- Nov 14, 2010
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Good Stuff from the National Shooting Sports foundation
This needs to get distributed to our representatives and widely publicized somehow on 2A Tuesday !!!
The report, Target Shooting in America: Millions of Shooters, Billions of Dollars, was released today in conjunction with a press conference at the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show (SHOT Show), the largest trade show of its kind in the world and a showcase for the firearms and ammunition industry.
The report provides a first-ever look at U.S. target shooting-related expenditures. Also included are state-by-state statistics for the number of target shooters, retail sales, taxes and jobs. The target-shooting report complements the Hunting in America report released by NSSF and the Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies in March 2013.
In Maryland, target shooting-related spending contributed $168,132,421 to the state's economy and supported 1,505 jobs.
Nationally, the money target shooters spent in 2011 resulted in $23 billion being added to the nation's economy and supported more than 185,000 jobs.
This needs to get distributed to our representatives and widely publicized somehow on 2A Tuesday !!!