Gun Makers: Come To Idaho!

Red's Trading Post points to the efforts of the Idaho Department of Commerce to encourage firearms and ammunition manufacturers to move to Idaho by advertising at the SHOT Show in Las Vegas. This ad includes Art. I, sec. 11 of the Idaho Constitution, which is worth reading if you live somewhere like Texas or New Mexico, and think that your state constitution is pro-gun. Well, it is, but not like ours:

The people have the right to keep and bear arms, which right shall not be abridged; but this provision shall not prevent the passage of laws to govern the carrying of weapons concealed on the person nor prevent passage of legislation providing minimum sentences for crimes committed while in possession of a firearm, nor prevent the passage of legislation providing penalties for the possession of firearms by a convicted felon, nor prevent the passage of any legislation punishing the use of a firearm. No law shall impose licensure, registration or special taxation on the ownership or possession of firearms or ammunition. Nor shall any law permit the confiscation of firearms, except those actually used in the commission of a felony.

Some states are actually trying to push gun makers out. We'll take them.