Business View Magazine | March 2018

3 T From the Editor This is not a polemic on the issue of guns, gun control, assault weap- ons, the NRA, the federal govern- ment, the Second Amendment, or any other element or ingredient that is part of the current discussion about guns, gun ownership, or gun violence in America. This is a business magazine with no political axe to grind, and no solutions or programs to espouse. We leave that to the politicians, the interest groups, and the general public. But businesspeople live by the numbers because numbers don’t lie or obfuscate, and numbers have no agenda. So here are some numbers that should be of interest to any and all who wish to take part in the ongoing national debate: n In 2017, companies in the United States that manufacture, distribute, and sell firearms, am- munition, and hunting equipment employ as many as 141,500 people and generate an additional 159,623 indirect jobs in supplier and ancillary industries. n The economic impact of those direct jobs is $20,223,132,100; the economic impact of the indirect jobs is $31,028,311; for a total economic impact of $51,251,443,900. n In 2017, the firearm and ammunition industry generated $3,843,285,200 in federal taxes and $2,695,451,100 in state taxes; for a total of $6,538,736,300; plus an additional $838,059,600 in federal excise taxes. n The annual revenue of the gun and ammunition manufacturing industry is $13.5 billion, with a profit of $1.5 billion. n The annual revenue of gun and ammunition stores in America is $3.1 billion, with a profit of $478.4 million. n In 2013, 10,847,792 firearms were manufactured in the U.S. - 441,726 pistols, 725,282 revolvers, 3,979,570 rifles, 1,203,072 shotguns, and 495,142 miscellaneous firearms. n Only 4% of those guns were exported. n There are an estimated 270-310 million firearms in America. n The average number of firearms owned by a gun owner, once you toss out the top 3% of gun owners who own more than 25 guns, is 5. n 31% of American households have guns. n 60% of Americans who own a gun, say personal safety/protection is the reason. n Between 1994 and 2014, feder- al, state, and local agencies conduct- ed background checks on more than 180 million firearm applications and denied 2.82 million gun sales to prohibited purchasers. To date, the background check system has blocked over 3 million firearm sales to prohibited purchasers. n In 2012, the cost of fatal and non-fatal gun violence to the U.S was $229 billion, representing 1.4% of its total Gross Domestic Product. n On an average day, 96 Ameri- cans are killed with guns. n For every one person killed with guns, two more are injured. n In an average month, 50 wom- en are shot to death by intimate partners. n 62% of firearm deaths in the U.S. are suicides. n Since 2013, there have been nearly 300 school shootings in America — an average of about one a week. n A total of 346 mass shooting in- cidents (where four or more victims are killed) occurred in 2017. n So far, this year, a total of 34 mass shootings have occurred. n America’s gun homicide rate is more than 25 times the average of other high-income countries. Al Krulick Editor-in-Chief Editor-in-Chief Al Krulick Associate Editor Lorie Steiner Director of Advertising Lauren Blackwell Research Directors Paul Payne Brendan McElroy Josh Conklin Lisa Curry Joanna Whitney Digital Strategist Scott Mosquera Alyson Casey Director of Administration Creative Director Dana Long Vice President of Business Development Erin O’Donoghue Vice President of Publishing Andre Barefield CGO Alexander Wynne-Jones COO Brian Andersen Executive Publisher / CEO Marcus VandenBrink USA Canada Caribbean Oceania Email for all inquiries: info@businessviewmagazine.com WWW.BUSINESSVIEWMAGAZINE.COM 12559 New Brittany Blvd Fort Myers, 33907 239.220.5554 CONTACT US