Connecticut firearms maker leaving for South Carolina, citing gun law By Harriet McLeod CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - A firearms manufacturer is leaving Connecticut for the gun-friendly state of South Carolina to avoid the tough gun-control law passed in the wake of the Newtown school shooting that killed 20 first-graders and six adults last December. PTR Industries, a maker of military-style rifles, picked South Carolina over Texas and four other states ...
June 20, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
Bristol Company Is First Firearms Manufacturer To Announce Move From State BRISTOL – Firearms manufacturer PTR Industries is moving to Horry County, S.C., a company executive confirmed Tuesday. The company will move to Aynor, S.C., near Myrtle Beach, John McNamara, vice president of sales at PTR told Fox CT reporter Tony …
June 19, 2013 - FOX CT Hartford