According to a news release on PR Newswire – a business news service – the federal government’s quarterly collection of excise tax on firearms and ammunition sales is up 43% over last year same period. The lunatic fringe, evil nasty gun nuts, lunatic right-wing extremists, i.e. us, contributed $1.028 billion dollars to the treasury in the first quarter of this fiscal year.

Mea Culpa Mea Maxima Culpa.  
38 Cal's calculation would be right if I hadn't missed a lick when I stated the figure. The $1.028 billion is the estimated wholesale amount. The taxes collected totaled $109.8 million. The breakout of the wholesale values on which the tax is paid  goes like this:
$330.4 million for handguns
$354.3 million for long guns
$344.0 million for ammunition.

The actual impact on the economy is significantly higher. These figures reflect the taxes paid by the manufacturers. They do not reflect the retail mark-up. In other words, these figures are the wholesale cost not the retail price of the goods.

I know I know! With this kind of skill at numbers I should be working for the government.

Thanks for the vote (pun intended) of confidence. You're right. I've got a brother that's a lawyer, corporate even, and one black sheep in the family fold is enough.