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- BUSINESS, Page 91Business NotesFIREARMSDon't Touch That Gun
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- In Connecticut's Gun Valley, the deal was a godsend. To
- preserve 1,000 local jobs, state treasurer Francisco Borges said
- last month that Connecticut would participate in the buyout of
- Colt Firearms by purchasing a 47% stake in the company for $25
- million. But the state has bought into a moral dilemma. Next
- month Colt will begin producing the Sporter, a gun similar to
- the AR-15, an assault rifle the company quit producing because
- of its use by drug traffickers. Colt contends that the Sporter
- will not be fully automatic, and therefore is not an assault
- rifle.
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- Since sentiment in the state legislature is running strongly
- toward banning such weaponry, Borges plans to examine Colt's
- gun. If it is deemed an assault weapon, he plans to block its
- production. "I will exercise every option available as a
- significant shareholder," says he. "Assault rifles for civilian
- consumers have no place."
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