UNWELCOME: Beretta won’t move to Virginia due to Terry McAuliffe’s gun-control agenda.

“The anti-gun ads that McAuliffe ran in northern Virginia were particularly offensive,” Jeff Reh, general counsel of Beretta USA, told me in an interview. “And the fact that he could gain a voting advantage by doing so caused us additional concern.” . . .

The Virginia site of the possible plant was one of six finalists locations that Beretta executives are now considering, after visiting 80 locations in seven states.