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Politics : American Presidential Politics and foreign affairs
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To: calgal who wrote (59786)12/5/2012 8:27:09 PM
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Not to mention, the multi-billion-dollar firearms industry employs MILLIONS of people and provides the government with billions in tax revenue every year.

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According to the National Shooting Sports Foundation—a trade association for the country’s gun and ammunition manufacturers, importers, wholesalers and retailers as well as its shooting ranges— the American firearms industry employed more than 98,000 people last year and generated an overall economic impact of $31.8 billion.



http://www.thenation.com/article/169518/how-gun-industry-got-rich-stoking-fear-about-obama#
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