Also, there was something last year about one or both stores not carrying any products that "destroyed the rain forest" in Brazil. Sigh...
Maybe THD decided to give the customer what he/she wanted and the feds be damned! (probably not)
The owner of Home Depot is a dedicated Dim,and donates a percentage of his profits to gun control each year. Lowes refused to put up "no gun" signs in their stores when HCI lobbied them to do so.