{"id":10145,"date":"2014-04-28T19:09:28","date_gmt":"2014-04-28T23:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=10145"},"modified":"2014-04-28T19:09:58","modified_gmt":"2014-04-28T23:09:58","slug":"safe-claims-another-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=10145","title":{"rendered":"SAFE claims another business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another company is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.syracuse.com\/news\/index.ssf\/2014\/04\/dewitt-based_maker_of_ballistic_shields_moving_to_floriday.html\" target=\"_blank\">leaving New York because of SAFE<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.defenshield.com\" target=\"_blank\">Defenshield Inc.<\/a>, a maker of ballistic shields for the military and law enforcement agencies, is moving to Florida &#8230; company executives told the chamber of commerce they were moving to St. Augustine because of Florida&#8217;s lower taxes and better climate &#8230; There may have been one other factor in the company&#8217;s decision. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/businessinsavannah.com\/bis\/2014-04-28\/ny-firm-picks-florida-county-over-savannah-others\" target=\"_blank\">A story in the St. Augustine Record<\/a> on Saturday said Defenshield founder William Collins White III is a &#8220;self-professed gun enthusiast&#8221; and was a fan of Florida&#8217;s less-stringent firearms laws. \u00a0It was not immediately clear whether New York&#8217;s SAFE Act restrictions on military-style assault weapons interferes with the company&#8217;s operations &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Good thing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenewny.com\" target=\"_blank\">New York is Open for Business<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D10145&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=10145\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=10145\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=10145\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another company is leaving New York because of SAFE: &#8220;Defenshield Inc., a maker of ballistic shields for the military and law enforcement agencies, is moving to Florida &#8230; 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