MA loses and East Tennessee gains - Smith & Wesson moving HQ to TN - UPDATE page 3 - GLPer published Op-Ed piece local paper

This was annouced last week in a local Tennessee paper with the clever headline


Mass. Transit

leaving Massachusetts is the best move they can make.

many thanks!

the proposed site near Maryville, TN, is on Proffit Road...

that's fitting!

Massachussetts has had a bead on gun rights for decades.




I hope they like it here, in the foothills of the Smokies.


lots of customers here too!

from link in OP:


According to the office of Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno, 550 jobs will be eliminated at the Smith & Wesson headquarters




Welcome home - a 2A-respecting state will feel like home in no time.

I sure hope they open a Factory Outlet !!

Now we just need an ammo manufacturer.

Love this.

This mentality drove then from Mass.---

Thank you Sheriff Fife!






here is what CEO Smith had to say:

[link to ir.smith-wesson.com (secure)]


Smith indicated that the company vetted a number of cities and states and, after careful consideration, made the decision to relocate 750 jobs and its headquarters to Maryville, Tennessee. The key factors in the decision included the following:

Support for the 2nd Amendment

Business friendly environment

Quality of life for employees

Cost of living and affordability

Access to higher education institutions

Availability of qualified labor for its operations and
headquarter functions

Favorable location for efficiency of distribution


Smith continued, "The strong support we have received from the State of Tennessee and the entire leadership of Blount County throughout this process, combined with the quality of life, outdoor lifestyle, and low cost of living in the Greater Knoxville area has left no doubt that Tennessee is the ideal location for Smith & Wesson's new headquarters. We would like to specifically thank Governor Lee for his decisive contributions and the entire state legislature for their unwavering support of the 2nd Amendment and for creating a welcoming, business friendly environment."

Last Edited by beeches on 10/06/2021 05:03 PM

Great news!

Move includes headquarters and significant portion of operations due to changing business climate for firearms manufacturing in Massachusetts

[link to ir.smith-wesson.com (secure)]

It was never great in recent decades in Massachusetts for gun rights.

Family members experienced this firsthand.
Even Delaware was a good bit more hospitable in gun matters, and Delaware is not especially 2A compatible.


There truly is no comparison financially, either. TN has no state income tax, and living is relatively cheaper.

heck yeah!




mods, for the

It is past time, when the liberal state legislators want to tell them what they can and cannot manufacturer in their state, even though it is legal in all other states, it is time to move on.

More companies need to exit the commie states. That would send them a message. Hit them in the wallet !!!

Glad to have them!

have a friend from Union City, TN.

something gunny there too.......

The Dixie Gun Works!

[link to www.dixiegunworks.com (secure)]


her East Coast husband says that's why he married her - joking of course!

May add this one?

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Isn’t it just the corporate headquarters. I don’t know if they had any immediate plans to move manufacturing there which would be better.I’d love to see our Kansas legislature court some of these firearms companies because we got plenty of machinist here. We build airplanes but we can manufacture guns to and we got the machinist to do it.What I really want to see is more than one manufacturer that makes a 1911 .45 iin left hand and there’s only one manufacturer in the United States that does. So us southpaws are just out of luck.

Last Edited by redhed6971 on 10/06/2021 06:12 PM

Woo Hoo, problem is most of the workers (who are likely liberals) will move with their jobs even if they have to pay their own relocation. Diluting the red vote with blue, liberal voters. Those liberals never learn, they bring their destructive habits with them.

Not surprising at all.

God damn Massachusetts ruins everything.

I hate it here.

But, big thanks to S&W for the SW1911, only had it a week, but I love it.

I had a daisy powerline loaded with scope and could shoot 50 yards when I was eight years old I also had a Crossman pump also with scope.

that is hilarious, oh dear!
until you consider that elementary school kids have gotten into hot water for eating their sandwich into a similar shape...