There are 19,867,000 people in NY according to what the google machine says. And over 19,000,000 of them live in the NYC metro area. Its understandable that people
make generalizations about NY based on that.
I grew up in northern NY, about a 5.5-6hour drive north of NYC. The closest metro area was montreal, quebec, not nyc. Still own family property near there. The area there is as conservative as anywhere Ive ever been in texas, wy, idaho, ak, etc. Heck, texas is going to be a blue state before you know it if things keep going the way they are. People who are clueless love to hate on NY,ers and seem to group all of ny and all new yorkers into the same bucket. They are simply ignorant of the fact that most of northern NY is as red as anywhere. Obviously it doesnt help having a massively large megacity a couple hundred miles away dictating much of the politics.
Regardless, navigating the shitshow of laws is a nightmare and I totally understand a business choosing to not do business there.
That said, I also understand the OP’s frustration. At the end of the day a gun business choosing to not do business in NY or CA literally rewards the anti-gun politicians, while punishing the people fighting against them. That smarts, and I have a hard time understanding how people dont see it that way. Personally, if there was a way I could manage my liability reasonably, I would be going out of my way to help beleaguered gun owners in NY and CA. They have enough of a headwind without having the whole 2a community working against them too. We often hear that “we have to stick together” on 2a and hunting issues, and businesses voluntarily punishing like-minded customers because they happen to live in a state whose politics is dominated by a giant metro area, is certainly an example of NOT sticking together.