aaron smith the executive director of the national cannabis industry association is with us tonight. thank you very much. do you see this, as lori jane describes, being a multi million dollar supply and demand business already? >> absolutely. this is one of the fastest growing industries in the country, outpacing the smartphone industry. this is the first time in history we have taken a popular product and moved it out of the undergro underground marquette and back into a controlled masket. we are seeing the end of a failed marijuana prohibition. >> you are a trade industry guy, given what your trade industry is. there are serious legislative questions in all this. what was alluded to was a question about banks financing and what was previously an all-cast crops. the banking problem is a crisis manufactured by the federal government that needs to be addressed immediately. many of these businesses operate as cash-only businesses, and we are talking about family-owned small businesses operating in every other way like a small business, except without access to depository services and c

mile high city, aaron smith, the national canabis association is with us. aaron thanks very much. do you see this as laura jane describes being the multi-million dollar rapidly growing supply and demand from business already? >> absolutely. this is one of the fastest growing industries in the country right now. it's out pacing smart phone industry. this is the first time in history that we've taken a popular product that was already widely available and moved it out of the underground market and back into a controlled and regulated market since the prohibition of alcohol and what we are seeing here is the end of the failed experience of marijuana prohibition. >> i have to say, i mean, you are a trade industry guy, given what your trade industry is. i suppose still there really are some serious legislative questions in all of this. this question about banks, all cash crop. >> the banking is a crisis manufactured by the federal government that needs to be addressed immediately. many of these businesses are operating as cash-only businesses. we are talking family-owned small business

talking about that with aaron smith. what kind of guns are we talking about? >> thank you.here's a variety of guns, primarily shotguns. mossburg has 12 guns that they're basically shipping out. they started with their selection of shotguns, 12 gauge shotguns used in bird hunting. there are also three semi-automatic weapons including two rifles and a pistol. one of the semi-automatic rifles is what might be described by some people as an assault rifle cynic it has similar military style features including a magazine holding at least 25 rounds. it is a . .22 caliber so that's not generally the caliber associated with an assault rifle. and then the pistol is also .22 caliber and military design and the camouflage. and they have the duck commander logo of a duck in flight. >> these aren't usually the kinds of guns for duck hunting, are they? >> not the semi-automatics. rifles and pistols usually are not used to shoot ducks. it is easier to hit them with a shotgun. >> got you. forbes estimates the dug dynasty empire as $40 million. i'm sure you know robertson's comments, fans go

i want to bring from aaron smith who just returned from the industry's big trade show. siness is still very good. >> yes, it is. sales are up. they may be leveling off a bit. i went to las vegas for the trade show. this is sponsored by the national shooting sports foundation based in newtown, connecticut. only business people are allowed to attend the conference. more than 60,000 people attending the conference hall the size of ten football fields. >> the new market for an old product. you actually got to shoot some machine guns. i'm told there is a way for regular people to actually get their hands on these. >> it is called machine gun tourism. it is thriving in las vegas. five gun ranges have opened up over the last year. newer guns like the ones currently used by our soldiers in afghanistan, can only be purchased by people in the business. people who own gun stores and ranges. for the purpose of demonstrating them for law enforcement and military. once they get that initial demonstration out of the way, they are free to rent them out on the range. >> not to take home?

more and more tweets pouring in aaron geiger smith who was a reuters journalist "interesting to watchelfort. he seems very on the edge of everything, honesty, intelligence, remorse. leo played it well" that would be my take on you, you've always done everything to tremendous excess if you like. now you're in a very different place in your life. and yet you probably still are wrestling slightly with some of these issues? would that be fair to say? >> in what sense? >> how best to deal with the feelings you may have of the old jordan belfort? >> you know, i think for me, i'm at a place in my life right now where the business i'm in right now where i go around the world doing seminars and sales training and motivation and stuff like that, entrepreneurship, i know in my heart that what i'm doing is pure and it's great and it's empowering. and i know so clearly the mistakes i made. i have it so defined the mistakes that really caused me to spiral out of control. so for me, i'm pretty at peace with me on an overall level. that being said, there's a deeper level of me that i don't think i'll

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