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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 1114607" data-attributes="member: 12952"><p>[h=1]New gun laws could mean economic woes for booming gun industry[/h]<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">The gun industry employs approximately 220,000 highly skilled workers, according to a <a href="http://www.issuu.com/nssfpublications/docs/2012economicimpact?mode=window" target="_blank">recent report released by the National Shooting Sports Foundation</a>. Over the past two years, while the rest of the country faced unemployment rates above 8 percent, the gun industry added more than 37,000 new jobs, with average salary of $47,000.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">The report states that in 2012 alone, the industry paid $5.1 billion in federal taxes and was responsible for $33.6 billion in economic activity.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">If companies were to start leaving states like New York, New Hampshire or Connecticut, the economic impact would go far beyond just gun companies. Most gun companies develop an in-state supply chain that can include everything from parts to food for employees.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">Last month, Texas Gov. Rick Perry sent a letter to 26 gun companies inviting them to relocate their manufacturing operations to Texas.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000">Read more: <a href="http://dailycaller.com/2013/03/29/new-gun-laws-could-mean-economic-woes-for-booming-gun-industry/#ixzz2P2LZE9Ni" target="_blank">New gun laws could mean economic woes for booming gun industry | The Daily Caller</a></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p></p> <p style="text-align: left"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 1114607, member: 12952"] [h=1]New gun laws could mean economic woes for booming gun industry[/h][LEFT][COLOR=#000000]The gun industry employs approximately 220,000 highly skilled workers, according to a [URL="http://www.issuu.com/nssfpublications/docs/2012economicimpact?mode=window"]recent report released by the National Shooting Sports Foundation[/URL]. Over the past two years, while the rest of the country faced unemployment rates above 8 percent, the gun industry added more than 37,000 new jobs, with average salary of $47,000. The report states that in 2012 alone, the industry paid $5.1 billion in federal taxes and was responsible for $33.6 billion in economic activity. If companies were to start leaving states like New York, New Hampshire or Connecticut, the economic impact would go far beyond just gun companies. Most gun companies develop an in-state supply chain that can include everything from parts to food for employees. Last month, Texas Gov. Rick Perry sent a letter to 26 gun companies inviting them to relocate their manufacturing operations to Texas. [LEFT][COLOR=#000000] Read more: [url=http://dailycaller.com/2013/03/29/new-gun-laws-could-mean-economic-woes-for-booming-gun-industry/#ixzz2P2LZE9Ni]New gun laws could mean economic woes for booming gun industry | The Daily Caller[/url] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/LEFT] [/COLOR][/LEFT] [/QUOTE]
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