USA is threatening to leave Maryland over new gun control proposals, the Washington Post reports, and they would take hundreds of jobs along with them.

“Why expand in a place where the people who built the gun couldn’t buy it?” Jeffrey Reh, general counsel for Beretta, asked.

The Washington Post explains:

Beretta, the nearly 500-year-old family-owned company that made one of James Bond’s firearms, has already invested more than $1 million in the [civilian version of a machine gun designed for special operations forces] and has planned to expand its plant further in Prince George’s County to ramp up production.

But under an assault-weapons ban that advanced late last week in the Maryland General Assembly, experts say the gun would be illegal in the state where it is produced.

Now Beretta is weighing whether the rifle line, and perhaps the company itself, should stay in a place increasingly hostile toward its products. Its iconic 9mm pistol — carried by every U.S. soldier and scores of police departments — would also be banned with its high capacity, 13-bullet magazine.

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In testimony this month in Annapolis, Reh, who oversees the plant, warned lawmakers to consider carefully the company’s future. Reh pointed to the last time Maryland ratcheted up gun restrictions in the 1990s: Beretta responded by moving its warehouse operation to Virginia.

“I think they thought we were bluffing” in the 1990s, Reh said. “But Berettas don’t bluff.” [Emphasis added]

Lawmakers are justifiably concerned that Beretta– which won a contract in 1985 to produce the standard sidearm for all U.S. military personnel and has shipped more than half a million guns to the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marines, according to the Washington Post– will leave its well-known home in Maryland.

“I think they’re going to move,” Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. (D-Calvert) commented. “They sell guns across the world and in every state in the union — to places a lot more friendly to the company than this state.”

Opponents to gun control legislation in Maryland hold a rally in Annapolis, Md. on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013. (Photo: AP)

The Washington Post continues:

“We literally are part of the arsenal of democracy,” said Reh, sweeping his hand toward the production floor, where on a recent afternoon more than 1,000 of the military version of the pistol sat in various stages of assembly. “That’s why we consider this so insulting.”

To fulfill the contract, Beretta expanded the plant by the length of a football field, installed an underground shooting range and hired 500 people. By 1990, during the peak of the first Gulf War, the company was the second-largest employer in Southern Maryland and had a supply chain of contractors that employed hundreds more.

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The assault-weapons ban isn’t the only part of the governor’s bill Beretta dislikes.

In Maryland, gun manufacturers are required to register as firearms dealers, which some say could expose the company to lawsuits for selling and shipping weapons as dealers do. The Senate Judiciary Committee, which passed the governor’s bill 7 to 4 late Thursday, spelled out an exemption for Beretta and a handful of other smaller manufacturers in the state.

But the company said it is still not clear how it would handle warranty and repair issues for its many lines of guns, which are also serviced in Accokeek. The bill does not specify if the company could charge to fix guns that would be deemed illegal for sale, or if it could legally ship them back to their owners. Lawmakers said intermediary gun dealers would likely have to facilitate the transactions. [Emphasis added]

Some lawmakers are expressing confidence that they can strike a deal with Beretta, keeping the jobs the company provides while also enacting stricter gun control measures. And if possible, Beretta likely doesn’t want to relocate at their own expense.

But according to the Washington Post, the company’s Italian “patriarch” Ugo Gussalli Beretta expressed a lack of confidence in the state.

“All I can tell you is, there always seems to be a problem with Maryland,” he reportedly said.

Click here to read the entire Washington Post article.

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Comments (474)

Glock29
Posted on February 24, 2013 at 7:42pm
Move as fast as you can to a state that is friendly to the output of your products!

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- Pro2AGuy
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 8:09pm
  Agreed, but the demographics are rapidly changing even in States such as Texas–If the liberals continue to exponentially reproduce at much larger numbers relative to those of conservative Caucasian Americans, we will eventually have to STAND and hold ground and QUIT running.
  
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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 8:22pm
  Pro2,
  They must be eradicated like cockroaches. That is the only way to rid ourselves of their presence. Do not cowar from you duty as American patriots. We owe that to our children. Get your equipment ready and pre-acquire your targets-radio and TV stations, cameras, fuel depots, lines of supply, communications, electricity, food stores, govt buildings, records centers, major bridges, etc. Basic combat 101 stuff.
  
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- ginger100
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 8:50pm
  I would take a job from a thumb suckin communist who would rather be unemployed so he could prove his point. I wouldn’t give it back though.
  
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- chicago76
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 9:23pm
  Conservatives are having more children than libs. Libs kill their babies. Got the facts wrong.
  
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- chicago76
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 9:25pm
  Move out as quick as possible. They are going to try to shut you down. Believe it. Soros is trying to get a monopoly on the gun supplies in the US. Everyone should boycott all guns created by Soros companies.
  
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- Xanderson
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 9:33pm
  As Governor Bob McDonnell has said many times, “Come on down to Virginia. We are open for business!”
  
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- aproudinfidel
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 10:01pm
  Amen, Barrettas will just be that much better when they are made in Texas or some other American state.
  
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- SUNTZU
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 10:11pm
  Just cross over the hill
  West Virginia would welcome you
  with open arms…
  
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- myrwo6
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 10:15pm
  Your wrong Pro2AGuy. Most states are still deeply in the red. Plenty of states for gun companies to choose from. THE ENTIRE COUNTRY IS NOT TURNING LIBERAL
  
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- americansfightingforcommonsense
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 10:32pm
  Come to MO. please. We would love to have you here in the KC area.
  
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- Shotgunsgarage
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 10:34pm
  Oh, please, please, please, Beretta, COME TO KANSAS!!!! We would LOVE to have you here. Along with Magpul. I bet almost any of our big cities would even PAY to have you here. Wichita is always looking for good businesses to come here. And most of us in Kansas LOVE gun companies.
  
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- banjarmon
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 11:01pm
  Hey Beretta, I know of a place in Florida north of Tampa that has about 300 acres that would be a good place to build. It is outside Brooksville Fl. Contact banjarmon!
  
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- dwsmokin
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 11:10pm
  We’d be more than happy to accept Mr. Reh in Kentucky. Not only would your company be welcome, but your products too. Come on down-consider it an open invitation.
  
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- Rogue
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 11:45pm
  The arsenal of Democracy… selling banned weapons and high capacity magazines to law enforcement in banned states. They don’t seem to like the restrictive laws, but just like every other major manufacturer, they LOVE those law enforcement exemptions!
  
  “When they come to take your Beretta, rest assured that Berettas will get the job done.”
  
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- Cavallo
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 11:49pm
  Awesome. Move. If they don’t F you over now, they’ll do it soon enough. Move to a state that would appreciate you, that wouldn’t strip all your revenue in taxes. Move someplace not filled with fascists. They also need to probably stop selling to law enforcement agents in Maryland and New York and California.
  
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- mecanic
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 12:30am
  px4 storm 40 cal. my personal favorite.
  
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- ambivelentone
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 1:19am
  Come to Idaho…we’d love to have ya!
  
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- RepubliCorp
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 1:29am
  “Beretta likely doesn’t want to relocate at their own expense” BS…….. I bet Florida would pay for the move
  
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- Chuck Stein
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 1:39am
  @ Shotgunsgarage
  “I bet almost any of our big cities would even PAY to have you here.” Good thing that you said “almost” — to allow for Lawrence.
  
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- burnteye86
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 2:25am
  Come to S.C Beretta. We won’t have Lindsey Graham much longer. I promise.
  
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- desertspeaks
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 3:46am
  come to ARIZONA. Baretta is more than welcome in Arizona where open carry and concealed carry are legal without a license from the state, although if one would like to have a license, we have those too!
  
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- TexasCommonSense
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 3:56am
  Come to Texas. We’ll treat you right. [Emphasis added]
  
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- caseyvrc40
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 4:14am
  Common of the ridge to Martinsburg, WV. We will have plenty of room in the IRS building after they are all furloughed from the sequester and we pride ourselves in keep the riffraff of DC, Maryland and Northern VA at bay. Those dummies come blow all their money in our casino located nearby as well.
  
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- burke
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 5:48am
  No, stay in the state your in & shoot anyone right between the eyes that tries to take your guns.
  
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- Kalidor835
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 7:18am
  @Suntzu , Amen brother. Where I live in the eastern panhandle of WV we have plenty of space for a factory and a lot of their workers could keep their jobs as we’re not that far from where they are now. For replacement workers there are a lot of people here that can use a job as well.
  
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- Kalidor835
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 7:22am
  @Casey, I think Morgan county, either in Paw Paw or Berkeley Springs, would be a better location than Little DC ….err I mean Martinsburg.
  
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- 1947
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 7:42am
  Move to Florida
  
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- old white guy
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 7:53am
  the law of unintended consequences.
  
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- redfish52
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 8:02am
  To the Beretta’s decision makers….two words: South Carolina….Pro Family, Pro 2nd Amendment and gun and a right to work state….ya’ll come on down…ya hear..
  
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- myptofvu
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 8:20am
  And I’m sure it would just be a coincidence that they lost their lucrative government contract if they moved.
  
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- jcldwl
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 8:26am
  Come to Missouri, Oops never mind we still aren’t right to work and you would have to deal with stupid unions. Find a right to work state.
  
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- dcatkin
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 9:09am
  The corruption in our government knows no bounds, Berretta you are welcome in Utah. I’d love to see you bring your company here. Screw those second amendment hating bums.
  
  To Marryland, goodbye to all of those jobs for something that is nothing more then hype and lies, enjoy those Dems running your state.
  
  Free Our Country
  
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- starman70
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 9:27am
  BARETTA: You are cordially invited to move to South Carolina. We have a ready workforce and we strongly believe in the Second Amendment!!!!!!
  
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- Watchingtheweasels
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 9:29am
  Actually, conservatives are having more children. The problem is that when you send your children to a government school, they are being indoctrinated by the enemy.
  
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- McLovin
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 9:29am
  As a resident of the Socialist Republic of MD … i would have to agree with Baretta in their decision to vacate. Make the politicians accountable for their actions and accept no special consideration for what they will try to write into the law. The Laws MOM and the MOB in the legislature
  
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- FrankieBaby
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 9:31am
  Texas will welcome you with open arms! Not pun in intended! :-)
  
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- Mapache
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 9:31am
  Come to Florida. The weather is nice and a gun friendly state,….at least for now!
  
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- 00100111
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 9:33am
  Good for them! I really never understood why so many firearms companies stay in anti-gun states. Springfield, Colt, Remington, Winchester, makes no sense to stay in a state you can’t even sell to your civilian customers there, while that state gets all the taxes from your business operations. Stop giving money to anti-gun states.
  
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- 00100111
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 9:35am
  Beretta is made in MD…well that explains the quality issues. Move to a conservative state and watch the issues disappear, we know how to do things the right way.
  
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- Proverbs17-12NLT
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 9:42am
  Elections have consequences, the democrats are starting to figure that out. democrat ran states are so far into the crapper its a wonder any business would stick around to have their hard earned money stolen in the form of higher taxes or unconstitutional regulations.
  
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- MicForever
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 9:49am
  Maryland isn’t the smartest state. They put in a special tax on “Millionaires” that drove millions of dollars of revenue out of the state. Leave while you can, I did.
  
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- michaelharfert
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 10:09am
  Like Governor Perry and Attorney General Greg Abbott have stated. Ya’ll are welcomed with open arms here in Texas! We will even defend your right to do what you do! Come on, bring yourselves to Texas! We will even help you pack!
  
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- encinom
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 10:25am
  Move right to hell, where all the merchants of deat belong.
- 226crimsontrace
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 10:47am
  I am a SIG guy, but I very much like my 3 Berettas as well
  
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- Trigus
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 11:19am
  Berreta, USA should pack up and move to a more Friendly Pro American State that does not Infringe on the Rights of Americans.
  
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- mercenary4freedom
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 11:34am
  BANJARMAON, Yep, plenty of room around Brooksville Fl. Beautiful rolling hills, green pastuers, a nice conservative community. I’m right up the road.
  
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- jethrObama
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 11:51am
  Come to Utah! Home to Browning, Action Target, and the only state with a “State Gun” officially designated. In Utah, the good guys get to keep their guns.
  
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- jaxbchgirl521
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 11:55am
  I think we need to quit running now. Now is the time to take what is left of America back.
  
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- Derek01
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 12:27pm
  Maryland is a beautiful state and being ruined by libs. Unfortunately the same thing is happening in Colorado and other states. Nowhere to run. As long as politicians are allowed to steal from one to give to another, they will. Why teach someone to be successful and independent when you can own their @$$ AND do it using other peoples money
  
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- vendingdude
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 12:58pm
  Here in Southern Utah, there is ample room, plenty of available workforce and low taxes. In our city, they sometimes waive taxes or impact fees to draw a large business. We have a full size airport, immediate interstate access and a railroad line for your shipping process. Beautiful weather, good people, family friendly culture and of course pro-2nd amendment. Move here, I’ll take care of the vending for your employees. Win Win!
  
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- Thomas_Jefferson
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 1:05pm
  All major gun manufacturers should open plants in red states & give their employes a chance to relocate before closing the plants in blue states.
  
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- SUNTZU
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 2:02pm
  ENCINO
  Deat is the best thing on the market
  to keep the moskeetoes offf.
  
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- Cavallo
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 2:08pm
  @encinom
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 10:25am
  Move right to hell, where all the merchants of deat belong.
  ________________________
  
  Moving to Hell, MI might not be an improvement, and neither would moving to Helltown, OH. Both are heavily union States. They need to move to a right to work state with low to no income taxes. Moving as far away from Fascists like Encinom would greatly improve their business. They also need to stop selling to State and local governments (and if they can swing it, federal agencies that operate inside those States, although I think those agencies get their weapons from a centralized source rather than each bureau ordering its own supplies from the manufacturer) that ban their products.
  
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- NavET-SS
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 2:09pm
  Dahlgren, VA has room, and it’s not too far for many employees to commute.
  
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- RIDEMODELS
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 2:38pm
  We will all have to stand our ground……Liberals all over are reproducing in record numbers, but the secret is schooling and the fact that this president believes in college……college is paid for by tax payers but we never regulate it as we should……We tell the police how to control our neighborhoods but we do not control our Tax paid schools……Its our money and its our right to control it, you take our taxes and you take our input on hos it is operated…….Danica Patrick would have never had a chance to race in a Muslim controlled country…..I have a friends that lived in Egypt and she is back here now, Egypt is done and Christianity are no more…..Women better wake up in America before it is all too late.
  
  How many armed Guards were used at the Oscars last night……I am betting a lot more than we suspect…..Women who would rather not be raped in this country, had better very well carry for protection.
  
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- c2wookie
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 2:43pm
  Welcome to Texas, lots of land, gun freindly, no personal income tax, and low corp. taxes. Just call Governor Perry, he may help with the move.
  
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- ccfonten
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 2:50pm
  Move, and do it soon.
  To the libs in Maryland: be careful what you ask for in gun control…..you just might get it.
  And your unemployment rate will exceed Detroit’s.
  
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- plugemin.com
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 3:15pm
  The Dick Act of 1902 also known as the Efficiency of Militia Bill H.R. 11654, of June 28, 1902 invalidates all so-called gun-control laws. It also divides the militia into three distinct and separate entities.
  
  The three classes H.R. 11654 provides for are the organized militia, henceforth known as the National Guard of the State, Territory and District of Columbia, the unorganized militia and the regular army.
  The militia encompasses every able-bodied male between the ages of 18 and 45. All members of the unorganized militia have the absolute personal right and 2nd Amendment right to keep and bear arms of any type, and as many as they can afford to buy.
  The Dick Act of 1902 cannot be repealed; to do so would violate bills of attainder and ex post facto laws which would be yet another gross violation of the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
  The President of the United States has zero authority without violating the Constitution to call the National Guard to serve outside of their State borders.
  The National Guard Militia can only be required by the National Government for limited purposes specified in the Constitution (to uphold the laws of the Union; to suppress insurrection and repel invasion).
  These are the only purposes for which the General Government can call upon the National Guard.
  Attorney General Wickersham advised President Taft, “the Organized Militia (the National Guard) can not be employed for offensive warfare outside the limits of the
  
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- TexVet61
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 3:36pm
  this is what you get when liberals whine in their own states, they get exactly what they asked for by (usually stealing) the election, then they find they don’t like what the people they voted in do, actually impacts them too so they move to states like my home, then once their they start working on doing the same damn thing.. its all a sharade, all the liberal idiots move to Texas then work on making it liberal land. I think Texans better wake up, please don’t be like Americans who are fast asleep.
  stop liberals and illegals from taking over the Lone Star State. THIS ISN’T CA, Rick Perry, please wake up and pass executive orders outlawing any gun control laws! Make it illegal to pass laws that contridict the constitution
  
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- batmanroxus
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 3:42pm
  We’d LOVE to have them in Georgia. We already have a few gun manufacturers. We take the 2nd amendment seriously here.
  
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- Bam57
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 5:42pm
  Martin O Mally is doing a Great job killing Maryland jobs a chasing a lot of businesses out of the state, He is one Stupid idiot
  
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- I_AM_THE_HUNTER
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 5:52pm
  Attention Beretta – We in South Dakota would welcome you with open arms! Plenty of good well trained workers, a wonderful 4 season weather, in Rapid City, the jewel of Western South Dakota enjoys the Banana Belt weather that keeps the temps moderate even during the hardest of winters. Workers in South Dakota enjoy more of their pay because there is no Income Tax in this state. Shooters enjoy open carry of Firearms, and C-Carry permits are available instantly on payment of 10 dollars and a drivers license from South Dakota. The worker ethics are far above standard because of the ranch/farm upbringing. The Black Hills of South Dakota contain some of the most fantastic sights in the entire nation. Yes come to South Dakota where your Company and workers can enjoy nothing but the BEST. Oh by the way I am just a retired old cop and never have worked for the State.
  
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- rebart
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 9:02pm
  Well, Pro2Aguy, if the gunmakers move to the red states won’t it be harder for the leftists to take over?
  BTW, there is no such thing as a “liberal’.
  
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- Chuck Stein
  Posted on February 26, 2013 at 2:58am
  @ Plugemin
  Sorry, but you have posted a false story. Snopes is not always right, but they correctly describe the story as “false.” The “Bill of Attainder” and “Ex Post Facto” bit immediately gives away big problems in the story.
  
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- Dethklok91
  Posted on February 26, 2013 at 2:59am
  Mr. and/or Mrs. ENCINOM,
  
  This is what I must know:
  
  What’s a “Merchant of Deat?” Did you mean “Merchant of Debt?” Because that doesn’t make sense, either.
  
  It is so.
  
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- RustyElbows
  Posted on February 26, 2013 at 8:46am
  Michigan would be proud to be home base for Beretta. The democrat stronghold of Detroit is crumbling down around it’s self and we just became a “right-to-work” state.
  
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media-bias-steals-elections
Posted on February 24, 2013 at 7:40pm
Applause!

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- gyro
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 7:51pm
  cheers
  
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- cloudsofwar
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 7:26am
  Beretta will leave MD it’s only a matter of time.
  
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- Bum thrower
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 10:05am
  Okay; now is time for Glock, Colt, Remington, Springfield Armory, SIG and the others to step up to the plate!!!!
  
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- EgbertThrockmorton
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 12:43pm
  Nothing will change until with the federal elected “officials” in DC, and the pogues on the state and local levels, until Ruger, Smith&Wesson, Glock and Beretta, STOP selling ANY firearms to all law enforcement agencies in gun-restrictive states.
  That is the money that will create the pressure.
  
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- RIDEMODELS
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 2:43pm
  Women that do not want to get raped had better protect themselves with a Beretta…..The second amendment is here in this country so you can feel a little safer, and your dad cannot be there every day of your life……>Think about how Danica Patrick would never have the right to race under Muslim rule…..Protect yourself or fall under Muslim rule.
  
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Ron Staiger
Posted on February 24, 2013 at 7:37pm
The wackjob liberals must learn that there are consequences for their imbecility.

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- fastgen1
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 7:54pm
  Do you really believe that liberals(brain damaged) really learn anything, they just blame Bush
  
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- vadale
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 9:28am
  Nope..they raised that millionaire tax and ended up losing money…blamed it on conservative businesses..dem=idoit
  
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Max jones
Posted on February 24, 2013 at 7:37pm
Conservative thought elevates confidence and self reliance…..liberal thought is oppressed by fear and self absorption. The contrast is no more apparent than in the area of gun control.

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- UNALIEN
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 8:02pm
  “gun control” is a liberal construct they mean people control when they use the term
  
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fande3rls
Posted on February 24, 2013 at 7:34pm
Beretta USA , PLEASE Move to Virginia . we need jobs in the Southwest part of the state where Oblamer and his policies are destroying jobs

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- Deeduck
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 7:53pm
  Sorry Fan, VA is too purple. They need to relocate to a real red state like SC!
  
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- Jase
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 9:48pm
  Move to Idaho, we’re gun-friendly, business-friendly and there are a lot of people here that are willing to work. Buck knives made the move to Idaho (from CA) a few years back.
  
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- Xanderson
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 9:49pm
  Deeduck– Sadly you are correct about our current purpleness as a state, but Virginia remains a gun-friendly place that has proximity to Maryland. It would make a move very convenient for its employees. Depending on where in the commonwealth they relocated, many may not need to move at all :D
  
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- KennyDee
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 7:39am
  We are only purple by basic population in VA. The transplants that come here to work around DC and the military industrial complex in the tidewater area are what shifts our political demographics away from true red.
  
  Sure, there are many blue cities like malignant metastasizing cancerous tumors on the state, but VA is predominantly Conservative to Libertarian.
  
  This is why I don’t mind a government cutback or even sequester. Sure, it would hurt VA initially, but I would rather companies like Beretta move in to fill the void and displace those Federal jobs.
  
  We need a massive cutback in federal government and this Virginian is ready to sacrifice by getting those non-Virginian sucklers of the federal tit the heck out of here.
  
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- Dismayed Veteran
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 10:05am
  Come to Nebraska. A solid right to work red state in the heartland.
  
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KEELHAULUM
Posted on February 24, 2013 at 7:34pm
We need more of this. every gun company, every ammo manufacturer and every gun range or club that allows local government law enforcement to practice on their privately owned range should send immediate notice that until these limitations and regulations and attacks on the Constitutional rights of law abiding Americans stop we will no longer support any of you.
If we don’t stand together we will most certainly hang separately.
Good night America,…wherever you are.

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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 8:29pm
  Agreed Keel,
  If you are a goon, one that is an LEO statist, you are no longer welcome here. It is time to put your money where your mouth is. It is WE THE PEOPLE that buy exponentially more stuff than the govt miscreants. WE put you on the map, not the tyrants. They are starting to get it.
  
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- tiredofcommunists
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 10:02pm
  Love your tag keelhaul! Wish we could do the same to this entire administration..
  
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MBA
Posted on February 24, 2013 at 7:31pm
Beretta–move to Utah. Good location, low taxes, reliable work force–beautiful scenery. And, no cr*p from the local goverment.

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Jake Dog2
Posted on February 24, 2013 at 7:30pm
There a a number of states thatare 2nd amendment supporters and would love to have Beretta USA .

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- c2wookie
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 2:50pm
  Texas is a right to work state!!
  
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TRILO
Posted on February 24, 2013 at 7:30pm
If I were Baretta I would move, deal or no deal. Just as they can give you an exception, they can take it away. You would be welcome here in mid Missouri. I would also like to add that Baretta needs to inform the federal government and all states and communities that they are joining the ban on sales to government, law enforcement, etc. that deny law abiding citizens the opportunity to purchase these guns. If they do not, then Baretta deserves what they get.

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wilbstal
Posted on February 24, 2013 at 7:27pm
Maryland will be one of the States that have to be purged of Liberal Communist anyway. leave now get away from the Civil Unrest that is due maryland, you can supply the patriots with Guns

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- Bum thrower
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 7:31pm
  Come to TEXAS!! HIgh Standard is already here; We’ll make you a Deal!!!
  
  Call Gov Perry’s office.
  
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American-first
Posted on February 24, 2013 at 7:26pm
Come to Ohio we need the jobs!

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- TCPatriot
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 8:03pm
  Why would they come to this progressive communist State! Remember they took smokers rights away won’t be long before they come for our guns. STAY AWAY FROM OHIO!!!
  
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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 8:36pm
  Gentlemen,
  This is why they locate to prog states-because the govt wants to control the manufacturing output-who it is shipped to, how many, the price they pay and the availability. So they offer tax incentives. And the companies bite like a trout on a fly. Until they see the bottom line affected because patriots get pissed. That is the gag. It all boils down to money. Simple as that. You screw with freedom, patriots walk, profits tank. Basic economics.
  
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usmc1063
Posted on February 24, 2013 at 7:26pm
If it was up to me I’d pack up lock stock and barrel and head straight to Texas where they appreaciate quality firearns.

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- cemerius
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 10:54am
  Florida does too….:)
  
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- TrueAmerican1775
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 12:35pm
  Same here in Indiana we have lots of hard working people here mostly in Southern Indiana or East of Gary that love our guns.
  
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allensmithee789
Posted on February 24, 2013 at 7:25pm
What Is Law? Frederic Bastiat at http://bastiat.org/en/the_law.html says:

It is the collective organization of the individual right to lawful defense.

Each of us has a natural right — from God — to defend his person, his liberty, and his property. These are the three basic requirements of life, and the preservation of any one of them is completely dependent upon the preservation of the other two. For what are our faculties but the extension of our individuality? And what is property but an extension of our faculties? If every person has the right to defend even by force — his person, his liberty, and his property, then it follows that a group of men have the right to organize and support a common force to protect these rights constantly. Thus the principle of collective right — its reason for existing, its lawfulness — is based on individual right. And the common force that protects this collective right cannot logically have any other purpose or any other mission than that for which it acts as a substitute. Thus, since an individual cannot lawfully use force against the person, liberty, or property of another individual, then the common force — for the same reason — cannot lawfully be used to destroy the person, liberty, or property of individuals or groups.

This is one Frenchmen to whom I would listen.

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- crazyrightwingmom
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 7:32pm
  Without the rule of law we are just like very other third-rate country in the world. Nothing to defend their freedoms, and the most influence wins.
  
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- UNALIEN
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 7:32pm
  Bastiat is every liberal/progressives nightmare,, should be required reading for school…
  
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UNALIEN
Posted on February 24, 2013 at 7:24pm
Beretta USA is going all John Galt up in yalls…

everybody go John Galt…

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- MajorMolly
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 8:02pm
  I wish all privately employed citizens could find a way to go Galt by withholding our taxes.
  
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- Eleutheria
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 8:07pm
  Boom goes the dynamite ;)
  
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- UNALIEN
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 8:12pm
  MAJORMOLLY
  
  half of America is paid by the Government, or the other half
  
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- freenj
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 8:34pm
  @majormolly
  it would be terrific idea to withhold taxes from the state and fed, but government was smart they make the employer withhold the money. If everyone had to write a check to the government on a weekly or monthly basis, it really would hurt a lot. The taxpayer perhaps would pay more attention and ask where is all that money going, if they were writing the check to the U.S. Treasury.
  Also, government gets a “free” loan from all of us, until we get our income tax refund after 4/15.
  
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wilbstal
Posted on February 24, 2013 at 7:24pm
Leave go to TX or another good American state that does not infringe on 2nd amendment rights or the US Constitution we need Guns and want all to stay working but not to pay taxes to a Communist Stae like maryland frig them Communist bastards go to TX

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OverFiend
Posted on February 24, 2013 at 7:23pm
Come on down to Florida. I’ll gladly go to work for you

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tonypro
Posted on February 24, 2013 at 7:23pm
I really would hate it for the people that would lose jobs, but I would love to see them pull up stakes, and go somewhere more friendly to their products. Maybe they could transfer the employees, and take a double bite out of fairyland, I mean Maryland.

It would be a nice slap in the face to the dummycrats that are trying to remove our rights, and freedoms.

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13th Imam
Posted on February 24, 2013 at 7:23pm
Move, don’t look back.

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- balrog25
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 7:26pm
  Amen
  
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NHwinter
Posted on February 24, 2013 at 7:22pm
They all need to stop accepting contracts from the government and stop selling them ammo.

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- tonypro
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 7:24pm
  AMEN—Amen !!!
  
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Stelex
Posted on February 24, 2013 at 7:22pm
Keep it up guys and gals, I own a M9A1 and a 92A1. Fantastic guns. Come on up to NH. I’ll give up Optics and learn how to make guns.

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- tonypro
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 7:26pm
  All my weapons were lost while I was fishing when my canoe capsized up in the swamp.
  
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- tonypro
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 7:30pm
  Come to think of it, all that extra weight might be why I rolled my canoe over.
  
  Hmmmm…..yeah that’s right….that’s the ticket,……yeah that’s right.
  
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- chips1
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 9:02pm
  Now you’ve armed the Allegators. They are from Mexico, ya know!!!
  
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- cowgirl
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 10:44pm
  You go baby!!!!
  
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galaxie_man
Posted on February 24, 2013 at 7:20pm
Gun manufacturers in my state of CT are being courted by out of state legislatures friendly to the 2nd Amendment. Gun manufacturers across the spectrum are starting to refuse to sell to state LE agencies where civilians are prohibited from owning the same “tools”. Senator Richard Blumenthal is outraged. GOOD!! I am glad he is angry, because any time liberals are upset, that is evidence that we are right!

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- kunman
  Posted on February 25, 2013 at 9:01am
  ******* off liberals is my passion.
  
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Skip63
Posted on February 24, 2013 at 7:19pm
Come to Arizona. We love gun manufactures here.

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- Lt_Scrounge
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 7:36pm
  And don’t forget that the Yavapai county community college has a gun smithing program that I wish I had heard about earlier. If I had known about it sooner, I’d have gone job hunting in Prescott and attended school when I wasn’t working. Beretta could join the other fine manufacturers in Arizona such as Ruger, Patriot Ordinance Factory, Dillon Precision, numerous smaller AR makers, Robar, and Galco.
  
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grimmster
Posted on February 24, 2013 at 7:18pm
Plenty of room here in Texas Berretta,just leave you workers up there, we dont need them.

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doomytram
Posted on February 24, 2013 at 7:18pm
Get out of Maryland it’s a pathetic Bozo Zombie wasteland.

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- Oknowwhat
  Posted on February 26, 2013 at 3:23am
  What a shame they have ruined such a beautiful & important state. They ruin everything they touch, when will it stop?
  
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Jarhead 88
Posted on February 24, 2013 at 7:14pm
Good luck pansycrats, you’re gonna need it but remember, that luck will eventually run out, my right to defend myself will not.

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- Eleutheria
  Posted on February 24, 2013 at 8:14pm
  Semper Fidelis brother.
  
  The only thing I have to say to the progressive cryptofascists gun control advocates…
  
  ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ!
  
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