Maine is set to ban and confiscate any gun that fits their definition of "assault weapon". One of those definitions is any Bushmaster rifle. Bushmaster, who is headquartered in Maine, is already threatening to leave the state, reports Say Uncle.

Bushmaster Firearms of Windham sent a letter to the committee last week saying the bill "would require Bushmaster to move out of Maine immediately." Richard Dyke, Bushmaster's chairman, said in the letter that the state would then lose the taxes on $60 million in annual sales, the annual payroll of more than $7 million for 91 employees and nearly $34,000 in property taxes.

I'd love to also see them take the Barrett approach. After .50 caliber rifles were banned in California, Barrett refused to do business with the government and police organizations there. Manufacturers who are facing lawsuits, bans, and increasingly hostile regs should start refusing to do business with these governments.