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.

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.

Here is a list of Whitaker's Gun Shop Inventory:
 * Laser Scopes (sold for $699.99)
 * 9mm Hand Pistol [Glock] (sold for two for one special at $999.99)
 * Submachine Gun (sold for $399.99)
 * Silenced Submachine Gun [machine pistol] (sold for $399.99)
 * Pump Shotgun (sold for $399.99)
 * Chrome Shotgun (sold for $399.99)
 * AK-47 Rifle (sold for $1999.99)
 * M4 Assault Rifle (sold for $1999.99)
 * Combat Rifle (sold for $1999.99)
 * Tactical Shotgun (sold for $1999.99)
 * Combat Shotgun (sold for $1999.99)
 * Hunting Rifle (sold for $399.99)
 * Sniper Rifle (sold for $1999.99)
 * Desert Cobra (sold for $1999.99)

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 that 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 his best option was 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 visit his store on the way to Liberty Mall at Ellis' urging. They enter and help themselves to weapons and supplies whereupon they contact Whitaker by intercom and a deal is struck: the Survivors can keep the weapons they have liberated from his store and Whitaker will use a rocket propelled grenade to clear away a tanker truck that is blocking access to the mall provided the Survivors go and get him a six-pack of Cola from the nearby Save 4 Less supermarket.

The Survivors enter the Save 4 Less and get the Cola but as the supermarket door is alarmed, this sets off a gauntlet crescendo event obliging the Survivors to grab the Cola and then battle their way to a delivery slot in the door to Whitaker's rooftop bunker.

Once the Survivors complete this task, Whitaker blows up the tanker trunk and they proceed onward to the mall leaving Whitaker in his zombie-proof gun shop heaven.

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 The Bridge safe room (refer The Parish campaign). It is unknown how long Whitaker stayed in his safe room or if he remained alive.