Smith & Wesson to move headquarters from
Massachusetts to Tennessee
Posted By: Hazymac, 9/30/2021 7:08:36 PM
Smith & Wesson is moving its headquarters from Massachusetts to Tennessee, citing the southern state's "unwavering support of the Second Amendment" as well as its lower cost of living. The decision to depart New England was "an extremely difficult and emotional" one, Mark Smith, the gun-maker's president and CEO, said Thursday in a statement. The company, based in Springfield, Massachusetts, since 1852, will spend $125 million on the relocation, it said. As many as 750 jobs will move from Massachusetts, Connecticut and Missouri to Maryville, Tennessee, by the summer of 2023, according to Smith & Wesson.
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Massachusetts wants to make production of semiautomatic pistols and rifles--representing 60% of their profit-- illegal, which leaves their revolvers as the only guns they're allowed to make. So they're moving to Maryville, Tennessee, between Knoxville and the Great Smoky Mountains NP. Kimber Arms of Yonkers, NY recently announced their move to Troy, Alabama. One does not need to wonder why.