During the last 10 years, retail gun stores have almost disappeared from metropolitan Southern California. Where there were 20-30 gun stores ten years ago, there are only a handfull now.
U.S. Census figures have shown that during the same decade, a net of 100,000 people have left California and driving through Southen California will demonstrate to anyone that English speaking white people are almost extinct on this region. This occurs during a period of the infusion of millions of illegal aliens from Mexico and other foreign countries into Southern California.
Is there a relationship between the exodus of English speaking white Americans from Southern California, the infusion of illegal Mexican nationals, and the disappearance of retail gun stores during the same time period? I think there is.
Several months ago, I viisited a particularly well stocked Orange County gun store (all brands, makes, models, tons of handloading components, etc) that was going out of business. I commented on how many gun stores used to flourish in Southern California and said I didn't see how a store as well stocked as his could not prosper in light of the fact that almost all of his competitiors had gone out of business and in light of the size of the metropolitan Southern California market.
The gun store owner responded as follows: "I'll explain it to you. Most of the people who used to come in here HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE STATE."