It's amazing they were given the permits for this type of business in this small PC town. But I'll definately try it out. It sounds like fun.

Why did they give them the permits in this small PC town? "Mercantile and Armory is owned by Planning Commissioner Dan Miller, Jason Tarver and Sloan Swendsen" Owned by the planning commissioner so the permits sail through...
Think it will be a good biz though.

A previous article mentioned they are targeting the tourist market and off duty police more so than hunters or folks that just like to practice.

I hope this facility is constructed and opened, and that it succeeds. In the meantime, Juneau has a great indoor range on Montana Creek Road right now. It is open to the public 4 days a week for shooting rimfire rifles and any handgun. I don't know if there is a policy or prohibition on selective fire, or if that question has ever come up. The cost is $5 per hour per lane but the first hour is free. It's a fine facility; heated, environmentally safe, clean restrooms, etc. The facility is used for many events like community turkey shoots, the annual legislative shoot, and lots of safety and shooter training. You can learn more about the facility and its hours of operation through the ADF&G Wildlife Division website.

I'd rather have people shooting semi-auto's in an enclosed environment than shooting up all the signs up the road. My first year here, I could barely read 1/2 of the signs once you got past mile 30ish.

I'm a strong supporter of the Constitution, and the right to bear arms doesn't have any exclusions. Citizens should be able to buy whatever guns they want and use them how they see fit... most of my friends WITH semi-autos are mostly just hobbyist or collectors, not the whack-pack dudes shooting up people in malls. Plus we don't really have any malls here, so why worry about shooting rampages? < /sarcasm >

I know what we need....

We need to BAN FOOD. Because food kills people. Think of it, no one would die of heart disease, clogged arteries, we'd reduce strokes, and probably even cancer.

Lets also ban AUTO GAS... because automobiles kill way too many people every year. We'd have no more drunk drivers, pedestrians getting killed...

I'm starting to understand the liberal logic!!! We should make everything bad illegal, because that's how we stop it. I mean, we certainly don't have a DRUG problem in this town since its illegal!

Besides the "below grown" typo that was already mentioned, there is also this: "between a 12 and 15 people." What word would even go where the a is? If you are going to start charging for your online content, are you at least going to hire a proofreader?

We also dont need 98" plasma screens, five pound bricks of chocolate or any more televised football games. But we will anyway.

What the he... just get a projector ^_^

Or do those cause cancer too... I mean, we want big government to tell us what we can & can't do, right? Wouldn't want to harm our eyes.

Then again, should we even be watching or playing football? How many injuries occur each year because someone is playing football. And the liability of throwing a pig skin, its so anti-semetic. Isn't it a sin to touch the skin of a pig? So if the jewish folks can't play football, then by watching football are we now anti-semetic, while watching people get injured. I think someone needs to contact their congressmen and ban this racist sport and big TVs and projectors.

My crew cab dually does not need to do 100 mph but it can. I could probably get by with 1 light in my office, but i have 3. I didnt really need to replace my massive 21" CRT computer monitor with this flat screen im typing into, but i did. I could probably hunt with a bolt action 30-06 but i got the semi-auto .308 FNAR with 20 round magazine instead. I probably dont need to drive around in 4WD as much as i do in the winter time but i have it so why not?

Damn i love this country!

Because we are armed and most of us know how to use'em. The anti gunners are afraid of us!

The 12-15 employees point is spot on. Even if you figure the average hourly wage is only $12 per hour (which is low) and they only have 10 employees, that is, with tax and other payroll benefits, about $300,000 per year. And that's only payroll costs. For a brick and mortar mom and pop like that, figure your payroll costs are about 1/3 or so of the total costs (utilities, inventory, insurance, etc.) and you start pushing $1million per year to operate that place. Those three guys are friggin' kidding themselves if they think they will make any money. They'll be working for the bank and the cbj until the day they close the doors and give it to someone else. On the bright side, the second owners of that building will get a good below-ground meat locker. Dan and Jason made the fatal mistake of listening to Sloan's bs.

Just imagine bus loads of aspiring Rambos and Scarfaces pouring handfuls of cash into the coffers of this new business and you will begin to understand the profit potential.

"Say hello to my little friend"

Keep telling yourself that. It's gonna be at least 2015 before you are able to get into the flow with the tour boats. That will seem like a long way off by this time next year. And you'll need probably a minimum of 100 per day for the 150-day season. A project like this makes a lot of sense in a year round tourist spot or big city, but not here. Not saying I hope this place doesn't work, somehow, just that it won't. The best bet is for y'all to think small. Get your family to staff it and keep your overhead costs at an absolute minimum and you may be able to keep the doors open at least until you get some tourists through the doors.