Last Firearms store closed doors last month. Dunhams and Wilderness Sports -- local sporting goods shops -- sell firearms but stock is an issue. Lots of hunters, shooters, & gun friendly folks in UP. Many buy online and transfer thru the 2 above or one of several local FFL's as not infrequently gun + shipping + transfer is less than best price found locally. Wally's has a small selection of handguns and long guns but each time they rearrange the store the firearms/hunting section gets smaller.
A few years ago in one of our two stores some idiot asked to see a shotgun, then commenced to load it and sent a few rounds into the ceiling of the store. Both stores at that point cleared all the guns and muzzleloading accessories [powders, primers and bullets] from shelves and stopped selling anything but a few random rounds of ammunition. I'm not certain what other stores here in Minnesota have for stock but in this town, nothing that goes boom is in stock.
