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April 14, 2013
Gov. Rick Perry To Gun Companies: “There’s Still A Place For Freedom That Is Very Much Alive And Well, That Place Is Called Texas"
Gov. Rick Perry To Gun Companies: “There’s Still A Place For Freedom That Is Very Much Alive And Well, That Place Is Called ‘Texas’”
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Texas Governor Rick Perry on Friday said a gun manufacturer that has decided to leave Connecticut should “come on down” to the Lone Star State.
PTR Industries, a maker of military-style rifles, threatened to leave Connecticut after the passage of one of the toughest gun-control laws in the United States. Connecticut enacted the measure in the wake of the Newtown school shooting that killed 20 first-graders and six adults.
“Hey, PTR,” Perry posted on Twitter on Friday. “Texas is still wide open for business!! Come on down!”
The Connecticut law bans high-capacity ammunition clips of the kind used in the December school shooting and adds to the firearms covered by the state’s assault-weapons ban.
A second Connecticut gun company, Stag Arms, a maker of AR-15 style rifles, is also threatening to leave the state. The companies are being wooed by officials from gun-friendlier states such as Florida and Arkansas, as well as Texas.
“We want to send a message that Texas is wide open for business, whether you’re a weapons manufacturer or whether you’re a tubular steel manufacturer,” Perry told reporters in Austin on Friday.
“There is still a place for freedom that is very much alive and well,” the Republican governor added. “That place is called Texas.”
Wild Thing's comment..................
Good for Gov Perry!!!
Posted by Wild Thing at April 14, 2013 12:50 AM
Comments
Can you imagine how this country would do if Perry were President? That little pissant in North Korea would be playing with himself instead of threatening to start a war.
Posted by: BobF at April 14, 2013 09:22 AM
A number of Southern and Mid West states have made overtures to companies in New York, Cnn. and Illinois to move to their friendlier atmosphere. Perry also placed ads in Calif to businesses to move to Texas. A number already have.
Posted by: TomR,armed in Texas at April 14, 2013 11:15 AM
