West Virginia legislators tried to woo Beretta away from their facilities in Maryland when that state doubled down on their laws that would make many of the weapons that Beretta manufactures illegal there. But, company officials say that because Joe Manchin, the junior Senator from West Virginia is so adamant about gun control proposals, they won’t be moving to West Virginia;<\/p>\n
[Jeffrey Reh, a Beretta USA executive] said the company decided to rule West Virginia out of any potential expansion because of Manchin’s bill and the fact that he worked on it with Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., whom he called one of the Senate’s most liberal members.<\/p>\n
Manchin said Beretta USA is distorting his bill’s intent.<\/p>\n
“I believe that my legislation, which an independent poll just showed that 75 percent of West Virginians agree with, is a reasonable approach that in no way infringes on our right to bear arms,” Manchin said in a written statement Friday. “It’s shameful that Beretta, who seems to have no intention of moving from one of the most gun restrictive states in the country, is deceiving the great people of West Virginia in attempting to score a political point.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Since the intent of Manchin’s cooperation with Chuck Schumer is to lay the ground work for a national gun registry, and Manchin is actively hiding that fact from West Virginians, I doubt 75% of West Virginians support his bill. <\/p>\n
Thanks to Concerned Citizen for the link to the Charleston Gazette<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"