...what an age we live in, companies banning states lol.
Companies in the firearms & accessory field have been "banning states" for a couple decades (+) now. Really became noticeable after the rabid frenzy of assault weapon laws that passed in various states along with the 94 AWB.
Look in the fine print for lots of places who sell magazines, ammo, etc and you'll find a "we do not ship to..." and a list of several states.
been going on for a long time now, and its done not so much to make a political statement, but to protect the business, as those listed states seem to be constantly changing their laws and requirements.
Ruger (and I understand some others) aren't submitting new handguns to CA for "testing", apparently because they rudely refuse to reconfigure their manufacturing process to include the CA required microstamping. or so I remember hearing....
But that is a different matter. This is Hornady's response to a NY public official's not so subtle attempt to interfere with business financing. This is not a "we don't like you, you sell bullets, we don't want them sold here" thing restricting or further regulating or even out right banning sales in "their" state.
This is a direct attack essentially saying, "we don't want you selling ANYWHERE, we want you out of business, and we're going to cut off your credit to do it. And its not just Hornady, its all of you in the gun and ammo business..."
Of course, that's just my interpretation, but that's what it looks like to me.