You can hit the shop, and it makes a "destroyed" sound after a few hits, but nothing actually happens.
Proposed Change
Make it possible to actually destroy it
Shop should gib into pieces and either the Trader should die or should be spawned as a single trader possible to kill.
Adds strategy.
You can prevent other players from purchasing.
If a player camps at the shop, other player might feel more inclined to attack.
Also it is fun to destroy something.
Current in-game behaviour.
Proposed Change
Adds strategy. You can prevent other players from purchasing. If a player camps at the shop, other player might feel more inclined to attack. Also it is fun to destroy something.