Posted on 06/09/2014 5:51:32 PM PDT by BBell
Chris Ziifle, the Gretna woman who secured her gun shop during Hurricane Katrina, is to be honored by the City Council on Wednesday for 66 years in business and philanthropy. Ziifle, 84, retired in May after selling Gretna Gun Works on Lafayette Street.
She and her husband, the late Ralph Ziifle, founded the shop. It gained a statewide reputation not only for firearms sales but its gunsmith work and self-defense instruction. Besides her business, Ziifle is involved in the Gretna Food Bank, the Gretna German-American Cultural Center and the Gretna Historical Society.
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Some states shun gun stores and gun owners but we Honor them.
GREAT place and people. My family gets their guns from there. My nephew is one of their best customers. This lady is a sweetheart but a tough individual. Everyone is gonna miss her.
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