It's not just the big box stores. We have a local chain in So Cal, Turner's Outdoorsman, with stores that average maybe 4,000 to 5,000 sq ft, all hunting and fishing, nothing else. They opened a new store in Riverside County a few weeks ago and the crowds were so large on opening weekend that staff was handing out numbered tickets at the door to get customers into the queue for each department. Different tickets for different departments, one ticket for the gun counter, one ticket for ammo, one ticket for fishing tackle, etc. The cash register lines inside the store were so long that people were setting up folding chairs in the aisles to wait it out. When I left I told the guys at the door that even if they were giving away guns and ammo, it just wasn't worth the wait. Thanks, Obama.
