Well if Rick Perry had his way...
Colt, Remrington, S&W, Winchester, Savage, H&R, S&W, etc...would all be in Texas by now.
Most of them have UNIONS to worry about and that makes it difficult for them to move.
For, you see, 'free state' means more than just free to own guns. In Texas we have the right to work without Unions forcing us to pay dues, lots of other states don't.
Deaf, I couldn't have said it better myself!
In addition to STI (the boys in Georgetown make some mighty fine 1911s) we also have LaRue Tactical for those interested in really nice ARs.