At Walmart this morning

[mstem]

This morning I was in the checkout line in the Walmart in South Boston, VA. Two people in front of me was a kid about 18-20 years old. He had a rod & reel combo, a cheap folding knife & a HUGE box of condoms. Well the cashier hatefully ask him for his I.D. Now I wondered why he needed I.D. to buy what he had. I knew they hand out condoms in schools & he wouldn't need it for them. We are a rural area & just about every kid has a knife & I didn't think he needed I.D. for that. So the only reason he would need I. D. was because he had a rod & reel & was going catch/kill some fish. Now I had a turkey call. So I took out my money & went ahead & got my drivers license being I had the call & plan to kill turkeys. She rang me up & I showed her my I.D. She ask "what's that for?" I told her because I had a turkey call. She said "you don't need that." I ask why did the guy need his I.D.? She said "because in Virginia you have to be 17 to buy a knife." I guess I gave her a deer in the headlights look because she said "because of all the school shootings you have to be 17 to buy a knife." I told her "for the life of me I can't remember anyone getting shot in a school or anywhere else with a knife". Before she could reply I said "I can remember when this was a free country & blooming idiots weren't in charge!" I walked off before I said too much.

My question is does anyone know if that is the law in Virginia or is she full of poop? Being she works at the register in Walmart & didn't look too smart to begin with I hope she was full of poop.
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[Marshwheeling]

It was probably an assault knife.

 

[mstem]

Or it had a banana clip on it!

 

[M29since14]

I don't know about Virginia law. I do know sometimes I see things in big chain stores like Walmart, Dick's, Gander Mountain, etc., that they will say is a matter of local law and I suspect it is more a matter of company policy because I do not see those same restrictions elsewhere when I buy the same product. Maybe the other stores don't have a legal department that is quite as proactive? Who knows?

I wouldn't be too hard on the poor lady. She is just doing what she is told and probably not getting paid much to do it.

 

[rwsmith]

I looked briefly....

All that I can see prohibited besides, knucks, star and the like are spring loaded knife that the blade detaches called a 'ballistic knife'. As stupid as this is I might hunt a little more for SOME law that prohibits people from buying knives in Virginia, but I really feel like it s a big waste of time.

 

[fiasconva]

Maybe after seeing all the condoms she just wanted to find out where he lived.

 

[stmry]

I hope the kids new knife is sharper than she is!!

 

[oneflycowboy]

I have bought knives online and I was required to check a box stating I was 18 years or older.

 

[4011]

It was a tacticool knife.

 

[loknload]

I remember walking into a store when I was 8 to buy a knife I saved my money for! The man who owned the store ask me, Do your parents know you're buying this? and I replied yes! I think I spent $4.00 dollars for it

 

[GaryS]

I think most Wal-Mart employees are lawyers. They always seem to be quoting laws that only they know about.

 

[Smoke]

At Walmart this morning

That's all I needed to read to know this story is not going to end well

 

[Alpo]

Don't know about Virginia or LAWS, but when I bought a nylon pouch, to replace the leather sheath that had worn out for my Leatherman, I saw the cash register ask, IS CUSTOMER 18 OR OLDER. Walmart, Florida.

Only thing I could come up with is because it was a KNIFE sheath, I had to be over 18.

I was looking at moon clips, in Sportsmans Guide, and noticed I had to be over 21 to buy round pieces of spring steel with notches in them. It is neither a pistol, nor is it pistol ammo, but by damn I had to be 21.

Some companies.

 

[Salty RI]

Last year someone was telling me he went to Bass Pro in Ma and tried to buy a knife in the hunting dept, when he went to check out they asked for his FID card, because he was from out of state he didn't have one, he took the knife back to the hunting dept and went to the fishing dept and bought the same knife.

 

[Salty RI]

If they have a law that lame they sure will have plenty of feeble gun restrictions.

Will they ban serrated plastic knives in cafeterias next?

I know in some areas kids can't have plastic knives in their lunch bag's.

 

[GrayGhost99]

I ordered a knife online last month and had to check a over 18 box as well.

 

[JcMack]

Maybe it's dangerous to put a knife and condoms in the same bag.?

 

[gunnails]

I needed some BB's, and for some reason I went to Dicks with my buddy and grabbed some off the shelf and when it was my turn at the cash register the clerk asked for my ID.
I asked why?
She stated it was state law.
I says it may be store policy but it sure isn't state law.
She more or less said what ever, I need to see the ID.
I said I can get them up the street for probably less at the grocery store and not show ID.
We both said are good byes and I have not been back since.

Edit: And I did get them up the street for less and did not get asked for ID

 

[JSR III]

Maybe it's dangerous to put a knife and condoms in the same bag.?

Only if your married to Lorena Bobbitt...

 

[mstem]

Maybe after seeing all the condoms she just wanted to find out where he lived.

Well, she was a looker.