Walmart to stop selling handgun ammunition, will ask customers not to open carry

Make no mistake, this is a huge win for the antigunners. They're spiking the football all over social media.
Useful Idiots

Useful for the "Power Broker Leaders"

Complete Idiots for not recognizing "Cause and Effect" to everyone's demise, including their own

To reiterate my position on this, Walmart can sell or not sell whatever they want, No Problem.
I have grave concerns that Walmart has chosen to go Political seemingly to stop mass shootings when the underlying problem is not being addressed.
We have a people problem, period.

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If WallyWorld really cared about people, their pharmacy would STOP dealing SSRI drugs. (and car parts)

Statistics are overrated.
If Walmart cared about people, specifically people in this country, they wouldn't have become the secondary Chinese embassy by becoming one of the biggest causes of off shoring. Instead they would have continued to promote domestic business.
 
Useful Idiots

Useful for the "Power Broker Leaders"

Complete Idiots for not recognizing "Cause and Effect" to everyone's demise, including their own

To reiterate my position on this, Walmart can sell or not sell whatever they want, No Problem.
I have grave concerns that Walmart has chosen to go Political seemingly to stop mass shootings when the underlying problem is not being addressed.
We have a people problem, period.

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Maybe. It sounds to me like lawyer advice to avoid possible pending lawsuits.
 
I was listening to Vince Coakley show (https://wbt.radio.com/shows/vince-coakley-show) this morning - Vince had a good suggestion: Dollar General should start selling ammunition and their marketing should be "we will have the ammunition section manned at all times so you get prompt service"
 
So they're gonna stop selling 5.56 and 9mm. Yep that will convince those sorry mass murders to switch to buckshot and slugs!

They may need to quit selling .308 too, just in case the next guy uses a real battle rifle :D
 
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Wonder if their next quarter’s financial results will suck like Dick’s did? Their timing is probably better with the Holiday shopping season coming up, but I’ll try and make do without Walmart in the future. Ba bye.
 
Wonder if their next quarter’s financial results will suck like Dick’s did? Their timing is probably better with the Holiday shopping season coming up, but I’ll try and make do without Walmart in the future. Ba bye.

I really would like to think that this will cause a dent in Walmarts bottom line, but I really just don't think it will. Walmart is far more diversified than a DICKS or some other outdoor store that sells ammo. I would wager WM still makes a good bit of money selling deer cartridges and shotgun shells to good ol'boys and fudds. WM does such an insane amount of business that its pistol ammo line can be covered over with a few sales promotions in the childrens wear isle.

Another way to look at it is percentage of customer intent...how many customers per day walk into walmart only to buy ammo compared to buying every thing else? 1 in 500? Now compare that to DICKs where you could ask the same question and since they are a dedicated "sporting goods store" you may get 5-10 out of a hundred and so forth. So the impact will be far more severe
 
I really would like to think that this will cause a dent in Walmarts bottom line, but I really just don't think it will. Walmart is far more diversified than a DICKS or some other outdoor store that sells ammo. I would wager WM still makes a good bit of money selling deer cartridges and shotgun shells to good ol'boys and fudds. WM does such an insane amount of business that its pistol ammo line can be covered over with a few sales promotions in the childrens wear isle.

Another way to look at it is percentage of customer intent...how many customers per day walk into walmart only to buy ammo compared to buying every thing else? 1 in 500? Now compare that to DICKs where you could ask the same question and since they are a dedicated "sporting goods store" you may get 5-10 out of a hundred and so forth. So the impact will be far more severe

The difference is that in many rural areas WM dominates and has literally run all the other retailers out of business. The meat am potatoes of WM these days is the rural one stop shopper. They are also trying to make in roads into more urban areas with smaller format stores. This is who they are appeasing with this move. When you have a virtual monopoly in the rural areas you don't have to cater because where else are people going to shop?

When you looks at Dicks there are other places online to buy the same products. Everything you buy at Dicks could be purchased from Amazon or other online retailer. That is not the same with WM.
 
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Just saw where the 4 heirs are worth $163.2 Billion. I'm thinking they don't care what we think.

Of course they don't. Honestly I don't think Sam gave a shit either. If you were in their position the bottom line and health of the company at some point becomes paramount.
 
The difference is that in many rural areas WM dominates and has literally run all the other retailers out of business. The meat am potatoes of WM these days is the rural one stop shopper. They are also trying to make in roads into more urban areas with smaller format stores. This is who they are appeasing with this move. When you have a virtual monopoly in the rural areas you don't have to cater because where else are people going to shop?

When you looks at Dicks there are other places online to buy the same products. Everything you buy at Dicks could be purchased from Amazon or other online retailer. That is not the same with WM.

That's what pisses me off about the Walmart in my town. We had at least four other places to shop for groceries, a couple of hardware stores, a Radio Shack, etc. Now, one other place for groceries and one hardware store.
 
That's what pisses me off about the Walmart in my town. We had at least four other places to shop for groceries, a couple of hardware stores, a Radio Shack, etc. Now, one other place for groceries and one hardware store.

Exactly. I have Food Lion, Ingles and Bi Lo for food in addition to Walmart so I am better than most but for a lot of hard goods the prices at Walmart are much better than anywhere else. There is no where else to buy any sort of electronics. Not even a basic TV. There is no real sporting goods store. They understand where they are in their markets and where they need to grow and they are betting that the rural areas have no choice and these moves will make them more palatable in suburbia.
 
I would not have as much of a hard time with walmart if they would also stop selling the other products that cause more deaths than firearms alcohol, tobacco and cell phones I will be writing Walmart corporate headquarters point out this fact to them I did the same when Kmart stopped selling ammo years ago after a shooting
 


Inclined to just install Noir in the Oval Office and have the 3 Amigos ( Beat off, Buttrug , Castro ) work on the Grounds Crew, Rose Garden, etc.

Noir did touch on an aspect that concerns me and that is ( basically ) China -Mart going political.
WM is pandering to the Left, watch the vid.

My ( at this point, low level concern ) apprehension is during the 3rd Reich companies were also employed / entangled in & with the politics of the time.


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List of German Private Companies that Exploited Slave Labor from the Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camps


The following is a list of German Private Companies that Exploited Slave Labor from Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camps.[1][2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_...m_the_Natzweiler-Struthof_Concentration_Camps
 
Went to the local wally world today and ALL the ammo was gone off the shelves. The only ammo still there were plenty of shotgun shells.
 
Inclined to just install Noir in the Oval Office and have the 3 Amigos ( Beat off, Buttrug , Castro ) work on the Grounds Crew, Rose Garden, etc.

Noir did touch on an aspect that concerns me and that is ( basically ) China -Mart going political.
WM is pandering to the Left, watch the vid.

My ( at this point, low level concern ) apprehension is during the 3rd Reich companies were also employed / entangled in & with the politics of the time.


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List of German Private Companies that Exploited Slave Labor from the Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camps


The following is a list of German Private Companies that Exploited Slave Labor from Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camps.[1][2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_...m_the_Natzweiler-Struthof_Concentration_Camps

And let's not forget the American companies on that list as well. When I was in Indiana, there were WW2 reenactments. The Germans had Ford trucks. I assumed it was because German trucks were non-existent. NOPE. Ford was a big supplier of the 3rd Reich up until they became our enemy.
 
The difference is that in many rural areas WM dominates and has literally run all the other retailers out of business. The meat am potatoes of WM these days is the rural one stop shopper. They are also trying to make in roads into more urban areas with smaller format stores. This is who they are appeasing with this move. When you have a virtual monopoly in the rural areas you don't have to cater because where else are people going to shop?

When you looks at Dicks there are other places online to buy the same products. Everything you buy at Dicks could be purchased from Amazon or other online retailer. That is not the same with WM.

The only thing you can’t order online from Walmart are their oppressively long wait times on oil changes. But I agree with your over all point.


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If they are going to stop selling these types of guns and ammo they should stop selling violent video games with killing. Also beer and wine. Last time I shopped in their home state of Arkansas they sold no alcohol. That was 2005.

Same with these Hollywood actors who are anti gun. How do you justify capitalizing on violent content for wealth while being anti gun? Media has glamorized killing. You have two decades of youth wasting one third of their lives behind a game console pretending to be a warrior.
 
I really would like to think that this will cause a dent in Walmarts bottom line, but I really just don't think it will. Walmart is far more diversified than a DICKS or some other outdoor store that sells ammo. I would wager WM still makes a good bit of money selling deer cartridges and shotgun shells to good ol'boys and fudds. WM does such an insane amount of business that its pistol ammo line can be covered over with a few sales promotions in the childrens wear isle.

Another way to look at it is percentage of customer intent...how many customers per day walk into walmart only to buy ammo compared to buying every thing else? 1 in 500? Now compare that to DICKs where you could ask the same question and since they are a dedicated "sporting goods store" you may get 5-10 out of a hundred and so forth. So the impact will be far more severe
The term good ol’ boys you used is used to describe rural manual laborers who hunt and fish. They are the foundation of gun ownership and staunch supporters of gun ownership. I embrace those guys.
 
The term good ol’ boys you used is used to describe rural manual laborers who hunt and fish. They are the foundation of gun ownership and staunch supporters of gun ownership. I embrace those guys.

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I'm sure you have the same examples we do. Within one hour of here Marion, Mullins, Latta, Tabor City, are Ghost towns with boarded up windows and ceilings falling in. While there are several contributing factors to these agrarian towns failings, Wal Mart was major.
 
The difference is that in many rural areas WM dominates and has literally run all the other retailers out of business. The meat am potatoes of WM these days is the rural one stop shopper. They are also trying to make in roads into more urban areas with smaller format stores. This is who they are appeasing with this move. When you have a virtual monopoly in the rural areas you don't have to cater because where else are people going to shop?

When you looks at Dicks there are other places online to buy the same products. Everything you buy at Dicks could be purchased from Amazon or other online retailer. That is not the same with WM.

This is sad but true. Its also the reason that they never have more than one or two cash registers open. Where else are you going to go?

A company as big as Walmart is able to take temporary losses from selling some goods at low profit margins in order to run competitors out of business, and then slowly increase cost after.
 
The only thing you can’t order online from Walmart are their oppressively long wait times on oil changes. But I agree with your over all point.


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I see fresh foods as a major part of the problem. Other food retailers have left a lot of the markets where Walmart dominates. Still can't order fresh foods online but I am sure Amazon is coming to the rescue soon. ;)
 
I see fresh foods as a major part of the problem. Other food retailers have left a lot of the markets where Walmart dominates. Still can't order fresh foods online but I am sure Amazon is coming to the rescue soon. ;)

My response was primarily tongue in cheek, however I was surprised to see exactly what can be ordered on line. Come to think of it, my wife signed up for some service that actually brings us a box of fresh vegetables every week or so (I forget how often as its her thing). Walmart brings low prices and diversity of offering. Its something they have over more specialized sporting goods store. Dicks, Academy, Field and Stream ect are all Sporting Goods stores. Walmart has a Sporting goods department.
 
I see fresh foods as a major part of the problem. Other food retailers have left a lot of the markets where Walmart dominates. Still can't order fresh foods online but I am sure Amazon is coming to the rescue soon. ;)
Amazon is already there in some markets. Since they bought Whole Foods, we can get groceries delivered to our house within 2 hours if we want. Anything from produce, seafood, meat, dairy, etc. Delivery hours are 8a-10p.
 
And let's not forget the American companies on that list as well. When I was in Indiana, there were WW2 reenactments. The Germans had Ford trucks. I assumed it was because German trucks were non-existent. NOPE. Ford was a big supplier of the 3rd Reich up until they became our enemy.
Henry Ford was what we might in charity call a complicated guy. Aggressively anti-semitic and a big proponent of eugenics. Hitler was a big fan. There's a reason Huxley set the dates in Brave New World as AF (After Ford) rather than AD!
 
Amazon is already there in some markets. Since they bought Whole Foods, we can get groceries delivered to our house within 2 hours if we want. Anything from produce, seafood, meat, dairy, etc. Delivery hours are 8a-10p.

Yup but you are not in rural market where WM dominates.
 
Amazon is already there in some markets. Since they bought Whole Foods, we can get groceries delivered to our house within 2 hours if we want. Anything from produce, seafood, meat, dairy, etc. Delivery hours are 8a-10p.

Rural areas do not have farmers markets, or roadside stands? I have never seen an area that rural, except maybe in Haiti.
 
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I am at a point in my life that I don't need to buy any more ammo...ever. Well, maybe some 9mm here and there but other calibers, I'm set. I won't live long enough to shoot what I have on hand.
 
That's fine with me. There is a Dunhams just down the road from me that has a much better selection with good prices. Come to think of it I can get all my hunting, fishing, camping and any other outdoor equipment I need in one place. No problem. Just another reason Not to go to walmart.
 
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More piling on:

A growing list of retailers is asking patrons to leave their firearms behind when shopping. CVS, Walgreens and Wegmans Food Markets on Thursday joined other large chains in requesting that customers refrain from openly toting guns in their stores, even if they live in states that allow the practice.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/open-c...arry-guns-including-wegmans-walgreens-kroger/
Wegmans, Walgreens, and CVS all banned open carry in their stores on Thursday, following the same gun policy change from Walmart and Kroger
“Unlike the other retailers that only called for a ban on open carry, CVS advised all customers except for authorized law enforcement officers to totally refrain from carrying at all in their stores.
Walgreens tagged anti-gun rights activist Shannon Watts and thanked her for her "advocacy" on gun control”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/5144...customers-not-open-carry-amanda-prestigiacomo
 
If Walmart is requesting that you not open carry in their stores are they defacto giving a person who does not have a concealed carry permit permission to carry concealed since it is private property.
 
I have owned guns since i was 15 years old. Take my word that was a long time ago. Today i find myself thinking that gun owners have brought a lot of this on ourselves. Gun owners have changed a lot in the past 20 year or so. All this started out with the right to hunt and enjoy shooting sports. But we have taken it way past that. Too far I'm afraid. You walk into a store that sells guns and there is a line of so called assault rifles. You walk into food lion and there is a guy standing in the produce isle with a gun on his hip. Walk into walmart and a guy looking at tires dressed in camo with a pistol sticking out of his waist band. Go to the auto dealer to get your car serviced and there is another walking in with a gun on his side. Places a family goes to shop, have fun , just to get away from the house. You glance at the news and the first thing you see is about a 5 year kid that found his dads gun in the car and shot his self in the face. A woman shoots her daughter thinking she was a burglar. Extended magazines, silencers, concealed carry permits, open carry. The list goes on. Gun owners are not the Majority in this country. Nor are the anti gun nuts. The majority in this country are still pro Freedom. Pro Constitution. We need those people on our side. We are looking like a bunch of gun toting fools that are running around looking for a war to start. Looking for something to kill. A bunch of careless irresponsible idiots with guns. We are not going to get support from those people going the way we are.
 
I have owned guns since i was 15 years old. Take my word that was a long time ago. Today i find myself thinking that gun owners have brought a lot of this on ourselves. Gun owners have changed a lot in the past 20 year or so. All this started out with the right to hunt and enjoy shooting sports. But we have taken it way past that. Too far I'm afraid. You walk into a store that sells guns and there is a line of so called assault rifles. You walk into food lion and there is a guy standing in the produce isle with a gun on his hip. Walk into walmart and a guy looking at tires dressed in camo with a pistol sticking out of his waist band. Go to the auto dealer to get your car serviced and there is another walking in with a gun on his side. Places a family goes to shop, have fun , just to get away from the house. You glance at the news and the first thing you see is about a 5 year kid that found his dads gun in the car and shot his self in the face. A woman shoots her daughter thinking she was a burglar. Extended magazines, silencers, concealed carry permits, open carry. The list goes on. Gun owners are not the Majority in this country. Nor are the anti gun nuts. The majority in this country are still pro Freedom. Pro Constitution. We need those people on our side. We are looking like a bunch of gun toting fools that are running around looking for a war to start. Looking for something to kill. A bunch of careless irresponsible idiots with guns. We are not going to get support from those people going the way we are.

Show me in the Constitution of the US that spells out the right to hunt and enjoy sports.

Hint: it's not here:
“A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
 
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I have owned guns since i was 15 years old. Take my word that was a long time ago. Today i find myself thinking that gun owners have brought a lot of this on ourselves. Gun owners have changed a lot in the past 20 year or so. All this started out with the right to hunt and enjoy shooting sports. But we have taken it way past that. Too far I'm afraid. You walk into a store that sells guns and there is a line of so called assault rifles. You walk into food lion and there is a guy standing in the produce isle with a gun on his hip. Walk into walmart and a guy looking at tires dressed in camo with a pistol sticking out of his waist band. Go to the auto dealer to get your car serviced and there is another walking in with a gun on his side. Places a family goes to shop, have fun , just to get away from the house. You glance at the news and the first thing you see is about a 5 year kid that found his dads gun in the car and shot his self in the face. A woman shoots her daughter thinking she was a burglar. Extended magazines, silencers, concealed carry permits, open carry. The list goes on. Gun owners are not the Majority in this country. Nor are the anti gun nuts. The majority in this country are still pro Freedom. Pro Constitution. We need those people on our side. We are looking like a bunch of gun toting fools that are running around looking for a war to start. Looking for something to kill. A bunch of careless irresponsible idiots with guns. We are not going to get support from those people going the way we are.
I see you're making the case we have a people problem, not a gun problem.
I went to high-school in Raleigh in the early 80's. During hunting season over half the pickups in the student parking lot had guns in the back window. Many critters felt assaulted, no person did.
The press and their agenda has changed as well. Even with all the horrid events splashed in the news, hasn't gun violence actually gone down?
CCW & suppressors ARE NOT adding to nut job violence. Please ignore the press and pay attention to actual statistics.
A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. That clearly has nothing to do with hunting, but making a large speedbump for tyrants.
Someone quoted a case in another thread if the military has the weapon, so should the people. I wish I'd have saved it.
 
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