pourshot
Campaign Veteran
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I stopped by on Friday and drove around back to see the 'do-ens' and the 'goings-on' if any...
No one was working that day, but you could see where the cleanup contractor is moving along. It is slow going because they have to sift the pile by hand to extract all the remaining live rounds and the lead that was in the backstop when the range burned.
When the storefront was emptied the Friday following the fire it was very sad to see all the product leaving (the guns were removed the day following the fire). Although the smell was not overpowering it was pungent and being as it was accompanied by 1" - 4" of drop ceiling tile goo on the floor and no lights... Well, it reminded me of walking through abandoned cave, especially when you could stand in the front door and look all the way out the back where the sunlight was streaming through what was once the roof.
You never really realize just how much impact a store can have on a locality until it is not there anymore. Many people, no, many friends, no, many members of the Shooters' Paradise family have come by to extend condolences and offers of help. To all of them, thank you.
And to the others that just stopped by, like those who take a moment when they see a funeral procession and wonder if it was a good person, or if they were rich, or where they ended up, I say Yes, Shooters' was good, Yes Shooters' was rich with friends and family, and as to where Shooters' will be when this all plays out....well, I would ask you to consider the phoenix, a bird that is reborn from its own ashes so too will Shooters'.
I stopped by on Friday and drove around back to see the 'do-ens' and the 'goings-on' if any...
No one was working that day, but you could see where the cleanup contractor is moving along. It is slow going because they have to sift the pile by hand to extract all the remaining live rounds and the lead that was in the backstop when the range burned.
When the storefront was emptied the Friday following the fire it was very sad to see all the product leaving (the guns were removed the day following the fire). Although the smell was not overpowering it was pungent and being as it was accompanied by 1" - 4" of drop ceiling tile goo on the floor and no lights... Well, it reminded me of walking through abandoned cave, especially when you could stand in the front door and look all the way out the back where the sunlight was streaming through what was once the roof.
You never really realize just how much impact a store can have on a locality until it is not there anymore. Many people, no, many friends, no, many members of the Shooters' Paradise family have come by to extend condolences and offers of help. To all of them, thank you.
And to the others that just stopped by, like those who take a moment when they see a funeral procession and wonder if it was a good person, or if they were rich, or where they ended up, I say Yes, Shooters' was good, Yes Shooters' was rich with friends and family, and as to where Shooters' will be when this all plays out....well, I would ask you to consider the phoenix, a bird that is reborn from its own ashes so too will Shooters'.
