[Tagging] shop=gun shop=guns shop=weapons shop=firearms

[Greg Troxel]

Graeme Fitzpatrick <graemefitz1 at gmail.com> writes:

>> As possible solution, *shop=weapon*
>
> Sorry, but speaking as a recreational shooter, & on behalf of all others,
> we find the use of the term "weapons" for our chosen sporting tools more
> than somewhat offensive - recreational shooters don't use weapons, the
> military does!

In the US, even in Massachusetts, usage is "gun store" (store US vs shop
UK, as usual) if being casual, and "firearms" if being formal.  I have
never heard any (civilian) store be desribed as a "weapons store".
That's a word I heard only in the context of defense contractors and
usually foreign military sales.