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Sorry, but you guys that feel bad for a small business being driven out have missed the boat. The reality of the situation is that the owner who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth is just not a good business man. When it was Dunn's it was making money, they sold it because they were going to loose their FFL due to poor record keeping and that would have resulted in loosing it for all four of their locations. They let the store go at a relatively low price and Jon snapped it up. Unfortunately he does not know how to manage people or inventory. He actually hired a consultant that told him to reduce his slow moving inventory with a 75% off red dot sale. He sold off a ton of merchandise 20-40% below what he paid for it and then allowed his staff to reorder the exact same or very similar stuff within a couple of months. I hate to see a small business being driven out as well, but this store did not serve the niche products or services necessary in todays ultra competitve sporting goods industry and mostly that was Jon's fault. He will not take the blame, because that is his style, but it was his incompitence that caused this stores demise. I am not a former employee of his with an axe to grind, just a man that has known him for very many years and observed his behaviors. There are a bunch of small stores that are thriving in this competitve environment that provide great services for their clients that the big boys can't eg T.Hargroves, Mikes Sporting goods, tons of small gun shops and there is still a Dunn's on the south side of the metro to frequent.

I am not saying this is the perfect way to fix the problem, but I have seen it work. When our ship pulled into Bay City MI we tied up in a park that had some men that were there for only one reason and it wasn't to enjoy the beauty of the park. One of the men tried to pick up one of the huys from the ship, so a group of about 15 or so went out to the parking lot with links of chain for buoys and started heaving them through the windows of all of the cars parked there with men sitting in them. After that everytime the ship pulled in cars immediatley pulled out or were conspicuously absent. Sometimes a community can work together to fix problems or stop them before they get too big. I'm just sayin.

These are drift boats. There are a couple of guys using them on Tny not suitable for TR. They are designed for drifting thru tight spots and rough water. Great for fishing out of while drifting a stream. They are in heavy use in MI as well.