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  • Potlatch, Idaho, Mayor David Brown stands in front of conceptual drawings of plans to revive the town. (AP Photo/Nicholas K. Geranios)

    Idaho town seeks to lure gun and ammo makers

    The small community of Potlatch, Idaho, in the forested, western foothills of the Rocky Mountains, was created as a company town to house workers for the nation's largest white pine sawmill, and its tidy homes and straight, tree-lined streets are a testament to its planners.

  • Mayor David Brown checks out a former sawmill site in Potlatch, Idaho. The community was once home to the nation's largest sawmill, and hopes to be revitalized as a gun-making town. Business leaders are actively seeking manufacturers. (Associated Press)

    Idaho town seeks to lure gun and ammo makers

    This small community in the forested, western foothills of the Rocky Mountains was created as a company town to house workers for the nation's largest white pine sawmill, and its tidy homes and straight, tree-lined streets are a testament to its planners.

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  • "Lots of states are anti-firearms states," he said. "That is what Idaho is playing against, positioning itself as a firearms-friendly state."

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  • "We were in the middle of doing our marketing plan at the time and decided that firearms is the niche we would recommend," said Gary White of Kennewick, Wash., a business marketing consultant who is helping develop the town's pitch to gun makers.

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