Gunmaker Shutters NY Plant After Sandy Hook Payout

Axios reports:

RemArms, previously known as Remington Arms, will close its gun factory in New York next year, per the Observer-Dispatch of Utica.

The decision comes as the gun manufacturer, considered the oldest gun maker in the U.S., has twice filed for bankruptcy since 2018 and has been subject to layoffs and temporary closures in recent years.

Last year, the company agreed to a $73 million settlement of liability claims from nine families of Sandy Hook shooting victims. That marked the first time a U.S. gun manufacturer was held responsible for a mass shooting, per ABC News.

GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik rages:

It is because of New York Democrats’ unconstitutional gun grab policies that the oldest gun manufacturer in the country has been run out of the state. I have spoken with local officials and Remington Arms union members in United Mine Workers of America, Local 717 about how we must stand up to New York’s failed unconstitutional gun bans.

A Remington gun factory in operation for nearly 200 years is scheduled to close in the coming months, according to a letter from the company to union officials. https://t.co/jx73omnT3e

— ABC News (@ABC) December 3, 2023

Remington Arms has been one of #NY21’s most beloved employers for decades.

Kathy Hochul’s attack on #2A will yet again cost hundreds of hardworking families in Upstate New York their jobs.

Truly despicable. https://t.co/yf27hf3pYl

— Elise Stefanik (@EliseStefanik) December 2, 2023

300 #NY21 residents are getting fired from their jobs because of Kathy Hochul and New York Democrats’ unconstitutional gun-grab policies.

NY’s radical anti- #2A policies need to STOP, and I will continue to fight them.https://t.co/zM8nAPuT9E

— Rep. Elise Stefanik (@RepStefanik) December 2, 2023

With roots that date back to 1816, Remington is waving goodbye to New York and shifting all operations to its new Georgia plant. https://t.co/QfGySftKzj

— Guns.com (@Guns_com) December 1, 2023