Has a State's Anti Gun Laws Stopped Your Move There?

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I was interested in hearing from members who had a job or college scholarship offer in new state and decided against it because of restrictive gun laws in that state.

I know there are a lot of us here that would say "no way" to ever moving to places like California or Massachusetts.

I'm more interested in hearing from people that actually had to make that decision and turned it down because of their beliefs. That and what did your family and friends think of the decision.
 
It didn't stop me from moving to a state but it made me leave a state and pro gun laws of my new home state are what brought me here.

I left Illinois for Indiana. In "Crook" county Illinois I was a criminal because I dared to own black rifles. When they started enforcing this law that most people ignored (including the police) for years, I left. Now I live in a state where machineguns, suppressors and CCW are all legal.

I'll never return to Illinois or any other anti-gun state. Life is too short and we have WAY too many choices.
 
It was high on my list of reasons to move to TN. Florida is actually an extremely gun-friendly state but urban sprawl and year round swampy weather sent me packin'. Only thing I miss about it are the concealed weapons/self-defense laws and the gun shops.
 
I second the NY state thing as I would have to give up too much. I have a brother who lives in a nice area upstate that I have visited a few times and thought about it but the gun laws ? Forget it. Same goes for Kalifornia. Beautiful state. Especially the wine country.
 
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Abso-damn-lutely.

I've turned down several lucrative job offers in my earlier years to socialist republics like California and New York and Chicago because of their anti-Bill of Rights/Pro-Criminal laws.

Jeff
 
Jeff,

I work in Chicago but live in the free state of Indiana. It's one of the few job markets where you can earn your 6 figure salary in a big city and still live in a free state.

I wish I could make my salary in Montana because I would haul ass in a heartbeat. :)
 
When my ex and I were looking at buying a house in the early 1990s I told her there was no way I was going to live in Maryland, primarily because of the gun control laws there.
 
Oh yeh. My kids wanted me to move to MD where they live when I retired two years ago. I came back to my home state of WV instead - primarily because of MD's arrogance about guns and CC, but also their taxes and demographics.
 
There are certain cities in my state I would not live in due to restrictions above and beyond any the State has. But some cities with real restrictions have just as many other good reasons to avoid living there!
 
it hasn't stopped me from moving to a particular state...since i havne't had to move yet. HOwever....even now, when i'm not planning on moving anytime soon, i'm already thinking about where i can move to that will not impede on my hobby too much. talk to me in a few years :-)
 
I had the misfortune to live in the PRK for several years. I got a job offer in Texas and never looked back. That was over twenty years ago. I haven’t been back since and have no plans to do so.

No way would I move to a socialist state after tasting freedom!
 
I am going to leave Arkansas when my children are grown and don't need me any more. There are many states that have decided for me that they will not be getting my tax dollars. I will have to re-examine my options in about 12 years, but I am pretty sure there will be fewer places to choose from then there are now.
 
Jeff,

I work in Chicago but live in the free state of Indiana. It's one of the few job markets where you can earn your 6 figure salary in a big city and still live in a free state.

I wish I could make my salary in Montana because I would haul ass in a heartbeat.
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I hear that.

That's why we moved back to Texas after getting recruited to North Carolina then Kansas City and a few other places. In my previous line of work (marketing and advertising), both my wife and I could make an other-worldly living in the Dallas area, live outside Dallas county and enjoy all the freedoms of the Lone Star State.

Besides, I was getting homesick. Stopped right after I crossed the Red River on I-35 and literally kissed the ground and swore I'd never leave again. Military took me away the first time, a job in the Dod took me away a second, Justice Department took me away a third time and the world of advertising agencies took me away for the fourth and final time. But at least that same world brought me back home.

Glad to know that you're "beating the system" by working and prospering in Chicago and LIVING in Indiana.

Jeff
 
Don't live in Denver. Don't live in Boulder County. Real estate agent was told not to even suggest homes there when I moved to CO from FL. My company wants me to move to California now. Bugging me to no end saying it would be good for my career. I finally told them they would need to drag my dead body there if it was that important to them. How is being dead good for your career??? Actually I would quit and take the two weeks notice as vacation so they can try to pick up the pieces resulting from their stupidity.
 
I lived in Denver from 1975 (birth) until Sept. of '93. I went back to visit in '01 and OMG:eek: Almost everything had turned to crap. Gun laws got worse, prices shot up, traffic was unreal, and the people got ruder. I will not be taking up residence there ever again:mad:
 
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