MagnumDweeb
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Stay with me here for a moment, I have a unique opportunity. A cousin of mine's girlfriend has come to be in a 'family way'. They live in Georgia but her parents live in Central Florida. My cousin works with another cousin(mind you these are close 2nd cousins of mine I see a dozen or so times a year) in his gun shop. The cousin wants to come down here to be with his girlfriend and prospective child, and his parents have a lot of money, he's also looking to get his masters here in Florida. They know all know about me finishing up law school this may, my little NRA Instructor bit, my slightly growing landscaping business and small carpet cleaning operation(me and two other guys). My cousin can do refinishing on most handguns so long as it's not blueing(he can do nickeling and the basic Gun-Kote and what have you). He's got at least twenty k he wants to put up and his parents want to put up some money(for him and their first grandchild). Another cousin who is a lawyer in Miami is getting burned out and she does a lot of family law, wills and trusts, and some minor criminal(a general practicioner more or less). I leave out the bigger details because they are long and boring.
Basically the two cousins want to move to Central Florida and pull their money with me and open what I'm guessing woul be a law office and gun shop. Now admittedly I've had many students who taken the NRA pistol courses with me, when they find out I'll be completing law school, ask that when I get admitted to bar if they could come see me for legal advice and work. I'd have the cousin who has been at it for six years. I know two criminal attorneys who like the idea of doing a 'class' that includes legal advice on self-defence and firearms in Florida, brings them some extra money for little effort and gets them exposed for more clients.
So if you were to walk into an office lets say(we'd likely rent out along empty warehouse rental) that has two attornies that work there and a guy whocan do minor gunsmithing work, would you be turned off. The gun shops around here are pretty pricey(I know FFL guys, and we might get one of them to transfer their FFL to store and run it there with us) compared to the wholesaler catalogues i've seen. We'd come in offering prices that some times were only $50 above cost or $20 and 20% above cost(doing the math we beat the competitors by up to 20% percent in some cases), let folks order ammo at 5% above cost from the wholesellers, etc. etc.. So folks could get their CWPs, get quality firearms at quality prices, get a Will or Trust done, a Power of Attorney, Divorce Mediation, Law Suit Mediation, etc. etc.
If we do it I want the folks that walk in the door to feel like clients not customers and offer 'client' incentives to boost repeat business. I'd also probably try to partition an office space off from the setup to run my carpet cleaning business on a larger scale to bring in money. I don't know, am I being too out there. Are all gunshops expected to be stuffy with arrogant onlookers from behind the cash register mocking you or you giving you bad(and sometimes downright stupid) advice. If you don't have fake deer heads mounted on the walls, it's not a gunshop.
What about a nice and sincere atmosphere where the folks who work there want you to feel welcome, you to be able to ask in confidence about their firearm needs, that when they don't carry a certain gun you can pop open one of their wholeseller catalogues(subsequently get ticked about the prices offered at other shops) and buy a gun at $20 and 20% above wholesale on order. There are other aspects about it that I've left out for now but I just wanted some honest opinions. A couple lawyers I mentioned the idea to remarked it would be unique but when I mentioned I'd possibly be sending them work(I've seen them in the courtroom, have sent them friends and strangers to only hear good reviews) they liked the idea. I send them criminal cases, they send me gun buyers(not necessarily clients you understand) and folks looking to get Wills and Trusts drawn up.
Basically the two cousins want to move to Central Florida and pull their money with me and open what I'm guessing woul be a law office and gun shop. Now admittedly I've had many students who taken the NRA pistol courses with me, when they find out I'll be completing law school, ask that when I get admitted to bar if they could come see me for legal advice and work. I'd have the cousin who has been at it for six years. I know two criminal attorneys who like the idea of doing a 'class' that includes legal advice on self-defence and firearms in Florida, brings them some extra money for little effort and gets them exposed for more clients.
So if you were to walk into an office lets say(we'd likely rent out along empty warehouse rental) that has two attornies that work there and a guy whocan do minor gunsmithing work, would you be turned off. The gun shops around here are pretty pricey(I know FFL guys, and we might get one of them to transfer their FFL to store and run it there with us) compared to the wholesaler catalogues i've seen. We'd come in offering prices that some times were only $50 above cost or $20 and 20% above cost(doing the math we beat the competitors by up to 20% percent in some cases), let folks order ammo at 5% above cost from the wholesellers, etc. etc.. So folks could get their CWPs, get quality firearms at quality prices, get a Will or Trust done, a Power of Attorney, Divorce Mediation, Law Suit Mediation, etc. etc.
If we do it I want the folks that walk in the door to feel like clients not customers and offer 'client' incentives to boost repeat business. I'd also probably try to partition an office space off from the setup to run my carpet cleaning business on a larger scale to bring in money. I don't know, am I being too out there. Are all gunshops expected to be stuffy with arrogant onlookers from behind the cash register mocking you or you giving you bad(and sometimes downright stupid) advice. If you don't have fake deer heads mounted on the walls, it's not a gunshop.
What about a nice and sincere atmosphere where the folks who work there want you to feel welcome, you to be able to ask in confidence about their firearm needs, that when they don't carry a certain gun you can pop open one of their wholeseller catalogues(subsequently get ticked about the prices offered at other shops) and buy a gun at $20 and 20% above wholesale on order. There are other aspects about it that I've left out for now but I just wanted some honest opinions. A couple lawyers I mentioned the idea to remarked it would be unique but when I mentioned I'd possibly be sending them work(I've seen them in the courtroom, have sent them friends and strangers to only hear good reviews) they liked the idea. I send them criminal cases, they send me gun buyers(not necessarily clients you understand) and folks looking to get Wills and Trusts drawn up.