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Some of you may remember me from a few years ago
when I was working as a firearms dealer out of Flora, Mississippi. I
worked as Donald Ray Cresswell Firearms Dealer, and also as
WorldwideFirearms. I special ordered firearms for customers, sold at gun
shows across the state, and sold online to customers or dealers in other
states and Canada. Business was good, but eventually I realized being
personally licensed as a class 3 firearms dealer put me at much personal
liability and risk. So in 2011, I spent several months working with ATF to
no longer be personally licensed as an FFL/SOT. I spent the next year or
so focusing on my daughter and improving my health - losing weight,
lowering my blood pressure and cholesterol. As I was ending my business in
Flora, someone approached me with the idea that they would form a company
and try to continue some of what I had begun – this would allow me to
focus on myself for a while before eventually becoming involved in the new
business.
A new business was formed in Gulfport, Mississippi
and I tried to support it and encouraged my past customers to buy from the
new business. I also allowed the new business to use my websites, and gave
them some left over inventory and personal items of mine to sell for me. I
had hoped the business would succeed and I might become a part of it in
time. Many of my past customers bought from the Gulfport business because
I endorsed it when it began. Early on some of my past customers began
asking me to help because they were running into problems with the new
business. Initially I hoped things would get better, but as I heard from
more people and experienced things myself, I began realizing the Gulfport
business was not something I wanted to be associated with. I decided I
could no longer encourage others to do business with them, and I asked the
Gulfport business to stop using my name, as well as any names similar to
the WorldwideFirearms brand I had created. I also took back control of my
website addresses and tried to get back any remaining items I had allowed
them to try to sell for me. I am sorry it was a confusing situation and I
am sorry for any inconveniences it may have caused any of you.
So where am I now and why am I trying to reconnect
with past customers, vendors, and friends such as yourself? Well, when I
closed down the firearms business in 2011, I didn't totally leave the
firearms industry. I did stop retail activity and stopped the day-to-day
business. But I continued being asked by past customers, firearms dealers
and manufacturers to help them with some of their needs and with their NFA
/ class 3 paperwork. I was also asked to assist as an NFA firearms
technical expert on some NFA firearms investigations going on a few years
ago. I was also consistently asked when I was going to return full-time to
the firearms industry. I’ve continued thinking how to best do that.
A new Nevada corporation was formed at the end of
2013, that will hopefully provide a better legal business structure for
the WorldwideFirearms brand. I had thought about having the Nevada
corporation licensed as a manufacturer and working on new
WorldwideFirearms brand products – but I wasn’t ready to be tied down to a
primary physical location. During the last year or so, I've enjoyed being
more free to travel and visit various areas and firearms facilities.
Currently I am working with firearms manufacturers who are developing
products I believe my past civilian, wholesale, law enforcement, and
military customers will appreciate - one goal is for WorldwideFirearms to
partner and work with manufacturers to bring newer and better products to
market.
Donald Ray Cresswell / WorldwideFirearms is a NFA / Class 3
paperwork consultant to the firearms industry.
I bought and sold from a lot of
companies and individuals in the past – and continue to have estates,
individuals and companies asking me to help them find and buy or sell
various firearms and related items. So I am again building and keep lists
of who wants what, who might have items for sale, and helping connect
buyers and sellers through my websites and by other methods. Please visit
the following webpage link to see items currently available -
http://www.worldwidefirearms.com/nfaforsale/nfaforsale.html
Please let me know if you have current or future
needs which I might be able to assist you with. Please let me know what
new things you have going on that I might be interested in. I am exploring
ways that I can become involved with buyers, sellers, and others
throughout the firearms and related industries. I am interested in hearing
suggestions, questions, feedback, concerns, etc. I also hope you will
visit my website to see more of directions I am going, and please share my
name, website and Facebook pages with anyone you might think would be
interested.
I am working to update and add more to
www.WorldwideFirearms.com and also ask that you visit and “like” and
“follow” the Facebook page of WorldwideFirearms, as well as my own
personal Facebook page – Donald Ray Cresswell.
Thank you for your time and for reading this long
email. If you have time and are interested in interacting with me
personally or professionally, please let me know.
For now, email or telephone is the best way to
reach me. I closed down the business in Flora in 2011 and stopped seeing
customers there. Now I am often on the road visiting new facilities and
discovering new places - so please contact me by email
DRC@DonaldRayCresswell.com or phone me at 601-208-0030. There are
several emails and phone numbers that will reach me. In the case of phone
calls, please leave me a message if I don’t answer and I will try to
return your call. In the past I had people driving from other states to
come and buy from me – but please don’t try that - if you go to Flora
looking for me, you probably won't find me there, unless it's one of those
days I am running through to pick up a few things, etc. Email or calling
is the best way to reach me.
Some of you may also remember and wonder about my
daughter - she will be entering the 3rd grade and turning 9 in a few
months. Some of you may remember her as a young child who was often with
me - many ask how she is doing - I often post photos of her and things we
are doing together on my personal Facebook page: Donald Ray Cresswell.
There is also a WorldwideFirearms Facebook page that information about the
business can be followed at.
I look forward to trying to work with past and
future customers. I also want to network and help match buyers and sellers
and others in the local, regional, and national firearms industry. Please
email me if you would like to know more as things develop, and also to
discuss how we may work together in the future.
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