I’ve been to two different gun stores in the portland area, and the tribal difference was amazing

one was run by a old dude who loved crazy ancient firearms, the store was practically a museum of weird WWII curiosities, and the nerd working the counter was really friendly and happy to chat, the whole place was more “zany Oregon” than anything else, advertised and sponsored contests on irreverent radio shows, etc

the other was a gun-cultist sorta place, full of these aggro mean frowny tough guy types who were giving us the hard sell with the worst cliches like we were buying a car, and the air was thick with showoffy posturing and hostility, and all the stupid NRA bumper stickers you can carry