Walmart quits handgun & .223 ammo sales

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One more company caves to pressure. Walmart announced today that they will no longer sell handgun or .223 ammo. They are also going to stop selling handguns in Alaska. Not only that they are asking customers to no longer open carry in their stores. I don't recall ever seeing someone open carrying in a Walmart before.

So who is going to cave next? Not that I've ever bought or would consider buying a gun at Walmart. I don't even buy ammo there, but it's the principal of the matter that is the problem.
 
Well I don't know about the rest of you but I sure feel safer. Now if they could just do something to curb hepatitis and measles from entering their stores.
 
Well I don't know about the rest of you but I sure feel safer. Now if they could just do something to curb hepatitis and measles from entering their stores.

Tristate we both know that will never happen as they would be branded as being racist.

RELH
 
This will be a good thing to keep in your pocket when you're arguing with someone on the left that claims to be pro gun. Have them explain how this is a positive. If they call it bs like it is, ask why they didn't use any of their tweets or Facebook posts calling it out? That is if they are truly ok with law abiding citizens owning guns. It will be fun listening to them explain how ammo is bad when they have the very ammo that's being cut.
 
Congrats to everyone who has been buying their guns and ammunition from WallyWorld over the years to save a few bucks while the mom and pop gun shops have been run out of business.

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I have bought a few winchester white box .40 at wally world, its on the way to the gun range. Oh well. As far as rifle ammo goes, natches, midway, cabelas, all have rhe componants for all my reloads.
 
I believe I've bought ammo four times at Walmart in my life. Back in the mid-nineties when they had the Federal 550 round bulk packs of .22 long rifle for $8.88, I spent a couple pay checks on that. Some federal premium .338 mag 210 grain nosler partitions for around $12 a box on close out (also mid-nineties), some close-out 12 gauge turkey loads back in the 90's and some .410 shells about 8 years ago. When Wal-mart does decide to close out ammo they blow it out cheap. I wonder if they'll do that with the handgun ammo or send it back to the manufacturers like they did the AR-15's.

In full disclosure when Bill Clinton got the assault weapon/Brady bill passed in 1994 I did go and buy all the high capacity 10/22 mags they had in stock.

What really sucks is they are no longer going to sell hand guns in the Alaska stores. This corporate caving to liberals is a bunch of schitt.
 
>I believe I've bought ammo four
>times at Walmart in my
>life. Back in the mid-nineties
>when they had the Federal
>550 round bulk packs of
>.22 long rifle for $8.88,
>I spent a couple pay
>checks on that. Some federal
>premium .338 mag 210 grain
>nosler partitions for around $12
>a box on close out
>(also mid-nineties), some close-out 12
>gauge turkey loads back in
>the 90's and some .410
>shells about 8 years ago.
>When Wal-mart does decide
>to close out ammo they
>blow it out cheap. I
>wonder if they'll do that
>with the handgun ammo or
>send it back to the
>manufacturers like they did the
>AR-15's.
>
>In full disclosure when Bill Clinton
>got the assault weapon/Brady bill
>passed in 1994 I did
>go and buy all the
>high capacity 10/22 mags they
>had in stock.
>
>What really sucks is they are
>no longer going to sell
>hand guns in the Alaska
>stores. This corporate caving to
>liberals is a bunch of
>schitt.

Like I've said many a times Bob!

They're gonna work it Slowly!

But Damn Surely!

I've said it all My Life:

When are Americans gonna make a Stand?











I know so many people in so many places
They make allot of money but they got sad faces

It Ain't Easy being Me!:D:D:D
 
I'm going to be straight with you guys, THIS IS A GOOD THING. I hope they keep it up. I hope they decide all kinds of things they sell are not acceptable anymore.

Years ago I can remember all the mom and pop stores on main street. I loved those places. Walmart shows up in town and bam they all got put out of business. SOMEBODY ELSE WILL SELL THESE WEAPONS AND THIS AMMO. This is a tiny bit of business that some mom and pop store can get a toe on and start. Maybe they will quit selling Bibles and a Christian book store can open. Maybe they will decide to quit selling make-up because it promotes white privilege and a cosmetics store will open. Maybe they will quit selling Beer and sodas because of the fat crisis in America. Then another mom and pop can open back up. Then they quit selling car accessories because that promotes big carbon foot prints, and on and on and on. Pretty soon self righteousness and guilt makes them useless and a bunch of people who don't give a dam what Twooter says about them and know how business works get their chance to make some real money.
 
This is nothing more than 'we gotta do something about guns'.

But....they will keep selling alcohol.


?Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. "
 
>I'm going to be straight with
>you guys, THIS IS A
>GOOD THING. I hope
>they keep it up.
>I hope they decide all
>kinds of things they sell
>are not acceptable anymore.
>
>Years ago I can remember all
>the mom and pop stores
>on main street. I
>loved those places. Walmart
>shows up in town and
>bam they all got put
>out of business. SOMEBODY
>ELSE WILL SELL THESE WEAPONS
>AND THIS AMMO. This
>is a tiny bit of
>business that some mom and
>pop store can get a
>toe on and start.
>Maybe they will quit selling
>Bibles and a Christian book
>store can open. Maybe
>they will decide to quit
>selling make-up because it promotes
>white privilege and a cosmetics
>store will open. Maybe
>they will quit selling Beer
>and sodas because of the
>fat crisis in America.
>Then another mom and pop
>can open back up.
>Then they quit selling car
>accessories because that promotes big
>carbon foot prints, and on
>and on and on.
>Pretty soon self righteousness and
>guilt makes them useless and
>a bunch of people who
>don't give a dam what
>Twooter says about them and
>know how business works get
>their chance to make some
>real money.


This is not a good thing for consumers. Walmart pricing was one of the few things that kept small shops honest in their pricing and not price gouging.
 
>I want some of whatever you
>are smoking.


If you had some of what I'm smoking your momma would smell it and throw you out of her basement, so it's probably not a good idea.
 
Two posts in a row you mention my momma. You seem fascinating.

Are you even a hunter? Posts some hunting pics.
 
>Two posts in a row you
>mention my momma. You
>seem fascinating.
>
>Are you even a hunter?
>Posts some hunting pics.


I am fascinating. That is exactly what she told me the weekend you got lost on your high fence adventure.
 
Another congrats to every douche pickle who bought from the mess that sold them out to save a buck. Good job you morons. Oh you only did it once. Excuse it was on the way. Great job phuk stick. Your ability to critically think is on par with a snail. Morons.
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And yet another post about other people hunting but you don't. I like how you talk about how you shame other people while typing profanities and talking about people's mothers on the internet. DO you actually think you are any better than than those people you hate?

I'm not sorry I spoke ill of your beloved Walmart.
 
Walmart is trying to follow the same business model as Dicks (like Bob). They figure they can loose 1.5 to 2% of their sales of ammo and guns. What the idiots don't realize is that they built these super Walmarts in rural towns, and when people come in they buy a cart full of crap, not just ammo. So, that marketing decision goes out the window.
I believe they will start to sell ammo again, to support the people who made them huge. I for one will not shop there, I'd rather pay a little more to help the local businesses, even if its less convenient.

hwy
 
>Another congrats to every douche pickle
>who bought from the mess
>that sold them out to
>save a buck. Good
>job you morons. Oh
>you only did it once.
>Excuse it was on the
>way. Great job phuk
>stick. Your ability
>to critically think is on
>par with a snail.
>Morons.
>
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Hey that hurts. Where else am I supposed to go to get a great deal on the new Fast and Furious dvd?
 
Along with some others on this forum, I believe that the Democrats have decided to attack sales of ammunition since they can not get rid of the guns.

Democrats love two things, restricting firearms as much as possible and levy more fees or taxes to support their liberal programs. CA. is a perfect example of that and you can bet the Democrats in your state will follow suit.

CA. stopped citizens from buying ammo on the internet where they could get cheaper prices. All ammo sales must be face to face with a licensed dealer at higher cost. Also CA. is getting a fee for every ammo purchase that the dealer must collect.

Give it time and you will see Democrats in your state trying the same thing.

RELH
 
It's not that Walmart won't sell guns, as there are plenty of places to buy a gun. It's the slowly changing attitude about guns that is the danger. We look at guns like we look at hammers and nails, but more people are looking at guns as evil and ugly. And that's the sad and dangerous part of all this.

With gun ownership comes a tremendous responsibility, and penalties for their misuse are way too lax. It should be that you can buy any gun you want, but heaven help you if you abuse the right.
 
I read an article the other day (I would post a link but don't remember where I saw it) that claimed Michael Bloomberg and his "Every town for gun safety" anti-gun group was instrumental in persuading Wal-Mart to make this decision.

For the record I am not a proponent of Wal-Mart. To clarify my previous statement about Walmart keeping the little guys honest, when I ran a hunting department it was common procedure to go to Wal-mart and price check items in their sporting goods department such as guns, ammo, fishing etc., because we would price match. Doing that meant very thin margins but customers would prefer to shop the small stores knowing they could get good pricing AND customer service.

Really small shops have a harder time doing this but if you have the purchasing power to belong to a buying group like NBS, Sports Inc, and Worldwide, even Bigrock, you can buy at pricing points which allow a retailer to compete with Walmart and other box-stores.

There is a larger threat to small brick and mortar stores than Walmart and that is online shopping. They have little to no overhead. For example I had to replace my chronograph this week (my last one died after 19 years). It was 20% less than Sportsmans warehouse, Cabelas or any other store. It saved me 100-140 mile round trip to those stores and it was here in two days.

So yes I am done with Walmart. I didn't renew my Sam's membership earlier this year but that was coincidental. It will be interesting to see how big and long of an impact this will be to Walmart. I think it will just be temporary like it was for the auto maker bail-outs.

Out of curiosity, how many of you remember when the local Walmart sold handguns 35 years ago?
 
>I read an article the other
>day (I would post a
>link but don't remember where
>I saw it) that claimed
>Michael Bloomberg and his "Every
>town for gun safety" anti-gun
>group was instrumental in persuading
>Wal-Mart to make this decision.
>
>
>For the record I am not
>a proponent of Wal-Mart. To
>clarify my previous statement about
>Walmart keeping the little guys
>honest, when I ran a
>hunting department it was common
>procedure to go to Wal-mart
>and price check items in
>their sporting goods department such
>as guns, ammo, fishing etc.,
>because we would price match.
>Doing that meant very thin
>margins but customers would prefer
>to shop the small stores
>knowing they could get good
>pricing AND customer service.
>
>Really small shops have a harder
>time doing this but if
>you have the purchasing power
>to belong to a buying
>group like NBS, Sports Inc,
>and Worldwide, even Bigrock, you
>can buy at pricing points
>which allow a retailer to
>compete with Walmart and other
>box-stores.
>
>There is a larger threat to
>small brick and mortar stores
>than Walmart and that is
>online shopping. They have little
>to no overhead. For example
>I had to replace my
>chronograph this week (my last
>one died after 19 years).
>It was 20% less than
>Sportsmans warehouse, Cabelas or any
>other store. It saved me
>100-140 mile round trip to
>those stores and it was
>here in two days.
>
>So yes I am done with
>Walmart. I didn't renew my
>Sam's membership earlier this year
>but that was coincidental. It
>will be interesting to see
>how big and long of
>an impact this will be
>to Walmart. I think it
>will just be temporary like
>it was for the auto
>maker bail-outs.
>
>Out of curiosity, how many of
>you remember when the local
>Walmart sold handguns 35 years
>ago?

Not Trying To be a PLICK Bob!

But I Don't Remember there being any Local WALMART'S in TARDville Until about 1990 or So?

Maybe I'm Wrong?










I know so many people in so many places
They make allot of money but they got sad faces

It Ain't Easy being Me!:D:D:D
 
>>I read an article the other
>>day (I would post a
>>link but don't remember where
>>I saw it) that claimed
>>Michael Bloomberg and his "Every
>>town for gun safety" anti-gun
>>group was instrumental in persuading
>>Wal-Mart to make this decision.
>>
>>
>>For the record I am not
>>a proponent of Wal-Mart. To
>>clarify my previous statement about
>>Walmart keeping the little guys
>>honest, when I ran a
>>hunting department it was common
>>procedure to go to Wal-mart
>>and price check items in
>>their sporting goods department such
>>as guns, ammo, fishing etc.,
>>because we would price match.
>>Doing that meant very thin
>>margins but customers would prefer
>>to shop the small stores
>>knowing they could get good
>>pricing AND customer service.
>>
>>Really small shops have a harder
>>time doing this but if
>>you have the purchasing power
>>to belong to a buying
>>group like NBS, Sports Inc,
>>and Worldwide, even Bigrock, you
>>can buy at pricing points
>>which allow a retailer to
>>compete with Walmart and other
>>box-stores.
>>
>>There is a larger threat to
>>small brick and mortar stores
>>than Walmart and that is
>>online shopping. They have little
>>to no overhead. For example
>>I had to replace my
>>chronograph this week (my last
>>one died after 19 years).
>>It was 20% less than
>>Sportsmans warehouse, Cabelas or any
>>other store. It saved me
>>100-140 mile round trip to
>>those stores and it was
>>here in two days.
>>
>>So yes I am done with
>>Walmart. I didn't renew my
>>Sam's membership earlier this year
>>but that was coincidental. It
>>will be interesting to see
>>how big and long of
>>an impact this will be
>>to Walmart. I think it
>>will just be temporary like
>>it was for the auto
>>maker bail-outs.
>>
>>Out of curiosity, how many of
>>you remember when the local
>>Walmart sold handguns 35 years
>>ago?
>
>Not Trying To be a PLICK
>Bob!
>
>But I Don't Remember there being
>any Local WALMART'S in TARDville
>Until about 1990 or So?
>
>
>Maybe I'm Wrong?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>I know so many people in
>so many places
>They make allot of money but
>they got sad faces
>
>It Ain't Easy being Me!:D:D:D


Well 1990 was 29 years ago so maybe I'm off a few years ;-) I vividly remember looking at revolvers in a Walmart back in the mid-80s. It may not have been in Utah though. I grew up with my grandparents and we would travel the western states and Canada by RV for a month or two every summer, camping and fishing.

Back in 1986 we spent over a month going to the Calgary stampede and the World fair in Vancouver (expo '86). I remember thinking these Canadian cigarettes are weird. I even got to see Margaret Thatcher there. She flew in on a Concorde. The good ole days ;-)
 
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I have no doubt Walmart sold some guns and ammo as loss leaders to get redneck wives in the store with their husbands to fill two shopping carts full of chinese junk to more than cover the loss on an 870 express that was sold under their cost......


Ma and Pa gun stores can't do that....





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I Hear Ya Homer on the 'CHINESE F'N JUNK"!

You look Online/E-Bay & The CHINAMEN Own it!

I've Asked this Question before & No MM'ers have been able to Answer:

How Can They Sell & Ship it that Cheap clear from F'N China?

My Own thoughts are they are Gathering as much Personal Info from us & Some day We're gonna pay for it!

I Don't see as much 'MADE IN MEXICO' Trash as We used to see & that doesn't bother me!







I know so many people in so many places
They make allot of money but they got sad faces

It Ain't Easy being Me!:D:D:D
 
>
>I Hear Ya Homer on the
>'CHINESE F'N JUNK"!
>
>You look Online/E-Bay & The CHINAMEN
>Own it!
>
>I've Asked this Question before &
>No MM'ers have been able
>to Answer:
>
>How Can They Sell & Ship
>it that Cheap clear from
>F'N China?
>
>My Own thoughts are they are
>Gathering as much Personal Info
>from us & Some day
>We're gonna pay for it!
>
>
>I Don't see as much 'MADE
>IN MEXICO' Trash as We
>used to see & that
>doesn't bother me!
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>I know so many people in
>so many places
>They make allot of money but
>they got sad faces
>
>It Ain't Easy being Me!:D:D:D


Shipping from China is crazy cheap and must be subsidized by the Government somehow. Take for example I had a product manufactured and shipped from Michigan to tardville. Shipping was not included and was several thousand dollars more on top of the cost of product. I had the exact product made in China to the exact specs for 30% of the cost compared to having it produced stateside and the container that was shipped from China to my door was also included in the cost.

I love having things made in the states whenever possible but manufacturing costs became so expensive that it was no longer feasible to manufacture here. As things are now I probably won't have things made in China anymore and am currently sourcing alternatives.
 
I'ts called "slave labor"........just ask Nike and Apple......shipping is irrelevant.....



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