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Of course you do. You aren't hearing me dispute that.
Walmart bans “Short barrel ammunition”?
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Of course you do. You aren't hearing me dispute that.
Old Arkansawyer
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Someone said they were going to buy non gun items from Amazon.
This because Walmart is stopping some ammo sales. Correct me if I'm
wrong but when was the last time Amazon sold guns or ammo? Is this
a double standard? At least Walmart is a U. S. Corp. paying taxes in
this country, better check if Amazon is doing the same.
I use to buy from Whole Foods in Fayetteville, Ar. until Amazon bought
them out, no more.
This because Walmart is stopping some ammo sales. Correct me if I'm
wrong but when was the last time Amazon sold guns or ammo? Is this
a double standard? At least Walmart is a U. S. Corp. paying taxes in
this country, better check if Amazon is doing the same.
I use to buy from Whole Foods in Fayetteville, Ar. until Amazon bought
them out, no more.
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Amazon never sold ammo, or guns to start with, neither do my doctors. It is not them stopping the sale of ammo, it is the lobbying for more gun control, along with limiting type of carry, which will not stop at OC. Only a matter of time before another shooting they limit CC.
BTW no company is invincible, just ask Montgomery Ward, Sears, or K Mart. All of which sold firearms, and ammo and stopped.
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crankyoldlady
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I don't recall saying I had an issue with capitalism. Where did you get that?
I believe your comment that I replied to was “It’s all about profits . . . “
crankyoldlady
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An observation.
Not a value judgment.
If WalMart wished these odious products out of their stores ASAP, the shelves would be empty in an hour. However, jimmyj posted: "My local Walmart told me they are not cutting ammo prices just not replacing ammo when it is sold".
So, profits over values. Or so it seems to me.
Did I explain myself clearly? Or are you just looking to pick a scab?
Sort of negates the CEO’s argument. Like my friend WCCPD said, stop selling booze and cigs for real social consciousness.
I wonder what his employees and shareholders think?
Riverboys
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Those are a good deal. Have to pick up a few before they sell out u
carpriver
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I have been reloading for years. I reload for every gun I own. When I do buy ammo it is from my local gun store. As they don't carry a lot of ammo it has to be ordered. They don't mark it up to bad. All guns I buy all my guns from the local guys. and they normally order what I want.
I don't like Wal-Mart but the prices are lower on most items. but sometime the quality on meat and veggies is not the best. there baked goods all taste the same.
I guess what bothers me is the most is wal marts caving in to the gun control crew. We all need to be alert to what is going on in that crowd, support the NRA and any other pro gun group.
I don't like Wal-Mart but the prices are lower on most items. but sometime the quality on meat and veggies is not the best. there baked goods all taste the same.
I guess what bothers me is the most is wal marts caving in to the gun control crew. We all need to be alert to what is going on in that crowd, support the NRA and any other pro gun group.
at one time sears was the largest retailer in the U.S; pullman, inc held the distinction of declaring a dividend longer than any other on the NYSE.....
Has any one of the 150 odd posts even mentioned the 22 people killed and 24 injured men women and children in the El Paso Walmart?
Ok You're the Walmart CEO.... 46 innocent people, have just been targeted, maimed and slaughtered in one of your stores, you realize these idiots often copycat each other, you also realize the problem is not getting better or going away, so what would you do?
Personally I don't agree with what he did, but I do understand him wanting to do something. Or maybe a better way to put it, "appear" to do something. All this agita directed at Walmart for trying to do something...yet nothing directed at the idiots who caused this mess in the first place?
So what would you do..... NOTHING?
I hate to break it to all you fine folks here, but doing nothing is not going to be an option for much longer. It is up to us law abiding, gun owners to make sure that the "something" that is done, makes as much sense as possible. Continually advocating for doing nothing, is just going mean we are shut out of the conversation.
BTW you can blame the open carry ban on the idiot, Dmitriy N. Andreychenko, who walked into a MO Walmart with an AR after the shooting. I'm sorry IMO open carry is just dumb anyway and I welcome the ban.
Ok You're the Walmart CEO.... 46 innocent people, have just been targeted, maimed and slaughtered in one of your stores, you realize these idiots often copycat each other, you also realize the problem is not getting better or going away, so what would you do?
Personally I don't agree with what he did, but I do understand him wanting to do something. Or maybe a better way to put it, "appear" to do something. All this agita directed at Walmart for trying to do something...yet nothing directed at the idiots who caused this mess in the first place?
So what would you do..... NOTHING?
I hate to break it to all you fine folks here, but doing nothing is not going to be an option for much longer. It is up to us law abiding, gun owners to make sure that the "something" that is done, makes as much sense as possible. Continually advocating for doing nothing, is just going mean we are shut out of the conversation.
BTW you can blame the open carry ban on the idiot, Dmitriy N. Andreychenko, who walked into a MO Walmart with an AR after the shooting. I'm sorry IMO open carry is just dumb anyway and I welcome the ban.
357-RevolverGuy
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Two other big chain retailers took this route in the past. Sears and K-Mart. And we all know what happened to them since. Won't surprise me if Walmart eventually stops selling knives and baseball bats too, and then bans any kind of carry.
"Gun free zones" have been the target of more than 94% of all mass shootings since 1950 (data from the Crime Prevention Research Center).
"Gun free zones" have been the target of more than 94% of all mass shootings since 1950 (data from the Crime Prevention Research Center).
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I'm late to the discussion, but I'll throw in my 2¢ worth anyway.
First off, I think this is huge and not in a good way. This was an undeniable major victory for the gun grabbers and prohibitionists and a major loss for us. I keep trying to rationalize how this will have a silver lining eventually, and yes, it probably will for other suppliers. But taking away the single biggest and most widespread source of retail affordable ammo for the everyday lunch bucket Americans is not a good thing. Dicks going all anti on us mattered very little and pales in comparison to Walmart going anti on us.
That said, I looked back into my records and saw that I've only bought two boxes of ammo from Walmart since January of 2016... and that was some .40 clearance ammo that they were blowing out for chump change just to get rid of it because it wasn't selling.
Clearly, I've not been giving Walmart much of my ammo business since the last big ammo crisis ended... and I'll bet I'm not the only one. 
I still sincerely appreciate what Walmart did for many of us during the big ammo shortage crisis post-Newtown, but I've just not found any attractive buys there lately. The best deals for me have all been elsewhere.
So I will survive not being able to pick-up any more ammo from Walmart. I'm not so concerned about that part. I'm concerned about the broader practical, psychological and political effects on middle America... and the further isolation of the law-abiding American gun owner from mainstream businesses, including now the biggest of the major retail outlets. It cannot help our cause.
First off, I think this is huge and not in a good way. This was an undeniable major victory for the gun grabbers and prohibitionists and a major loss for us. I keep trying to rationalize how this will have a silver lining eventually, and yes, it probably will for other suppliers. But taking away the single biggest and most widespread source of retail affordable ammo for the everyday lunch bucket Americans is not a good thing. Dicks going all anti on us mattered very little and pales in comparison to Walmart going anti on us.
That said, I looked back into my records and saw that I've only bought two boxes of ammo from Walmart since January of 2016... and that was some .40 clearance ammo that they were blowing out for chump change just to get rid of it because it wasn't selling.
Clearly, I've not been giving Walmart much of my ammo business since the last big ammo crisis ended... and I'll bet I'm not the only one. I still sincerely appreciate what Walmart did for many of us during the big ammo shortage crisis post-Newtown, but I've just not found any attractive buys there lately. The best deals for me have all been elsewhere.So I will survive not being able to pick-up any more ammo from Walmart. I'm not so concerned about that part. I'm concerned about the broader practical, psychological and political effects on middle America... and the further isolation of the law-abiding American gun owner from mainstream businesses, including now the biggest of the major retail outlets. It cannot help our cause.
I thought I was agreeing with you, but then you disagreed that I was agreeing with you, and now I think we're agreeing again that profits over values is called capitalism . . .
Walmart Corporate has a feedback program and it’s easy to contact them and make your opinion heard. I did... It’s only takes a few minutes and I think it’s worth doing. It beats simply bemoaning the change.
If you decide to contact them, be reasonable, calm and concise. Don’t make threats to boycott their stores. Rely on logic and explain how the vast majority use this ammo for legitimate purposes. Also explain that this policy will create a hardship for many in rural areas and will have no effect on crime.
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If you decide to contact them, be reasonable, calm and concise. Don’t make threats to boycott their stores. Rely on logic and explain how the vast majority use this ammo for legitimate purposes. Also explain that this policy will create a hardship for many in rural areas and will have no effect on crime.
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There was a shooter at a local Kroger who killed black people (he was white). It was reported that he had mental issues. When Kroger announced the same policy as WM, one of the victim's relatives said, "It is a good start!" That is what I'm afraid of. When major corporations start making meaningless rules about firearms and customers, it pretty much means that the next time, and there will be a next time, they will have to do something else, because their policies had no effect upon evil, sick people intent on doing cowardice acts upon innocent, defenseless people.
