Knowledgeable firearms people who want a job in a gun dealership aren't found on every street corner. IMO, the problem isn't with Cabela's corporate, it's with the employees they hire to run the libraries. That, of course, goes back on the manager who should ensure the gun library employees re performing acceptably.
Cabela's has been the Walmart of sporting goods for a good many years, but whatever problems they had grew considerably when they were bought out by Bass Pro. Among other things the wage scale took a hit. If you want an employee who is knowledgeable about the entire length and breadth of collectible guns you might consider offering more than $11.00/hour. So, to say that the problem isn't with corporate HQ is not entirely accurate.
I don't think the Scarborough, ME Cabela's has any dedicated gun library employees. They hire for the gun department in general and assign people to the gun library daily. The current gun dept. manager was the lead in the gun library when they had a specific team working in there, but as far as I know they no longer do it that way.
Of course none of this excuses rude behavior or physical battery. If a store employee slaps my hand they should expect to get slapped back.
