Lauren Boebert ran her gun themed restaurant for years. The new district she hopes to win has a ‘Shooters’ too

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} Lauren Boebert shot to fame with her gun-themed restaurant Shooters Grill, where waitresses served customers flouting loaded firearms in hip holsters – and tourists increasingly flocked as the MAGA Republican’s profile rose. Rather than seeking re-election in the 3rd congressional district, Boebert abandoned ship to run in a new constituency eastward – and as luck would have it, there’s another Shooters there. Shooters Bar & Grill in Byers, nearly 275 miles east of Boebert’s old restaurant in Rifle, has no connection to the congresswoman -- but gets the odd question, and sits within the constituency she hopes to represent Polling earlier this month placed Boebert with a 35-point lead over five other candidates, though 40% of voters were undecided at the time, according to the Kaplan Strategies poll. “I was like, ‘Oh, I wish she was down here.’” Boebert smiles before the first Republican primary debate for the 4th Congressional district in January in Fort Lupton, Colorado; her move to an already-crowded Republican primary caused rancor within some factions the party Next week’s primary will determine how many other voters share the sentiments of Wingo, who also works at the store’s pharmacy and overhears local gossip – which tends to focus more on the national scene than local.