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Dan Arnzen Owner  Dan spent most of his adult life in the corporate engineering world of semiconductor process development and manufacturing. His background in shooting is as an enthusiast and he enjoys shooting handguns, rifles, and shotguns of all calibers. He's lived in Eden Prairie since 1997 and thought the neighborhood needed a new gun store; Arnzen Arms is the result.
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Kate Arnzen Owner  Kate originally worked in the semiconductor industry as an electrical engineer with Dan, but decided that buying and selling guns was way more fun and quit her day job to work full-time at the shop. Kate is in charge of purchasing and receiving inventory, and can often be found in the back of the shop, plowing through new shipments. She's the person to talk to for special orders and getting hard-to-find items. Kate's favorite firearms activity is pistol shooting, particularly action-oriented sports like USPSA/IDPA, and she also enjoys beating Dan at an occasional round of sporting clays.
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Jason Gentz Manager  Jason is an avid hunter and outdoorsman. When he isn't with his wife and kids or at the store you will find him in a duck blind or a tree stand. His love of firearms lead him to reorganize his career goals and join Arnzen as a sales associate. It was apparent that Jason was a perfect fit and he quickly began managing the shop. If you need something done talk to Jason!
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Matt Barnhart Sales, NFA Manager (Full Time)  Matt started shooting at the age of 8 which kicked off his life-long fascination with firearms. As a tinkerer it was just a matter of time before he found his favorite platforms the 1911 and AR15. According to Matt he will always be an avid deer hunter but is expanding into the action shooting sports. When Matt isn't at the shop or on the range you will find home managing his lawn and snow removal business - Matty B's!
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Hans Froseth Sales (Full Time)  Hans has a lifetime of firearms experience from the Army to reloading. He's the guy to talk to if you need a Permit to Carry; he can process permits for Minnesota, Florida, and Utah.
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Alyssa Heher Sales (Full Time)  Alyssa is a full time sales associate at Arnzen Arms. Something she has in common with a lot of customers is that her favorite guns are Glocks and Sigs. She has years of previous experience in another local gun store and loves to shoot!
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Jerry Hershey Sales (Part Time)  Jerry is our shotgun expert and knows things that the Parazzi family forgot generations ago. He loves to hunt pretty much every game animal, but is most fond of turkey and pheasant hunting.
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Baron Juhl Sales (Full Time)  Baron is ex-marine corp and is studying to be a gunsmith. He's worked full time at Arnzen Arms for a couple of years now and has the reputation of being great for customers to work with.
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Kristin Lefler Shipping and Receiving (Full Time)  Kristin is a pastry chef by trade and doesn't actively participate in shooting. However she is no stranger to a range as her husband is also in the firearms industry and is a competitive shooter. Kristin enjoys the close knit shooting community as well as the aesthetics of custom firearms proving you don't need to shoot to enjoy what firearms have to offer.
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Erik Nielsen Sales (Part Time)  Erik started shooting with family early on. This grew into hunting and sport shooting. In the late 1990’s Erik shot his first bowling pin match followed by USPSA and Steel Challenge and has been shooting competitively ever since. He is also an avid deer hunter and shotgun sports shooter. With a great interest in handguns, he enjoys helping first time buyers find that perfect fit.
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Calvin Poling Sales (Full Time)  Calvin joined our staff after serving four years in the United States Marine Corps. He has a lot of experience with military weapons and is an expert in operating, shooting and maintaining any AR platform weapon. Calvin is an avid hunter and is accomplished with both the bolt action rifle and shotgun. He also enjoys shooting in pistol competition matches. Calvin offers his customers a wealth of knowledge about any firearm in the shop and specializes in helping first time gun owners with their first purchase. Calvin is also a Certified Glock Armorer.
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Jerrad Robinson Sales (Part Time)  Long time customer, now an employee, Jerrad understands that part of gun ownership is about the fun. He loves modern and old school military weapons and brings tons of ammo to the range.
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Jameson "Jey" York Sales (Part Time)  Another customer turned employee. Loves sporting clays and adding expensive knives to his collection.
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Rye Shop dog, hunting companion  Rye was adopted by the Arnzen family in the summer of 2017 and spends a lot of time at our shop. He is a gentle, affectionate, wire-haired pointing griffon with eyes that look almost human. He is an excellent hunting companion and a champion "burr magnet" which will sometimes give him a mangy appearance.
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Mark Stevens Marketing  Mark is a relative newcomer to the shooting world purchasing his first firearm in early 2012. Don't let this fool you. The sickness is strong with this one. In that time he has become a fixture on the local 3 gun scene, competed in 6 3 gun nationals, become a partner in a custom gun shop - Hawkeye Ordnance, started a popular youtube channel for 3 gunners / defensive shooters and started a firearm centered sales and marketing company - Hawkeye Syndicate. Check him out on youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC7uN6EGodiic33jCvKo7KA
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