But The Firearms Business is in Decline...

...that's what the forces aligned against freedom would have us believe, right? A friend sends in the following story that really puts the lie to the anti-gun folks' claims.

Central Wisconsin Firearms sets sights on service expansion

When Frederick Prehn opened his downtown gun store in August, he had just one employee and fewer than 50 customers.

Now, 10 months, seven employees and hundreds of customers later, Prehn said he hopes to relocate his business to a larger downtown building and expand firearm services to better serve his growing list of clients.

The forces against freedom (FAF?) would have us believe that it's all the work of existing gunnies who are buying up all those guns. Of course, this begs the question: Where were all of these existing gunnies before that store opened? The store certainly seems to be doing things right: they've got staff advisors specific to a growing population of shooters (women), they're offering services that folks want (transfers for online sales), and they're expanding to meet the needs of their customers (gunsmithing services).

The town's reaction seems popular enough; it doesn't seem like there will be any resistance to the store's plans for expansion. It would seem that this should be a no-brainer - in Obama's failing economy, they have embraced their customer base and are profiting wildly. It is only the inanimate object that they sell that is objectionable to some; if they were selling accounting supplies and doing this well they'd be on the front page of every business magazine out there.

But since its "TEH EBIL GUNZ!!!!111", no one wants to talk about how well they're doing - go figure.

That is all.