Not while I have disposable income and other options, thanks. I'd rather save middleman pricing entirely by going to hell and buying directly from Satan. I like keeping my LGS owners out of the county food bank. 2 hardware stores, the pet shop, florist, 2 delis, jeweler, family-owned pharmacy and no less than 4 tire & auto shops have tanked since the Big Box Bastards from Bentonville came to town. (Thank God for employee-owned Hy-Vee grocery stores!) I realize that "resistance is futile, we shall be assimilated," but on principle I'd rather keep my fun money in my community as much as I can, for as long as I can. If the 2 local gun shops in town fail, I'll start making semiannual pilgrimages to the new Brownell's shop in Grinnell, Iowa and enjoy the Qualified Professional discounts they offer retired military/LE. (If they don't have it, I don't need it!) Meanwhile, I sit in church a few rows from the guy who stocks my primers & ships my service work when necessary. There's another shop in town where you can borrow tools to tinker with installing AR furniture right there, or test a bow on their indoor archery range. I may be describing a rarity in the Brave New World, but I wouldn't risk losing either of them in the wake of Walmart. Maybe I can't save my neighbors in the long run, but I don't have to help push them over the cliff, either.
