Is that the sound of Atlas Shrugging?

by AaronB, Tuesday, April 03, 2012, 14:50 (4617 days ago) @ Mark

This part in particular caught my eye:

"In a letter to Governor Cuomo, Remington, a large gun manufacturer in
Illinois, went so far as to threaten to leave the New York market if
the state implemented microstamping. This is tantamount to extortion."

In other words, gun companies have some sort of moral or legal obligation to continue to do business in areas with governments that can set any sort of requirements they like on the products that gun company sells?

Under the circumstances, you'd think that the New York state government would be happy to see Remington bow out. If all gun manufacturers did likewise, wouldn't the gun controllers have finally achieved something akin to the gun-free nirvana they've been pushing for all these years?

Be that as it may, it's a little eerie to see Ayn Rand's predictions come so uncannily true. "Tantamount to extortion" my backside... any company has the right to pack up its marbles and go home.

-AaronB