Gun Industry Economic Impact Up 322% Since 2008, Totaled $81 Billion in 2022

From the NSSF . . . The total economic impact of the firearm and ammunition industry in the United States increased to $80.73 billion in 2022 from $19.1 billion in 2008, a 322 percent increase, while the total number of full-time equivalent jobs rose to over 393,696 from approximately 166,000, a 136 percent increase in that same period, … Read more

Economic Data Reveal a Healthy, Growing Firearm Industry Despite the Biden Administration’s Best Efforts

You wouldn’t think the Biden administration would want to attack a thriving domestic manufacturing industry that employs 375,000 people and generated over $70 billion of economic activity last year. Those are two of the top-line numbers from the latest analysis of America’s firearm industry by the National Shooting Sports Foundation. Then again, domestic oil and … Read more