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Gretna City Council to honor gun store owner Chris Ziifle for 66 years in business
NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune ^ | June 09, 2014 | Andrea Shaw

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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TOPICS: Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: banglist; gunrights; la
You gotta love the South!!!!

Some states shun gun stores and gun owners but we Honor them.

1 posted on 06/09/2014 5:51:32 PM PDT by BBell
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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.


2 posted on 06/09/2014 11:40:45 PM PDT by ClearBlueSky (When anyone says its not about Islam...it's about Islam. That death cult must be eradicated.)
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