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Are Online Retailers Killing Local Gun Stores? Should We Care?
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<blockquote data-quote="O4L" data-source="post: 3206131" data-attributes="member: 24429"><p>I agree with the last part of the article...</p><p></p><p>"WHO IS KILLING BRICK AND MORTAR BUSINESSES?</p><p></p><p>My opinion is this: The brick and mortar gun store is better than the online seller if it’s done correctly. Well-run gun stores like The Guns and Gear Store and Top Gun Supply, with engaging, not-pushy, knowledgeable employees and a good selection of inventory not only tend to be successful but also serve as hubs for their local firearms community. But when a shop goes out of business, we don’t point at the $650 Glock 19 under the counter or the owner’s brother-in-law, Bill, behind it with his “guns don’t kill people, I do” t-shirt. (I remember when he told Travis Haley “Son, that Glockdoesn’t have a safety and if you buy it you will definitely die. You need this Smith & Wesson .357 Magnum here.”) Rather, we direct our wrath towards the specter of the gunternet – the low-overhead, no-presence online gun shop.</p><p></p><p>I may be wrong, but it seems like it isn’t the big box retailer or the online gun dealer – it’s the local gun store killing the local gun store."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="O4L, post: 3206131, member: 24429"] I agree with the last part of the article... "WHO IS KILLING BRICK AND MORTAR BUSINESSES? My opinion is this: The brick and mortar gun store is better than the online seller if it’s done correctly. Well-run gun stores like The Guns and Gear Store and Top Gun Supply, with engaging, not-pushy, knowledgeable employees and a good selection of inventory not only tend to be successful but also serve as hubs for their local firearms community. But when a shop goes out of business, we don’t point at the $650 Glock 19 under the counter or the owner’s brother-in-law, Bill, behind it with his “guns don’t kill people, I do” t-shirt. (I remember when he told Travis Haley “Son, that Glockdoesn’t have a safety and if you buy it you will definitely die. You need this Smith & Wesson .357 Magnum here.”) Rather, we direct our wrath towards the specter of the gunternet – the low-overhead, no-presence online gun shop. I may be wrong, but it seems like it isn’t the big box retailer or the online gun dealer – it’s the local gun store killing the local gun store." [/QUOTE]
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