VermontHunter Posted March 23, 2013 Report Share Posted March 23, 2013 OUTDOOR CHANNEL PULLS PRODUCTION FROM COLORADO DUE TO CO. SENATE BETRAYING 2ND RIGHTS! PLEASE SHARE FAR AND WIDE! From: Michael Bane Date: Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 4:09 PM Subject: OUTDOOR CHANNEL Pulls Productions from Colorado To: Steve King Dear Senator King; I met you yesterday after the so-called "public hearings" on the antigun bills; as I mentioned, I am an Executive Producer for OUTDOOR CHANNEL. I currently have four series in production, included GUN STORIES, the top show on OC, with several additional series in development. My series focus on guns, hunting, shooting and the outdoors. This morning I met with my three Producers, and we made the decision that if these antigun bills become law, we will be moving all of our production OUT of Colorado. We have already cancelled a scheduled filming session for late this month. Obviously, part of this is due to our own commitment to the right to keep and bear arms, but it also reflects 3 lawyers' opinions that these laws are so poorly drafted and so designed to trap otherwise legal citizens into a crime (one of our attorneys referred to them as "flypaper laws") that it is simply too dangerous for us to film here. I can give you chapter and verse on the legal implications if you need, but suffice to say that the first legal opinion was so scary we went out and got two others. Al three attorneys agreed. We are relatively small potatoes in television, but our relocation of production will cost Colorado a little less than a million dollars in 2013. Secondly, we have proudly promoted Colorado in our productions (and have been moving more and more production into the state); now we will do exactly the opposite. What does this mean for Colorado? The community of television producers is a small one. Last week I had lunch with a major network producer who was looking to locate his new reality series in Colorado. That producer is also a shooter, and the new reality series will now be based out of Phoenix. That lunch cost Colorado over a million in economic impact. Thirdly, according to numbers I received from the National Shooting Sports Foundation (for whom I used to work) yesterday, hunting had an almost $800,000,000 impact on Colorado in 2012, driving as many as 8330 jobs. Next month I will be in Texas meeting with most of the top outdoor/hunting producers, and the Number One agenda item will be Colorado. Already, hunting organizations and statewide hunting clubs around the country are pulling out of Colorado, and we expect this trend to accelerate rapidly. The message we will take to our viewers and listeners is that these proposed laws are so dangerous to hunters and any other person, be she a fisherman or a skier who brings a handgun into the state for self-defense, that we cannot recommend hunting, fishing or visiting Colorado. We reach millions of people, and, quite frankly, we have a credibility that Colorado government officials can no longer match. Colorado Division of Wildlife is already running ads trying to bring more out-of-state hunters to Colorado...in light of the flood of negative publicity about these proposed laws, I can assure you those ads will fail. We estimate that as many as one-quarter to one-third of out-of-state hunters will desert Colorado in the next 18-24 months, which will quite frankly be a disaster for the hunting industry in Colorado and have a devastating effect on our western and northern communities (certainly like Grand Junction). This is not a "boycott" in the traditional sense of a centralized, organized operation; rather, it is more of a grassroots decision on where shooters, hunters and other sportsmen are willing to spend their money. Look at the collapse of the Eastern Sports and Outdoor Show in February. That venerable multimillion dollar trade show chose to ban modern sporting rifles and standard capacity magazines, and with three weeks it collapsed as all vendors and sponsors pulled out. Colorado is going to pay a huge price for laws that will do nothing. Thank you, sir, for your support. Best. Michael Bane OUTDOOR CHANNEL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted March 23, 2013 Report Share Posted March 23, 2013 CO is shooting themselves in the foot...no pun intended. Thanks Luke...Michael Bane is my kinda guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted March 23, 2013 Report Share Posted March 23, 2013 Kudos to ODC!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VermontHunter Posted March 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 Last week I had lunch with a major network producer who was looking to locate his new reality series in Colorado. That producer is also a shooter, and the new reality series will now be based out of Phoenix. That lunch cost Colorado over a million in economic impact. I bet Jan Brewer is jumping upand down with joy for the move to Pheonix ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted March 24, 2013 Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 For those like I who never heard of jan until now... Official Website of Arizona State Governor Janice K. Brewer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VermontHunter Posted March 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 I love the day she met Obummer on the runway and stuck her finger right in his sorry mug ... She isn't scared of him or his sorry administration ... This is one lady I would love to meet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 (edited) Heard on Huckabbee that some Companys are pulling out including a mag manufacturer..apparently they were going to do a 1 million dollar expansion...it will now be moving out of state, He had a Sherriff from Co. on, and the sherriff stated that he will NOT follow the new laws of enforcment in his county Edited March 25, 2013 by Mathews XT Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 Good to see the outdoor channel making decisions like this. Jan Brewer has my respect. She was on the end of some negative publicity put out on her over her finger in obama's face, way I see it it is nice to see someone face to face with him not cower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COEngineer Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 For the first time since I got here (12 yrs ago) I am ashamed to be from CO. I wrote my representatives and the governor to no avail. I have also sent the NRA money and plan to send more - someone has to fight these laws in court and in the next elections. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LETMGROW Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 Believe me when I say I feel your pain COEngineer. As a life long resident of NY I am ashamed of this administration and the ones who voted for our recent gun control laws. Even more than that though, I am totally ashamed of the citizens who have fallen in line and sided with the above people. How do you figure? Ignorance, uninformed, politicaly driven, looking for a handout (entitlement) or just plain stupid. Anyone who can sit back and watch our constitution get trashed the way it did when this law was passed without speaking out against the actions deserves no respect from me or anyone else. Those who speak out in favor of this action? Maybe I had better not answer my own question. There are kids on here. Lynn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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