Beretta targets Joe Manchin

[Tanuki]

http://www.wvgazette.com/News/201306280093

..."Gun maker Beretta USA will not expand its operations into West Virginia, despite lobbying from state officials, because they say Sen. Joe Manchin's push to expand background checks makes the state less stable for their business. "..
"...Reh 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."...

"...Manchin said Beretta USA is distorting his bill's intent. "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."...

[rdharma]

1. Beretta had no intention to expand into WV in the first place.

But that didn't stop them from taking a cheap shot at Sen. Manchin.

[Recursion]

2. OFFS. I see purity isn't just a symptom of DU. He's one of the most pro-gun-rights D Senators

And his gun control proposals have been models of pragmatism and good sense.

Way to go alienating us moderates, Beretta...