Major Gun Company Flees New York For Georgia – Shuts Down 200 Year Old Factory

Remington, one of the oldest gun manufacturers in the US, has shut down a factory that is more than 200 years old in New York.

The move will put more than 300 people out of a job in the small town of Ilion, New York.

The company is moving down to Georgia to operate in an area that is not so restrictive with firearms.

The company CEO, Ken D’Arcy, said, “We are very excited to come to Georgia, a state that not only welcomes business but enthusiastically supports and welcomes companies in the firearms industry.”

I sympathize with the people of Ilion, New York.

However, a move like this was coming for a while.

JUST IN: Remington, nation's oldest gun-maker, flees New York for Georgia after 200 years in the Empire State. pic.twitter.com/QECYnAEmOx

— LivePDDave 🇺🇸 (@LivePDDave1) February 20, 2024

The folks at Fox Business share more:

The Remington gun factory nestled in New York’s Mohawk Valley is ready to shutter its doors and move to Georgia after more than 200 years in the Empire State.

“Two hundred and eight years of history. Gone, gone,” Ilion, New York, Mayor John P. Stephens told the New York Times. “Ilion is Remington. Remington is Ilion.”

Remington is the nation’s oldest gun manufacturer and told union officials late last year that company chiefs at RemArms, the current version of Remington Arms, made the decision to end its New York manufacturing come March. The remaining operations located in Ilion will move to Georgia, where company leaders say the firearms industry is supported and welcomed.

Residents of the New York village, which is located roughly 230 miles northwest of New York City, are bracing for the manufacturer to officially move, which some say will take part of the town’s identity with it.

“When Remington leaves, it’s not going to be like a facility leaving, it’s going to be like part of your family has moved off,” Jim Conover, a retired Remington employee who began his career there in 1964, told The Associated Press.

A furnace operator and technician at the factory, Frank “Rusty” Brown, told the outlet that he and generations of his family worked at the facility and noted he and his wife will be out of jobs.

“My mom worked there. My dad worked there. My wife works there with me now. My daughter works there with me now. My second daughter works there with me now. And my son-in-law works there,” Brown said. “So it’s a double-hit for me and my wife: two of us out of a job.”

The people of Ilion, New York, have no one else to blame than the leftist policies that have sent the once great state into a downward spiral.

BREAKING: Nations oldest gun manufacturer, Remington, announces departure from NY.

They are moving all operations to Georgia.

This is the way.

— Ryan Fournier (@RyanAFournier) February 20, 2024

Shock: With NY’s massive fine against Trump and its huge influx of illegals, Remington is leaving New York after 200 years. pic.twitter.com/wSJPJtPG9b

— @amuse (@amuse) February 21, 2024

The Associated Press News shares more:

Cerberus Capital Management purchased Remington Arms in 2007, placing it in the same corporate family as Bushmaster Firearms and other gun companies. Bushmaster Firearms moved manufacturing operations to Ilion for a time in 2011.

Remington Outdoor Co. and its subsidiaries filed for bankruptcy protection in 2018, citing slumping sales as well as legal and financial pressure after the Sandy Hook school shooting that killed 20 first graders and six adults. A Bushmaster AR-15-style rifle was used in the massacre.

Family members of victims and a survivor of the shooting who filed a 2015 lawsuit against Remington settled in 2022 for $73 million.

A second bankruptcy filing was made in July 2020. Within months, 545 workers at the Ilion plant were laid off.

The company’s assets were divided at auction. A judge approved Vista Outdoor’s $81.4 million bid for Remington’s ammunition and accessories businesses. The Ilion plant went to a group of investors called the Roundhill Group as part of a $13 million bid.

After months of union negotiations, the firearms plant reopened in the spring of 2021. If RemArms sticks to its March closure timetable, the restart in Ilion will have lasted just under three years.

It’s a shame to see such a significant part of American history being lost due to pressure put on by the left.

If they can’t strip you of your 2nd amendment rights.

You better believe they will make it near impossible for you to get a gun.