No, not nationwide. From one store in Delaware. Which is what happens when a store has the ammo right out on the sales floor.
Cabela’s is under investigation for lax shoplifting prevention after half a million rounds of ammunition was stolen from its Christiana Mall store, the Delaware Department of Justice said in a statement Monday.
Investigators believe that at least 500,000 rounds of ammunition were stolen from Cabela’s in less than a year and that a “substantial portion” of it was sold to drug dealers and other criminals in Delaware and Pennsylvania, according to the DOJ.
In its release, the DOJ said Cabela’s has failed “to promptly or meaningfully” respond to the state’s subpoena and it was asking Delaware Superior Court to enforce the order against the sporting goods and outdoor store.
Fortunately, Delaware has passed some of the most stringent laws to address this:
The state DOJ’s investigation is focusing on whether Cabela’s violated any laws, including Delaware’s firearms industry public nuisance law, through its hands-off approach to the shoplifting of ammunition.
Other potential violations include the Keshall “KeKe” Anderson Safe Firearms Sales Act. This law, passed last year, is named for KeKe Anderson, an innocent bystander who was killed in a 2016 shooting involving a firearm bought through a straw purchase at Cabela’s.
The law repeals special immunity granted to gun dealers like Cabela’s under state law, making Delaware the first state in the country to repeal a gun industry liability shield.
Laws passed, I might add, in opposition to the 2nd Amendment absolutists in Delaware.
What do I think? If it can be established that anyone has been killed or harmed with those missing bullets, the AG should put Cebela’s in the legal, um, crosshairs.