Posted on 07/05/2015 7:03:37 AM PDT by rktman
Gun owners across the U.S. continued their unprecedented spending spree in 2014, buying firearms and ammunition at a record clip and, whether they knew it or not, pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into wildlife conservation programs. Advertisement
The federal excise tax on new firearms, ammunition and archery gear — collected at the manufacturer’s level — jumped to $824 million in 2014, up from the all-time high of $812 million in 2013 and more than triple the amount from a decade ago, according to recent federal data.
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Dingell Johnson Act?
Now we’re talking wild life
The Dingell in the Dingell Johnson Act was the father of the Dingell who retired last Dec, who was replaced by his wife, “Debbie Dingell”
Wildlife watchers and mountain bike riders pay nothing.
Without guns and ammo, what will happen to the children?
LOL! Why, they’ll live forever in peace and harmony. Maybe they should buy a coke. Oh crap. Disallowed.
I know I did my part and then some.
This cannot be true! CNN said gun sales were plunging!
Gun sales are plunging
http://money.cnn.com/2014/02/14/news/companies/guns-ammo-sales/
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