Arizona congressman tries to lure gun manufacturers to his state

Arizona's new engine of economic development Arizona is one of only three states that has an Official State Weapon; Utah and Indiana are the other two. Ours is the Colt revolver, which the Arizona legislature designated shortly after the 2011 massacre in Tucson'classy move there. Also, the state already has about the most lax gun laws in the nation; just about anyone can carry anything, no questions asked. So Arizona might as well be the capital of gun makers, too. Why not eliminate all the political drama and transportation middlemen and make your weapons where it's also really easy to sell and use them?

That's the laser-like thinking behind Republican Rep. Paul Gosar's message to Remington Arms, which assembles its weapons in the most anti-gun state in the nation, New York. Gosar let Remington know that they ought to make their products where the elected officials and many citizens really like them, not in a state where the governor and other politicians just don't appreciate all the good they do.

Gosar has written Remington that New York's gun control laws, which are among the nation's toughest, should tell the business that it's no longer welcome there. Gosar has officially extended an invitation to the firearms giant to move to Arizona. KTAR

Further, if the Arizona legislature passes one of the pending bills that will allow the state's gun dealers to ignore new federal regulations, like a ban on assault weapons, then there will be even more customers for Remington out here. The Republican congressman isn't the only person who thinks making Arizona the Disneyland of Guns is a good idea.

Glenn Hamer heads up the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and agrees with Gosar's assessment of New York.

"Why any company would do business in the state of New York is beyond me. It has a very hostile business environment," Hamer said.

Yeah, why would any company operate in New York instead of Arizona? Let's discuss below the fold.