NEW : Mississippi politicians predict the bid to lure House to Massachusetts will fail . The gun industry in U.S. is being `` demonized , '' says Mississippi 's House speaker . Gunmakers in `` anti- the Second Amendment states '' wo n't be criticized in his state , he adds . A U.S. senator from Connecticut calls the pitch `` preposterous ''
NEW : Massachusetts politicians predict the bid to lure Smith & Wesson to Mississippi will fail . The gun industry in Connecticut is being `` demonized , '' says Mississippi 's House speaker . Gunmakers in `` anti-Second Amendment states '' wo n't be criticized in his state , he adds . A U.S. senator from Connecticut calls the pitch `` preposterous ''