Posted on 06/07/2012 7:05:02 PM PDT by neverdem
Last night in Racine, Wisconsin, while demanding jobs for the unemployed, Jesse Jackson decided to slam job creating gun dealers and called for a march on gun shops all over the country. h/t Katy Abram
"Guns out, jobs in."
Jackson wants to get rid of the very thing that has kept the economy afloat during Obama's presidency. The firearms industry has not only created jobs in the past three years but has also provided the government with a steady revenue stream.
NSSF today released a newly commissioned report detailing double-digit gains in jobs and other data showing the industry has been a leader in the nation’s economic recovery. The report can be viewed at http://nssf.org/impact.
Firearms industry members on Capitol Hill were briefed on such remarkable statistics as the 30.6 percent increase in jobs between 2008 and 2011, a 66.5 percent increase in economic impact and a 66.5 percent increase in federal taxes paid by industry companies.
Armed with the good news of the report and recognizing that jobs and the economy are of major importance in the November elections, industry executives are meeting today with elected officials during the NSSF-sponsored Congressional Fly-In.
“During difficult economic times and high unemployment rates nationally, our industry actually grew and created more than ten thousand new, well-paying jobs,” said NSSF President Steve Sanetti. “Our industry is proud to be one of the bright spots in this economy.”
Companies in the United States that manufacture, distribute and sell firearms, ammunition and hunting equipment employ as many as 98,752 people in the country and generate an additional 110,998 jobs in supplier and ancillary industries. These include jobs in companies supplying goods and services to manufacturers, distributors and retailers, as well as those that depend on sales to workers in the firearms and ammunition industry. [1]
These are good jobs, paying an average of $46,858 in wages and benefits. And today, every job is important. In fact, in the United States the unemployment rate has reached 8.2 percent. This means that there are already 13,430,000 people trying to find jobs in the state and collecting unemployment benefits. [2]
Not only does the manufacture and sale of firearms and hunting supplies create good jobs in the United States but the industry also contributes to the economy as a whole. In fact, in 2012 the firearms and ammunition industry was responsible for as much as $31.84 billion in total economic activity in the country.
The Country Also Benefits from the Taxes Paid by the Industry
Not only does the firearms and ammunition industry create jobs, it also generates sizable tax revenues. In the United States the industry and its employees pay over $2.07 billion in taxes including property, income, and sales based levies. [3]
Hey Jackson, don't bite the hand that feeds you.
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No, I sure don't. Could you please tell me?
If you can't appreciate the pure beauty of the violin after hearing this, something's wrong with your ears.
Or you can get raw with these strings.
How about this gamechanger from America's Got Talent (which they SHOULD have won).
Either way, the violin is sweet yet lethal.
Do it!
“March” on a gun shop? Sounds like a great idea.
Others have answered the question, with a variety of explanations. I’m sure their answers are better than mine.
I always admired what the older barber in the movie “Barber Shop” said about Jesse Jackson.
Hit the nail right on the head.
Thugs don’t get their guns from gun shops, so of course Jackasson won’t them closed down. See my tag...
Enjoy..... well, that is probably the wrong word.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdrvtiSmP1w&feature=em-share_video_user
Added to my wish list. thanks for this post.
Beautiful music, especially the first one.
Oddly, I do remember Jesse Jackson saying those things, to the black community. That was when he was much younger. His aging has not done him any good.
All I can say to Jessie Jackson is STFU and FOAD. Napoleon had his Waterloo, Hitler had his Stalingrad so maybe this will be Jessie’s turn. This boi needs someone just to tell him to FOAD.
Why doesn’t Jesse march on down to the south side of Chicago?
Go all the way down, to the south side. Encourage those black boys to give up their guns. Talk to those guys, and get those black boys to stay in school, stay out of trouble with the law, say out of trouble with girls, and turn their lives around. Do something useful.
Why would he want to make himself even more USELESS than he is now? That would put him and the other ‘rev’ out of business.
Why doesn’t Jesse march on down to the south side of Chicago?
Go all the way down, to the south side. Encourage those black boys to give up their guns. Talk to those guys, and get those black boys to stay in school, stay out of trouble with the law, say out of trouble with girls, and turn their lives around. Do something useful.
Why would he want to make himself even more USELESS than he is now? That would put him and the other ‘rev’ out of business.
I have never been to a gun store and havent shot a gun in nearly 35 yrs. . With the nuttiness going on, I may get one just for safety, Somwone tell me what a average 22 pistol sells for
Here's your sign, Jesse.
Jesse is a scumbag fake preacher with a Commie agenda.
FUJJ.
Yes, it is. Glad you liked it.
I was simply floored when I first heard it.
If you can't appreciate the pure beauty of the violin after hearing this, something's wrong with your ears.
Or you can get raw with these strings.
How about this gamechanger from America's Got Talent (which they SHOULD have won).
Either way, the violin is sweet yet lethal.
Do it!
Red Jacket Firearms & Sons of Guns will get it all on video!
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