I am in the manufacturing business and have been for over 20 years now. The new NY laws does not appear on the surface to hit the manufacturers. The state will want them to remain there. Taxes & employment both help the local and state levels. The new rules (as I understand them) however do hurt in some ways. For example, if I was in the magazine making business, and in NY state, I could no longer effectively sell 8 round mags or higher??? So thats like now limiting my sales to only 49 of 50 states. (technically I think they can sell higher cap mags, the consumer, citizens of the state, including law abiding ones, can only put no more than 7 rounds in whatever they have). The law doesn't say they have to stop making them, but does effectively reduce sales to a state that has alot of people in it. Potentially affecting the bottom line.
Now - lets pretend some here... A semi-Auto BAN does go into affect (I know, I know, yikes... but we are only pretending, not predicting...) then I think there is some issues/conflict with that. How can a state allow the manufacture of said "banned" semi-autos within the same state that bans them? (outside of Gov't or military (but whose military) contracts). How bad (or how much) do they want that tax money and the employment of factory workers?
This is when a manufactuer might then be looking for a friendlier residence.
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