LOL!!!!!
Always up for some good "Ted the Rat" bashing chatter, but I think drgrant is way off base if he thinks the area is poverty central and a gun desert. You think Bass Pro located there because no one in the area has any money? I think there is plenty of money and plenty of gun interest down there too. However, drgrant is right that Bass Pro certainly did play a part in helping to kill Ted's business.
Ted is old, tired and sickly. He just wants to retire. He tried selling his shop, but he asked a lot and there was zero interest. So he sold off most everything, cut the place down to the size of a linen closet and survives to this day somehow on local club members. There is nothing there of interest to most people. A sad ending for sure, but it's really a slowing down into (semi-) retirement thing. It's not due to any lack of money or gun interest in the area.