If I were thinking of starting my own gun business, I would first invest a couple of years working for an established gun business, to learn the ins and outs and ups and downs of the trade. You need to know the guns of your gun business, but you also need to know the
business of the gun business: the licenses, the permits, the manufacturers, the customers, accounts payable and receivable, marketing and advertising, the IRS and BATF folks, state laws, shipping and insurance, overhead, inventory, business loans, estimated quarterly taxes, and a gazillion other etceteras.
Being self-employed is almost everyone's dream, but it becomes a practical reality for relatively few. It is risky, it is expensive, it is lonely, it is stressful for you and the whole family, and the odds are long against you.
However, having said goodbye to my last boss 39 years ago, I can tell you that being self-employed is the most humane and satisfying way to make a living!
