sqhead
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shoulda said "gimme that rifle too,tell me i can't go fishing will she "
Horrified store clerk
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Coldshooter
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This reminds me of several years ago K-Mart here closed and had 870s with synthetic stocks close out for $200.00. Since I bought a couple boxes of slugs and buckshot with the gun the manager had to walk me to the car with the ammunition. I did ask if they thought I would stick up the cashiers after just using a valid picture ID for purchase. The manager said in all seriousness it had happened at other stores more than once thus the policy.
Shooting Padre
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I want to get a T -Shirt made to wear when I buy ammo. It will say, "I take three medications a day, one to keep me alive, two to keep you alive." 
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Shooting Padre
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doc540
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Alpo
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'83? '84? When the 24-3s came out. I bought one, but there was no ammo for it in that store. So I drove around to all the gun stores and pawn shops, looking for some. Finally found a box, and as I consider an unloaded gun to be worthless, I sat out in front of the store and loaded the gun. Then I put it back in its blue box and pulled out of the parking lot. Got maybe a half block down the street and here comes a cop car, blue lights and siren, and goes into that pawn shop's parking lot. Only thing I could figger was the owner, seeing me loading the gun with the ammo I had just bought from him, decided I was going to rob the place and called the law.
This was before FOPA of 86, and we still had to sign the book. He had my name, address and driver's license number. And he thought I was gonna come back in and rob his store?
Weird.
This was before FOPA of 86, and we still had to sign the book. He had my name, address and driver's license number. And he thought I was gonna come back in and rob his store?
Weird.
rburg
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If he asked me if I was 21 or older, I'd question if he was smart enough to have a job. No, I don't look 21 and haven't for probably 40 years. There was one booze store in town that asked us oldies that question. I walked out because I'm pretty intolerant of dirt stupid folks.
They're no longer in business.
Used to be, in New Mexico, if you bought liquor or bought a drink at a bar, they HAD to ask for ID. I'm 78 and my partner fought in the Battle of the Bulge. So to rattle their cage, I'd give them my Texas CHL. I haven't been asked lately, I think they changed the law.
amazingflapjack
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I don't think guns and gun ownership is as political a consideration as some think.
Many years ago I walked into my local Walmart and as I passed the sporting goods section, I noticed an end-cap with the 550 round bulk value boxes of Remington 22LR. The big sign had them priced at half of what I used to pay. Probably mis-priced.
I went up front and got a shopping cart, returned to sporting goods and placed all 57 boxes of ammunition in the cart. As my turn came at the checkout the young lady said to me something along the lines of . . . Do you think you have enough?
I replied . . . . Why is there more in the back? If so, I will buy it also.
She called a manager but it turned out I already had it all.
There are still a few boxes left in the house. I have been shooting that supply for 10+ years now. I admit, i do not shoot enough 22.
BTW, they were $3.65 per box or 550........OH for the good old days
I went up front and got a shopping cart, returned to sporting goods and placed all 57 boxes of ammunition in the cart. As my turn came at the checkout the young lady said to me something along the lines of . . . Do you think you have enough?
I replied . . . . Why is there more in the back? If so, I will buy it also.
She called a manager but it turned out I already had it all.
There are still a few boxes left in the house. I have been shooting that supply for 10+ years now. I admit, i do not shoot enough 22.
BTW, they were $3.65 per box or 550........OH for the good old days
ElToro
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I got about 50-60 boxes of federal game loads for $1 a box one night at Wally. Mostly all 20 but some 12 and 16 as well still shooting it up.
So true, so true. I live in a small town in Oregon and shop Bi-Mart for my ammo quit often. Prices are better at Bi-Mart than at Wally World. Never ever had an issue with buying ammo from them. I guess there are idiot clerks in many stores. Many times when I go to buy Ammo at Bi-Mart you can't get very much as its either all sold out or they have a limit per customer on it. Still one of my favorite places to get Ammo.
I don't have a problem with a cashier complying with store policy, even if it is stupid. Hey, they need a job and are doing the job according to the rules they are burdened with. It sure is better than being on public assistance. I do have a problem with cashiers who of their own volition feel compelled to display an "attitude", like the OP's. I suppose it makes them feel good about themselves by trying to show moral superiority. I think it makes them look like small-minded jerks.
"I'm pretty intolerant of dirt stupid folks."
Good for you Dick, we all should be. Nowadays, if I ask for milk with my breakfast at a Burger Doodle, they say "White or chocolate?" Makes me want to walk out.
Good for you Dick, we all should be. Nowadays, if I ask for milk with my breakfast at a Burger Doodle, they say "White or chocolate?" Makes me want to walk out.
johnsonl
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mudman bob
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"Feminine Items" in a store that also sells guns and ammo. I never would have made the connection until just recently. Missus P&R Fan is heading into "The Change". I've hid all the ammo.
Jim
K-22
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Bi-Mart
Bi-Mart is an Oregon/Washington company. It is locally owned and very well thought of in the area. You have to be a member to shop there. IIRC it is $5.00 for a lifetime membership. I have been shopping there since the 60's.
They have some of the best prices on ammo in the COUNTRY. Really good prices on long guns too.
I do not think the clerk in question will be there too long.
Best,
Gary
What did you expect from a place that would call itself "Bi-Mart"....
Were it me, I'd go back and buy more. In fact, I'd be tempted to Bi- them out...
Bi-Mart is an Oregon/Washington company. It is locally owned and very well thought of in the area. You have to be a member to shop there. IIRC it is $5.00 for a lifetime membership. I have been shopping there since the 60's.
They have some of the best prices on ammo in the COUNTRY. Really good prices on long guns too.
I do not think the clerk in question will be there too long.
Best,
Gary
ThirtyAcres
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The clerk is just doing his/her job. If you have a problem, take it up with the store manager or corporate headquarters. Shop somewhere else.
After you leave, the clerk will probably tell several other workers and friends about the crazy gun nut that gave him grief over a simple question.
Gun owners get enough bad press as it is, don't add fuel to the fire.
DeathGrip
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How did we get here? The OP was asked if it was a little extreme followed by a have a nice day. He explained her snotty attitude as well.
ThirtyAcres
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Read the quote above my comments-----not talking about the OP. Talking about the Wal-Mart clerk.
captorquewrench
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Recent posts have got me wondering...Do store clerks really have to ask? I've never been asked for what firearm my ammo was intended.
DeathGrip
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I hear you. In that case I agree to take it up with management if you don't like the store policy. Or shop somewhere else.
My apology for not catching your quote.
Alpo
Member
Because of GCA68, you have to be 21 to buy pistol ammo, but can buy rifle ammo at 18,
When that ammo crosses the scanner, the register asks the clerk "is that for a pistol or a rifle?"
Whichever answer is given, the register will then ask if the customer is old enough.
If the clerk knows the reason for the question, when I go up there she looks at me - old, bald, what's left is gray - and punches "rifle" and "yes" when the register asks if I'm over 18. I'm obviously over 21, so there is no reason for her to ask me the question.
If, however, the clerk does not know why the register wants to know, or if you look young enough that it might apply, she is going to ask.
A few years ago I bought a copy of a Brian Keith movie called The Mountain Men. I noticed, as it went over the scanner, the register asked, "Is customer over 18?" Apparently it was an R-rated movie. I bought a knife sheath. Not a knife - just a nylon belt sheath - for my leatherman. And just like with the movie, when it went over the scanner the register asked if I was 18.
Neither time did the clerk ask me, because it was obvious I was old enough to buy them. But if I'd looked like I was under 20, she'd have asked for a picture ID, or she wouldn't have sold them.
So, when they ask you, just answer. Don't be a jerk. They don't care what you are shooting it in, any more than they care if you are going to roll that Prince Albert or put it in a pipe, or whether you plan to drink that kool ade or use it to dye your hair. They really dont' care. But the company requires they ask. The company and the Feds.
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captorquewrench
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Blue'87GT
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Not really any worse than we ran into in Wally World. Wife wanted to buy some sort of indoor shrub or bush.
The aisle was blocked by a clerk getting reamed out by a supervisor. The clerk was already crying.
Wife asked...May I get by....Supervisor looked around and said, "Can't you see I am busy!"
Her associate ID was turned over and wife asked for her name and the supervisor yelled, "MIND YOU OWN BUSINESS!!!"
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Had a similar situation when married to my first wife. My reaction was a bit different though. My temper/attitude got the best of me and I offered to "whoop his candy ***", and then my language became more colorful after that. His demeanor changed quickly, becoming very quiet and avoiding eye contact while walking away quickly. My wife couldn't have been more proud and embarassed at the same time. I would guess that manager never yelled at another woman while he worked there.
I have been around firearms all my life. The overwhelming majority of people have not. What I take as routine and normative is for them not at all routine much less normative. It is understandable that the lady running the cash register would not have any knowledge of firearms/ammunition. Given the bad press common to firearms in the msm, her reaction as described in the OP is understandable.
tork'd
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maybe living in the north for over 45 years has had a numbing effect on the way i react to things, but i am not surprised at what seems to fall from peoples mouths at stores like whateverworld or the like, in traffic or even at T-ball games, much less what some say about my ammo purchases.
smithnframe
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Its nobodies business especially Wal Mart what type of gun I use the ammo in!
smithnframe
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I have taken it up with the store managers! And I only buy 22 ammo when it is on sale. Its still none of the stores business!
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