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Show 4monday, 1978. Excellent Investment Project Venture capital needed, $50,000 minimum Details by inquiry only. S$cceito 801-29041- 77 P.O. Box 935 Salt Lake City, Utah gun sales bomb by James M. Schutz Enterprise Staff Writer 84110 ojiojcacov no surprise sales of firearms are very restrictive when it comes to selling guns to someone whos not a resident of the state. Nonetheless, sales did increase in gun related items and accessories and antique or collector guns, which are generally exempt from legislation. Bob Templeton, owner-managof Guns Unlimited, said, We had a significant increase in the volume of antique guns during the convention. If a gun was manufactured before 1898, it can be sold without legal restricover-the-count- er Gun dealers in Salt Lake didn't make a killing at the National Rifle Associations massive convention at the Salt Palace last week. But it wasnt tye&eb Phone NRA a disappointment. Probably the biggest reason is state law. According to Henry Hoffman, a manager at Wolfes gun department, The local laws regulating er tion. Templeton said, The increase in sales is difficult to assess at this time, but I will didnt set the world on say we fire. Jay Larson, general manager and part owner of the Great Salt Lake Trading Post, had similar sentiments. We had a lot of traffic the last two days, but quite frankly, my biggest mover was Indian jewelry. We sold some gun related items, but not as much as I would have liked. Im sorry its over." Wolfes sold large amounts of accessories, said Hoffman. The things that moved here during the convention were leather goods, cases and reloading components. " But ilk msKkss ilk WnflDn (branelks amd business." Larson thought more coul have been done to publicize the event. That convention was one of the largest weve had around here for some time, and knowing how many gun enthusiasts there are in the Rocky Mountain area, I really believe the newspapers could have given it more play. Officials at the County Bureau expected the convention to draw around Con-venti- on 15,000 people. Building permits soar 364 t t- - j 1 I'. The number of building permits issued by Salt Lake City during March jumped 364 percent over the number issued last year. The permit services department issued 179 permits last month representing construe: tion value of $16.92 million This compares with the pre: vious March when 121 permits valued at $3.62 million were issued. The latest month is also up 135 percent over Febjf ruary's 139 permits valued at (Hues rrj jOl. Hoffman said it is difficult to determine how Wolfes business fared during the past week and a half. We are still hopeful of significant residual sales, but we wont know anything until they come in. Keith Warshaws sporting goods department moved a number of antique guns, according to Bob Spafford, manager. We had a sale on some black powder guns, and we sold quite a few. But the whole affair was only so-s- o for our XX. nr $7.21 million. The figures permit-authorize- d . all construc- represent tion in the city. Residential building ac- counted for a 265 percent gain over Februarys total. Ninety-fiv- e permits valued at $2.65 million were issued last month. wonder our competition hates us. Whatever size load you have we have a dependable Budget truck to handle the job. With the latest equipment. Budget can help you through your peak hauling season or whenever you have special truck needs. Budget honors most major credit cards. And with low rates by the no wonder our competition hates us. day. week and month ... 750 South Main 322-558- 1 SLC Airport 363-150- 0 MWIIIV.1IUV1IUUI rent a truck Hudcl St su-n-i I kcnsi'c IIVYT VWII struction during March totaled $6.55 million, figured on 34 permits. The figure is 65.8 percent above February and 368 percent above March 1977 when the city issued 17 per- . .. 1 |