Microstamping Bills are an Economic Disaster in the Waiting – If legislators in New York and Connecticut approve proposed microstamping bills in 2013, it will cost both states hundreds of jobs and the loss of at least two iconic American firearms manufacturers.  Remington Arms in Ilion, N.Y., and Colt Arms of Harford, Conn., say they will close their plants and move to  Midwest states with less restrictive gun laws if they are forced to implement microstamping technology.