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Bankrupt gunmaker Remington Outdoor to be sold in pieces
I took notice of this today after going to Remington's website, and it breaks my heart. The first gun that I ever shot with my dad was a model 870 when I was hardly 10 years old; we have several 870s in the safe and even more that we carry in our pickups on a daily basis. I grew up with these guns, and I am sure that a lot of you out there have too. How could this happen?
What's the story?
The headquarters and base of operations in Ilion, New York, terminated 585 jobs this past weekend effective immediately. Remington was founded there and had been in operation for over 200 years.
If I remember correctly, the state was allowing lawsuits stemming from mass shootings that used remington-made guns to proceed, which probably paid a big part in bankrupting the company.
Remington offered to help NY and Gov. Cuomo with manufacturing of needed supplies in (for the dreaded disease) Remington’s manufacturing plant after being shut down... if I remember correctly they never received a response to their offer.
Fuck NY
You are absolutely right. Remington took a huge bullet in a lawsuit that dealt with the Sandy Hook shooting, and I imagine that it became quite expensive. Of course the gun walked into the school and shot those people by itself.