At Walmart this morning

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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.:D 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:D & 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.:eek: 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.:D 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.":eek::eek::eek: 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.":confused: 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!":D 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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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. :(
 
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.:mad:
 
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.
 
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.:confused:
 
t6204 said:
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?

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I know in some areas kids can't have plastic knives in their lunch bag's.:(
 
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
 
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A Person at Our local Wal-Mart told My Son He had to have a Hunting License to buy a Range Pass.We have a nice Gun Range in Ohio that is run by the State and the $5.00 Pass goes for the upkeep. I told the Guy He was wrong and got the Manager and told Her that the Employees should be trained better if They were going to work in Sporting Goods They should know the Law's.
 
I used to live in VA. They did in fact do some odd things with the laws after a spate of high profile school shootings. There might well be local laws stricter than state law. I honestly don't remember what the knife laws were in VA. For a liability shy retailer, checking age on a knife purchase makes a certain amount of sense I suppose.
 
gunnails said:
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
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I know this is thread drift but I wanted to offer a different perspective on this.

It really doesn't matter if it's state law or not, I'm not saying it's OK for the employee to lie she may have honestly been told that by whoever trained her.

My point is that she was very likely told this company policy and failure to follow it could result in termination.

Where I work company policy dictates 100% ID check. I "check" IDs on people I literally see every single day. I check IDs on people who are literally going to take 2 steps past my desk and scan in through a card reader. I checked the ID of an Ice Vendor today who used to work for the same company I work for now I trained him.

My point is that it's company policy and I don't have an option. If I get caught not checking IDs I lose my job and in this economy and at my age I'm not ready to go out there and try to find another one. I get people that complain about the policy every day I tell them all the same thing "I'm sorry, I have no choice in the matter, if I get caught not doing this I lose my job.

So the next time you run into someone who tells you the have to do something stupid because it's company policy you can feel free to take your business elsewhere but please don't take it out on the person who probably agrees with you that it's a stupid policy but can't afford to lose the job
 
Sorry, but it reminds me of the story about the guy who was going to sail his yacht around the world and was stocking up for his year-long adventure. He cruised the Walmart and went to the check-out with his needs. Included in the pile of things was the largest bottle of aspirin he could find - to last him the whole year - and six dozen condoms. The clerk (maybe the same one in Virginia) was scanning the items and without missing a beat said, "If it gives you a headache maybe you shouldn't do it so much."

rolomac
 
When I was at WalMart last night, I could barely carry my 30 boxes of Perfecta 9mm 115 gr fmj, 8 boxes of Perfecta 5.56 (50 rd boxes) and my 8 boxes of Perfecta 7.62x51 out in two stout cardboard boxes. :eek:

9mm: $6.94
5.56: $8.94 (50 ct)
7.62: $6.94

And, in the spirit of NOT being a drool-mouth neckbeard, I actually left a substantial amount for the next guy...:p
 
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