Nine of the families of the victims have sued the gunmaker, claiming the weapon shouldn’t have been marketed for civilian use. The company has also come under immense financial and political pressure after the gunman in the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, used a Remington-made rifle to kill 20 children and six adults. Gun-maker Remington Firearms will move its headquarters to Georgia, with plans to open a factory and research. “Everyone involved in this process has shown how important business is to the state and how welcoming they are to all business, including the firearms industry,” D’Arcy said.Īlthough Remington’s brand is storied among firearms enthusiasts, the company has been targeted with dozens of product liability lawsuits over certain bolt-action rifle and shotgun models that had design defects. Remington Chief Executive Ken D’Arcy credited Georgia’s pro-gun atmosphere for his decision, saying the state “not only welcomes business but enthusiastically supports and welcomes companies in the firearms industry.” Georgia is home to several gun manufacturers, including a Taurus plant in South Georgia. He also has called for a sales tax holiday for guns and ammunition over the July Fourth holiday.
Plans include opening a factory and research operation at a site in LaGrange, GA.
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The first-term Republican made gun rights expansion a key part of his 2018 election campaign, including an attention-grabbing TV ad that showed him aiming a firearm toward “Jake,” one of his daughter’s would-be suitors. Remington Firearms announced this week it is moving its headquarters from Ilion, NY, to Georgia. “As yet another big manufacturing win for our state, I look forward to seeing the oldest firearms manufacturer in America thrive in Georgia’s pro-business environment,” Kemp said. A wave of firearms manufacturers have recently fled the Northeast for more politically hospitable environments in Georgia and elsewhere around the South. In a statement welcoming the company, Kemp noted that he owns several Remington guns and said the industry sustained thousands of jobs in Georgia. He said local officials have also offered Remington an unspecified tax abatement and infrastructure improvements. Scott Malone, a LaGrange economic development official, said the company has already leased a building at a local business park and plans to build several new facilities in the next five years. The gunmaker could claim a range of state incentives that include an income tax break worth nearly $13 million over five years.
Officials said Remington will hire for positions in production, operations, engineering, management, finance and administrative work. It’s not immediately known what incentives the state offered to woo the gunmaker, which was based in Ilion, New York and has operations in Tennessee.
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