Just 10 days back twelve innocent people were killed by an insane Aaron Alexis in Washing Navy Yard. Four days later on Thu, 16 Sep, thirteen people were injured when 4 gangsters opened fire with a military grade long gun in Chicago. President Obama, predictably got into the debate, calling for more serious gun control or gun restriction laws.
But what was astounding was the NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre’s assertion on 22 Sep that the Washington Navy Yard shootings were due to:
Perhaps, the real reason for the power and pull of the gun lobby in the US of A is not because of any fear of dilution of constitution - but the money power of NRA. Incidentally on 11 Sep, two Colarado state Senators who stood for gun control - Angela Giron of Pueblo and John Morse of Colorado Springs - were recalled and replaced by pro-gun Republicans.
It would require a lot of research to collect the facts of Gun industry. But as luck would have it, in early Sep, Ms. Cox from onlineMBA.com had requested me to write about her 1 Minute MBA video ‘The Business of Guns’. At first I missed her emails and later it was too close to Wash. shootings to write about.
I was astonished that the Gun Industry pulls in $31.8bn worth of business. To get some idea the estimated GDP of Bihar and Orissa are around $35bn and $34bn respectively. No wonder NRA have such a pull.
You really have to watch the video at onlineMBA.com to appreciate the hugeness of the Gun Industry.
Courtesy of OnlineMBA.com
BTW that is not the only video which I found interesting there. Why Outsourcing is Bad and How to negotiate like North Korea are very informative. Even for an MBA graduate these videos can be a sort of cheat-sheet, to freshen up before an interview. Oh wait! They do have a video on that: 3 Tips for your Interview!
Disclosure: There is no commercial or other relationship with onlineMBA.
But what was astounding was the NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre’s assertion on 22 Sep that the Washington Navy Yard shootings were due to:
- poor security;
- gun free zone; and,
- absence of good guys with guns.
Perhaps, the real reason for the power and pull of the gun lobby in the US of A is not because of any fear of dilution of constitution - but the money power of NRA. Incidentally on 11 Sep, two Colarado state Senators who stood for gun control - Angela Giron of Pueblo and John Morse of Colorado Springs - were recalled and replaced by pro-gun Republicans.
It would require a lot of research to collect the facts of Gun industry. But as luck would have it, in early Sep, Ms. Cox from onlineMBA.com had requested me to write about her 1 Minute MBA video ‘The Business of Guns’. At first I missed her emails and later it was too close to Wash. shootings to write about.
I was astonished that the Gun Industry pulls in $31.8bn worth of business. To get some idea the estimated GDP of Bihar and Orissa are around $35bn and $34bn respectively. No wonder NRA have such a pull.
You really have to watch the video at onlineMBA.com to appreciate the hugeness of the Gun Industry.
Courtesy of OnlineMBA.com
BTW that is not the only video which I found interesting there. Why Outsourcing is Bad and How to negotiate like North Korea are very informative. Even for an MBA graduate these videos can be a sort of cheat-sheet, to freshen up before an interview. Oh wait! They do have a video on that: 3 Tips for your Interview!
Disclosure: There is no commercial or other relationship with onlineMBA.
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