Colorado, where the Aurora movie theater shootings happened, got tired of waiting for the national gov't to do something about gun violence. So the state legislature banned the sale of large magazines and a few related measures.
Though the manufacture of such large magazines is still legal four gun-related companies have said they are moving operations out of Colorado. I can hear them saying if you don't let us sell our products we're going to take our jobs and go home. So, yeah, the move will have consequences. The biggest is 200 employees.
Other companies hurt by the new laws are those that run hunting expeditions. I'm sure their operations will remain legal, but out-of-state hunters are boycotting businesses in a state that has started down the slippery slope (gosh, where have I heard that phrase before?).
Yes, these hunters and those companies have a right to take their business elsewhere. But some things are more important than jobs (though the GOP can't name any of them). What good is a job if the streets are so unsafe you can't get to it?
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