More Gunmakers Relocate to GOP States

By The Epoch Times | Created at 2026-06-18 09:25:31 | Updated at 2026-06-20 06:24:22 1 day ago

Firearms manufacturers Ruger and Rideout Arsenal are heading south, continuing a trend of firearms companies leaving Democrat-run states.

On June 10, Virginia-based Rideout Arsenal, a firearms designer and manufacturer, announced it would invest $22 million to build a new manufacturing facility in Thomasville, Georgia. The investment would create 120 new jobs over the next several years, the company said.

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