What is a "traditional true blood Second Amendment state", and why would a gunmaker call it that?

[muriel_volestrangler]

Beretta USA, based for decades in Accokeek, Maryland, is building a $45 million firearms research and manufacturing plant in Gallatin, Tennessee, after Maryland banned sales of specific types of assault weapons last year.

Courted by several states, Beretta made a list of "traditional true blood Second Amendment states" for consideration, general counsel and vice-general manager Jeff Reh told The Sportsman Channel.

Gun company relocation and expansion to better locations are in protest against new gun control laws, firearm industry analyst Rommel Dionisio of Wedbush Securities told Reuters.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/30/usa-south-carolina-guns-idUSL2N0PB0X820140630

I can't see how you can connect the vampire series with the 2nd amendment (or 'tradition'), so it seems that Beretta associates support of the amendment with 'true', ie 'pure', genetics. Why would a gun manufacturer use a phrase you'd expect to find on Stormfront? Has it really come to the point where they can openly say "we want to relocate to a state where the whites are in charge"? Or do they think political opinions are inherited, but can be diluted by 'untrue' blood?

[msongs]

1. berreta profits from the mayhem and murder created by 2A lovers. nt

[Taitertots]

4. Profits must be at an all time low because we live in the most peaceful era in human history

[bluedigger]

2. Beretta "USA".

IIRC, the only reason they exist was to provide the US military with their M92 handgun, much to the chagrin of Ruger, Colt and S&W. Now that the M92 is considered inadequate, they can all get on a bus back to Italy for all I care. I certainly couldn't give a fuck about their interpretation of our Constitution.

[Historic NY]

3. Most manufacturers aren't even owned by US companies anymore....

they are fleeing to where there is cheap labor and little or no taxes. They try to make out they are red-white-blue but their stripes of a wholly different color. We all know how good cheap steel is too.

[TheCowsCameHome]

5. "True blood" is appropriate, although not in the way they intended

Heh.

[Lurks Often]

6. I think you are reading more into their statement then was intended

Beretta is moving to TN for the typical reasons: lower business taxes, lower cost of doing business, lower cost of living and for non-typical reasons: TN has long been considered a very pro-gun state.*

In addition to their own products, they own the shotgun makers Benelli, Franchi & Stoeger, the rifle makers Sako & Tikka and the rifle maker and handgun maker Uberti and acts as the importer for all of them

An argument can be made that Gore's gun control statements in the 2000 election cost him his home state of TN. If he had won TN, the debacle in FL wouldn't have meant a damn thing.

[muriel_volestrangler]

11. Well, yes, I think he may have exposed himself without intending to

Do they unconsciously see themselves as arms dealers for whites?

[Lurks Often]

13. Doubtful

It's entirely possible that the statement came out of corporate headquarters in Italy and didn't translate from Italian to English properly.

[muriel_volestrangler]

14. Jeff Reh speaking to the Sportsman Channel is not a translator, he's their general counsel

who sounds like a native English speaker, American accent:

He's an experienced, fluent company spokesman.

[Lurks Often]

15. Believe what you wish

You see racism in the statement, I don't

[CK_John]

7. A State without unions and low wages.

[malaise]

8. The racists all scream blue blood until they need some red blood

and then they never ask the race of the donor.


That said all they want is cheap labor and the right to sell weapons.

[ck4829]

9. Their way of saying they're looking for the cheapest state

"Traditional... true blood.. Second Amendment... Merry Christmas NOT Happy Holidays... Fight them over there so we don't have to fight them over here... America, love it or leav-"

"OH MY GOD, TAKE THIS MONEY AND THIS LAND, ALL ON US!"

[muriel_volestrangler]

10. OK, those of you who aren't animal breeders, do you say "true blood" about anything?

(Obviously part from discussing the vampire series) It sounds like a 19th century monarchist to me. Or a 21st century racist.

[jmowreader]

12. The last place in America where people still buy Berettas, maybe?

I think the final decision came down to, "who will let us run tax-free for the longest period of time?"

My useless governor has been trying to get a gun company to move to Idaho for quite a while and so far, the only one he's gotten is the white separatists from West Virginia who are trying to find a square mile of flat land that won't flood in Benewah County to build their "citadel." And in their quest there's a big problem: there's no land like that in Benewah County!

[hack89]

16. Non-whites have thriving gun cultures

And Beratta will not ignore potential customers. Green is the only color they care about.