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USA Buys Enough Guns in 3 Months to Outfit the Entire Chinese and Indian Army

Submitted by cbaus on Thu, 05/07/2009 - 00:10.

Law abiding US citizens bought on average 3,177,256 guns every 3 months in 2008

(AmmoLand.com) In just 3 months Americans bought enough guns to outfit the entire Chinese and Indian armies combined.

"You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass."
- attributed to Isoroku Yamamoto, Fleet Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II

You also bought 1,529,635,000 rounds of ammunition in just the month of December 2008. Yeah, that is right, that is Billion with a "B". This number takes no accounting of reloading or reloaded ammunition.

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Conservation efforts benefit from 31 percent jump in excise taxes

Submitted by cbaus on Thu, 05/07/2009 - 00:05.

Sales remain strong for manufacturers

Firearm and ammunition manufacturers paid more than $98 million in excise taxes in the fourth quarter of 2008, up 31.2 percent over the same period in 2007, according to figures released earlier today by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

From Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, $27.6 million was collected for pistols and revolvers, $35 million for long guns and $35.5 million for ammunition. Compared to the same period in 2007, collections were up 70.1 percent for handguns, 11.4 percent for long guns and 31.1 percent for ammunition.

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