Whitaker's Gun Shop

"Your one stop army headquarters"

- Store Motto

"I know a gun store we can stop by and get some real guns."

- Ellis

Whitaker's Gun Shop is a minor objective and setting for the second chapter of the Dead Center campaign in Left 4 Dead 2. The address is located just north of Highway 10 near the Save 4 Less mini grocery store just off Interstate #16 in Savannah.

History
The gun shop is owned and operated by a man called Whitaker and is open 364 days of the year. His current business hours are:


 * Monday to Friday: 9:00am - 6:30pm
 * Saturday: 9:00am - 5:30pm
 * Sunday: 12:30pm - 5:30pm

He has an inventory of weapons for people to choose from. Many of the weapons are fully-automatic meaning that either Whitaker is a Class 3 Federal Firearms License dealer licensed to sell machine guns or that he illegally converted the weapons to be capable of fully-automatic fire at some point, presumably after the epidemic spread out of control.

Whitaker's Gun Shop also offers other services such as hand gun cleaning, personal defense training, hunting and fishing licenses, target practicing and the buying and trading of other firearms.

Whitaker's Gun Shop Inventory

 * Laser Scopes (sold for $699.99)
 * 9mm Hand Pistol [Glock 26] (sold for two for one special at $999.99)
 * Submachine Gun [Uzi] (sold for $399.99)
 * Silenced Submachine Gun [MAC-10] [Machine pistol] (sold for $399.99)
 * Pump Shotgun [Remington 870 Police Magnum Riot] (sold for $399.99)
 * Chrome Shotgun [Remington 870 Marine Magnum] (sold for $399.99)
 * AK-47 Rifle [AKM] (sold for $1999.99)
 * M-16 Assault Rifle [M16A2] (sold for $1999.99)
 * Combat Rifle [FN SCAR-L] (sold for $1999.99)
 * Tactical Shotgun [Benelli M4 Super 90] (sold for $1999.99)
 * Combat Shotgun [Franchi SPAS-12] (sold for $1999.99)
 * Hunting Rifle [Ruger Mini-14] (sold for $399.99)
 * Sniper Rifle [Heckler & Koch G3SG/1] (sold for $1999.99)
 * Desert Cobra [Desert Eagle Mark XIX] (sold for $1999.99)

After The Last Stand Community Update, Counter-Strike Weapons were added to a small storage area underneath the stairs behind the main area of the store.

The store also carries lots of ammo. However, there does not appear to be a price displayed.

Current Status
Hearing that the Infection was spreading out of control and the CEDA evacuation centers were slowly being overrun or closed and perhaps consistent with the Survivalist principle which says "Stay away from crowds", 60 year-old Whitaker decided that his best option was to make his own plans. With the Vannah evacuation center closed down and hearing that the Liberty Mall evacuation center was being overrun, he quickly built and barricaded himself into a little safe room bunker on the roof above his gun store. He gathered supplies such as weapons, ammo and food, but forgot to get beverages to keep himself hydrated through the hot Georgia weather.

The Survivors visited his store on the way to Liberty Mall at Ellis' urging. They entered and helped themselves to weapons and supplies and also contacted Whitaker by intercom, striking a deal with him: The Survivors can take the weapons downstairs and he will destroy the tanker blocking their way to the Mall provided that the Survivors deliver him a six-pack of Cola from the nearby Save 4 Less supermarket.

The Survivors entered the Save 4 Less and got the Cola, but as the supermarket door is alarmed, opening the door set off a Gauntlet Crescendo Event obliging the Survivors to grab the Cola and battle their way to to Whitaker's rooftop bunker while fighting the endless Hordes of the Infected off.

Once the Survivors delivered the Cola to him, Whitaker blew the tanker up and they proceeded onward to the mall. The shop and Whittaker himself is never seen, referenced or heard from again.

Whitaker's survival plan foreshadows the "You can make a life for yourself right here" option laid out for Nick by Coach at the start of the game's final chapter in The Bridge safe room (Refer to The Parish campaign). It is unknown how long that Whitaker stayed in his safe room or if he remained alive, though it's most likely that he was still alive by then as the Infected doesn't seem to be able to bust his defenses.