Aiming at Idaho. Firearms manufacturers looking to 'gun-friendly' states for business

October 28, 2007

When it comes to guns, Idaho economic development officials are starting to see green.

The Gem State, eager to attract new jobs and industry, is positioning itself as the best possible home for the nation's 200 small arms manufacturers - companies worth a collective $2 billion per year but unwelcome in many of the states that have long been their home.

It appears that the attraction is mutual.

By Joshua Palmer Times-News writer

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