Texas Gov. Rick Perry will be traveling to Connecticut next week to try to lure firearms manufacturers to set up shop in the Lone Star State. Some gun manufacturers in Connecticut are upset with the state’s new strict gun control law.
Below is part of an article by Hartford Courant columnist Dan Haar. Read more at courant.com.
Perry arrives in Connecticut Sunday and will be here Monday as well, said spokesman Josh Havens, though he couldn’t say whether the Hartford area is on the agenda. To those guys, Connecticut may still be just a dot on the map, not a place with four, count ‘em, four distinct metro areas.
Perry had no public events scheduled as of Monday evening, but that might change — even if it’s just a press conference. Meetings with companies, some still being worked out, are private, though several firms in the firearms industry have made no secret that they’re looking at Texas.