NEW : Massachusetts politicians predict the bid to lure Smith & Wesson to Mississippi will fail . The state of Missouri is also considering a similar move, but it has not yet made any official announcement. Gunmakers in `` anti-Second Amendment states '' wo n't be criticized in his state , he adds . William `` Mo '' Cowan , interim U.S . 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 state of Missouri is also considering a similar move, but it has not yet made any official announcement. 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 ''