So, maybe Maryland screwed up

Ya think? In it's never-ending bid to curtail the Second Amendment rights of its citizens, Maryland managed to cost hundreds of Maryland residents their jobs -- or at least force them to move to Tennessee. Beretta USA Corp., the American subsidiary of the Italian weapons manufacturer, has decided to relocate its Accokeek, Md., facility to Tennessee. Why? Because Maryland can't be trusted, that's why:

Beretta U.S.A. Corp., located in Accokeek, Maryland, announced today that it has decided to move its manufacturing capabilities from its existing location to a new production facility that it is building in Gallatin, Tennessee. The Gallatin facility is scheduled to be opened in mid-2015. Beretta U.S.A. had previously planned to use the new Gallatin, Tennessee facility for new machinery and production of new products only.
“During the legislative session in Maryland that resulted in passage of the Firearm Safety Act of 2013, the version of the statute that passed the Maryland Senate would have prohibited Beretta U.S.A. from being able to manufacture, store or even import into the State products that we sell to customers throughout the United States and around the world. While we were able in the Maryland House of Delegates to reverse some of those obstructive provisions, the possibility that such restrictions might be reinstated in the future leaves us very worried about the wisdom of maintaining a firearm manufacturing factory in the State,” stated Jeff Cooper, General Manager for Beretta U.S.A. Corp.
“While we had originally planned to use the Tennessee facility for new equipment and for production of new product lines only, we have decided that it is more prudent from the point of view of our future welfare to move the Maryland production lines in their entirety to the new Tennessee facility,” Cooper added.

It's so weird -- when you threaten people's livelihoods, they go somewhere else. So long, Beretta. I don't blame you for not trusting Maryland.  Apparently, Maryland legislators -- and presidential hopeful Gov. Martin O'Malley -- thought they could crap all over Beretta and still keep the jobs and capital investment in the state. They banned every single fucking firearm Beretta makes by limiting magazine capacity to 10 rounds -- Beretta firearms all exceed that capacity -- and thought the firm would stay here. Good for Beretta. Fuck Maryland.