[piette]

Well I have cleared the first two hurdles in the pursuit of my new business. I have successfully applied for an FFL with the ATF and I have recieved the blessings of my local police chief and assisstant police chief to go ahead and sell firearms in town here. My initial plan is to sell out off my house until I can find a suitable place and get the firing lanes and merchandise floor completed. The chief of police is cool with me operating right out of my home until I get everything worked out.

Now I just need to get approval from the ATF and I can get accounts set up at the major wholesalers and bring in some stock of firearms. For right now I am going to bring in some handguns, probably a bunch of shot guns and turkey guns, some trap guns and such, and may get a few AR's as well. I think I will hold off on rifles for a few months, as I dont predict many sales this time of year for rifles as we dont have any seasons at all coming up that allow the use of rifles. Once my full store is up and operating, I will have a good supply of rifles as well.

Tonight I found an excellent building. Its not exactly what I would want, but it is plenty to get me started. It would have enough room to do at least 6-8 25 - 30 yard firing lanes and plenty of merchandise area as well. I really want the room for the lanes as we dont have a single indoor shooting range in the area, and even moreso because I believe I can really pull people in by allowing them to test guns before purchasing. I intend to have a supply of handguns available for customers to try out. Then make there decision to purchase.

Now I just hope the ATF hurries up, but I have been told it can take 6 to 12 weeks to get approved. So I guess I will just keep going about my business until then

Jeff