Colt - Stop Arming Israel!

Colt Manufacturing in West Hartford, CT

Eric Orner in The Nation

Colt's factory in West Hartford is making thousands of M4 assault rifles right now to send to Israel under a $37 million dollar US military contract- guns Israel and West Bank settlers will use to kill Palestinians and steal Palestinian land.

In 2023, our protest outside the West Hartford Colt factory pushed the Biden administration to stall a transfer of 18,000 Colt assault rifles to Israel due to human rights concerns, which the new administration has reportedly now delivered. Colt assault rifles have also been used in US mass shootings, including at the Tree of Life synagogue in 2018, and Colt is linked to gun trafficking to Mexican drug cartels. The State of Connecticut has also subsidized Colt, including through millions in

forgivable loans.

Whether at home or abroad, Colt profits from bloodshed, with our tax dollars. To end this genocide, we must stop arming Israel - including with deadly weapons made right in our backyard.

To: Colt Manufacturing in West Hartford, CT
From: [Your Name]

We demand that you stop supplying assault rifles and deadly weapons to the Israeli military and police, including under your current $37 million contract with the US military to supply M4 assault rifles to Israel.

As you well know, Colt assault rifles made right here in West Hartford are being used by the Israeli military to kill Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, including infants and children, in furtherance of Israel's genocide. The Israeli police have made clear they intend to arm West Bank settlers with 18,000 Colt rifles as these vigilante settler groups terrorize Palestinians and steal their land. Colt rifles have also been used in mass shootings, including the Tree of Life synagogue shooting, and Colt has been linked to gun trafficking to Mexican cartels.

We are your neighbors in West Hartford and across Connecticut, the parents of children the same ages as those killed by Colt rifles in Palestine, and representative of people of all faiths, including Muslim, Jewish, and Christian. You are profiting from bloodshed and ethnic cleansing, with our tax dollars, right in our backyard.

We demand that you cease supplying guns to the Israeli military and police and terminate all contracts with the US military to supply weapons to Israel.