Illegal Gun Shop: Difference between revisions

'''Illegal gun shops''' are underground firearm dealers in the [[Grand Theft Auto IV]] rendition of [[Liberty City in GTA IV Era|Liberty City]] that effectively take over the role traditionally held by the [[Ammu-Nation]] gun store chain in [[GTA III Era|GTA IV's predecessors]].

A crackdown spearheaded by Liberty City mayor [[Julio Ochoa]] against firearm ownership in [[Liberty City in GTA IV Era|Liberty City]] and its surrounding has led to closure of legalized gun shops. As a result, illegal weapon dealers are the only source for purchasable weapons in GTA IV and its episodic packs. Given their covert nature, illegal gun shops are often far less visible than Ammu-Nation stores, usually having nondescript frontages and are only easily located by gun icons on the city map (or in the case of physical maps, scribbled markers).

[[Image:Illegalgunshop-GTA4-shopping.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"Examining" a weapon at a illegal gun shop, GTA IV. Selection of a new weapon will prompt the player character to enter an animation cycle where he will "examine" the weapon until the player purchases the weapon or cancels their selection.]]

Much like Ammu-Nation, the player must enter the gun shop before they can select and buy weapons. Different weapons are laid out all over the interior of the gun shop, requiring the player walk to a specific point to select a specific weapon; players will only be able to purchase a weapon when they have selected it, and if the player already has the same weapon in hand, the player can only purchase additional ammunition for smaller sums of cash; newly purchase weapons start out with only a single set of rounds. Players can find and access these gun shops at any point of the game, but in the case of GTA IV, most weapons are simply "Display Models" until the player completes specific missions in the game; episodic packs however make all of them except the [[Rocket Launcher|RPG]] available from the start.

The gun shops present other weakness when compared with [[Gun Car|gun cars]]; prices of weapons from the gun shops are charged in full when gun cars offer discounts, and gun cars are far more mobile as they can be dispatched to the closest point to the player. In addition, the gun shops in the episodic packs do not offer any exclusive weapons otherwise available from gun cars.

There are a total of three illegal gun shops in Liberty City, each located in three major segments of the city:

* A single storey corner shop at Montauk Avenue and Dillon Street, accessible off an alleyway off Dillon, [[Downtown Broker|Downtown]], [[Broker]], labeled inside as a "'''Lock & Load'''".

* In the basement level underneath "Body Canvas Tattoos" at the Bismark Avenue-[[Cavity Lane]] intersection in [[Chinatown, Algonquin|Chinatown]], [[Algonquin]].

* A single storey shop at Odhner Avenue and Traeger Road, accessible off an alleyway off Odhner, [[Port Tudor]], [[Alderney]]. As it shares the same interior as the Broker outlet, it is also labeled inside as a "'''Lock & Load'''".

Illegalgunshop-GTA4-Broker-exterior.jpg|Exterior of the Broker outlet, GTA IV.

Illegalgunshop-GTA4-Algonquin-exterior.jpg|Exterior of the Algonquin outlet, GTA IV.

Illegalgunshop-GTA4-Alderney-exterior.jpg|Exterior of the Alderney outlet, GTA IV.

Illegalgunshop-GTA4-Algonquin-interior.jpg|Interior of the Algonquin outlet, GTA IV.

* [[Gun Car|Gun car or gun van]]

* [[AmmuNation.net]], Ammu-Nation's online shopping site in GTA Chinatown Wars.