{"id":839573,"date":"2021-10-02T18:44:15","date_gmt":"2021-10-02T22:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=839573"},"modified":"2021-10-02T18:44:20","modified_gmt":"2021-10-02T22:44:20","slug":"citing-anti-second-amendment-climate-smith-and-wesson-will-move-headquarters-from-massachusetts-to-tennessee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/citing-anti-second-amendment-climate-smith-and-wesson-will-move-headquarters-from-massachusetts-to-tennessee\/","title":{"rendered":"Citing Anti-Second Amendment Climate, Smith And Wesson Will Move Headquarters From Massachusetts To Tennessee"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fciting-anti-second-amendment-climate-smith-and-wesson-will-move-headquarters-from-massachusetts-to-tennessee%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=839573&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-200494631-001.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Gun manufacturer Smith &amp; Wesson will move its headquarters from Massachusetts to Tennessee, citing the \u201cchanging business climate for firearms manufacturing in Massachusetts.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The $1 billion company has operated from Springfield, Massachusetts, since 1852 \u2014 a decade before the American Civil War. However, the firm will relocate its headquarters and \u201csignificant elements of its operations\u201d to Maryville, Tennessee, in 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAfter an exhaustive and thorough analysis, for the continued health and strength of our iconic company, we feel that we have been left with no other alternative,\u201d explained Smith &amp; Wesson CEO Mark Smith in a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ir.smith-wesson.com\/news-releases\/news-release-details\/smith-wesson-relocate-headquarters-tennessee\"><span>press release<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Among other reasons for moving to Tennessee, Smith &amp; Wesson cited:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i><span>Support for the Second Amendment<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><span>Business friendly environment<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><span>Quality of life for employees<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><span>Cost of living and affordability<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><span>Access to higher education institutions<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><span>Availability of qualified labor for its operations and headquarter functions<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><span>Favorable location for efficiency of distribution<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>Smith &amp; Wesson will pour $120 million into the new facility in Tennessee, relocating jobs from Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Missouri by the facility\u2019s summer 2023 completion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The press release referred to <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/v\"><span>HD 4192<\/span><\/a><span> \u2014 a pending piece of legislation in Massachusetts that would ban the manufacture of \u201cany assault weapon or large capacity feeding device\u201d \u2014 except for those built for \u201can authorized law enforcement or military agency of the commonwealth, any other state, the United States, or a foreign government.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThese bills would prevent Smith &amp; Wesson from manufacturing firearms that are legal in almost every state in America and that are safely used by tens of millions of law-abiding citizens every day exercising their Constitutional 2nd Amendment rights, protecting themselves and their families, and enjoying the shooting sports,\u201d said Smith. \u201cWhile we are hopeful that this arbitrary and damaging legislation will be defeated in this session, these products made up over 60% of our revenue last year, and the unfortunate likelihood that such restrictions would be raised again led to a review of the best path forward for Smith &amp; Wesson.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Despite Massachusetts\u2019 legislation, roughly 3.2 million Americans <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/survey-3-2-million-new-gun-owners-in-first-half-of-2021\"><span>purchased<\/span><\/a><span> their first firearm during the first half of 2021. Nearly half of the new gunowners are under the age of forty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThis survey shows that there is a continuing demand signal for firearms from the American public,\u201d commented National Shooting Sports Foundation President and CEO Joe Bartozzi in a statement. \u201cWe witnessed each month background check figures associated with a gun sale that are second only to those we saw in last year\u2019s record-breaking totals.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In 2020 alone, Americans <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/2021\/02\/10\/this-is-how-many-guns-were-sold-in-all-50-states\/43371461\/\"><span>purchased<\/span><\/a><span> 39.7 million firearms \u2014 a 40% rise from the previous year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gun manufacturer Smith &#038; Wesson will move its headquarters from Massachusetts to Tennessee, citing the \u201cchanging business climate for firearms manufacturing in Massachusetts.\u201dThe $1 billion company has operated from Springfield, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-839573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=839573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=839573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=839573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=839573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}