After New York State passed the "SAFE Act" gun control law, there were fears that Remington Arms, a major employer in the economically depressed upstate area would leave.
Slowly, that appears to be happening. First, Remington announced it was
opening a plant in Alabama, for future expansion. But politicians assured us that the jobs in Upstate were safe.
Now we learn that Remington is moving two production lines out of New York to Alabama, and the jobs are going with them.
The Buffalo News
reports...
Remington to move production of two gun lines from New York to Alabama
Nearly 200 years after Eliphalet Remington II forged his first rifle in Ilion, residents of the small central New York village are getting the bad news they have feared for more than a year: Remington Arms is moving production of two of its gun lines to Alabama.
While the company did not announce the outright closing of the facility that has been home to Remington since 1816, gun rights advocates said that day is now likely moving closer and they blame the state’s 2013 NY SAFE Act gun control law.
“This could very well be the beginning of the end of Ilion,’’ said Tom King, president of the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association, the state chapter for the National Rifle Association.
Syracuse.com is reporting that even if workers want to move, there's no guarantee they can
keep their jobs...