“I Feel Like A Family Member Has Died”: Small New York Town Devastated As Gun Plant Shuts Down
25th December 2023
In the village of Ilion, New York, 80 miles west of the state capital in Albany, residents are mourning the departure of gunmaker Remington Arms Co. after two centuries of continuous operation.
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Publicly, the company attributed the plant closure in part to a hostile political climate in Albany regarding firearms production.
The Georgia-based company said it would continue to make firearms at its facility in Huntsville, Alabama, which opened in 2014, a year after New York’s passage of the Safe Act, which created stricter gun laws.