Gun Shop Spring Cleaning

[Sz20DF]

Does anyone know what's really going on at Collectors on Westheimer? They've been closed since last week for "Spring Cleaning".

 

[cbp210]

That is very unusual for them to do that.

 

[Sam Colt]

What did they say when you called?

 

[Texasjack]

Maybe a visit from the Revenuers?

 

[cbp210]

Maybe a visit from the Revenuers?
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I was thinking the same thing.

 

[benenglish]

Maybe a visit from the Revenuers?
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The Revenuers haven't been involved in firearms enforcement for a long, long time. Even tax stamps, which used to be processed through the IRS because they're, you know, tax stamps, haven't gone through those channels in at least a couple of decades.

My first thought was that they might need some time to re-arrange the store. After all, when the NRAAM was originally coming to Houston, they were supposed to host at least one large panel event which would require a stage and room for an audience. Depending on how much work there is to do, maybe they need a lot of lead time to prepare. Moving display cases can't be easy and the NRAAM will be here in less than two weeks.

OTOH, I haven't heard anyone announce that they're putting on an event at that location. The event that was cancelled was a panel discussion to be headed up by the folks at The Gun Collective.

Anybody know anything about that angle?

Or, probably more to the point -

What did they say when you called?

 

[Chaparral]

When I dropped by a couple of weeks ago, the security guard outside said that they were “closed to take inventory”. There were a lot of cars in the parking lot - from employees, I guess. Based on this, and the time they have been closed, my guess is that they are trying to reconcile their physical inventory with their records. I hope they are able to reopen soon - it is a great store

 

[Texasjack]

The Revenuers haven't been involved in firearms enforcement for a long, long time. Even tax stamps, which used to be processed through the IRS because they're, you know, tax stamps, haven't gone through those channels in at least a couple of decades.

In parts of the country, they're still referred to as Revenuers, despite being under Justice instead of Internal Revenue.

 

[Bozz10mm]

Maybe they just have a ton of springs to clean.

 

[toddnjoyce]

In parts of the country, they're still referred to as Revenuers, despite being under Justice instead of Internal Revenue.

While the G-men, T-men, revenuers are categorically the same, they do remain semantically different.

 

[B. Wright]

I haven’t been there before. I’ll need to check them out when they open back up.

(After looking at the date on this thread I assume they are opened up again!)