jtischauser
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What warehouses need clearing over the past 4 years?Fleche said:
Walmart to stop selling ammo.
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jtischauser
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Walmart is such a big company that I'm sure they are connected to the White House. They must see an all out ammunition ban coming.
Now who wants to buy a case of ammo?
Now who wants to buy a case of ammo?
This is dated 2008 so you are about 4 years late with this revelation.Jeff T said:Here is the info from the link.
Wal-Mart and the bi-partisan coalition of Mayors Against Illegal Guns have announced that Wal-Mart, the largest seller of firearms in the nation, has adopted the new Responsible Firearms Retailer Partnership, a 10-point code that will help ensure that guns do not fall into the wrong hands. The Responsible Firearms Retailer Partnership, created by Mayors Against Illegal Guns and Wal-Mart, is a set of policies that will be implemented over time that includes video recording of sales, rigid controls on inventory, checks that gun purchasers are not misrepresenting themselves, and the development of a first-of-its kind computerized crime gun trace log for retailers.
Read the full press release
RESPONSIBLE FIREARMS RETAILER PARTNERSHIP:
A 10-Point Voluntary Code
1. Videotaping the Point of Sale for All Firearms Transactions. Participating retailers will videotape the point-of-sale of all firearms transactions and maintain videos for 6 months to deter illegal purchases and monitor employees.
2. Computerized Crime Gun Trace Log and Alert System. Participating retailers will maintain a computerized log of crime gun traces relating to the retailer. Once the program is in place, if a customer who has a prior trace at that retailer attempts to purchase a firearm, the sale will be electronically flagged. The retailer would have discretion to proceed with the sale or stop the sale.
3. Purchaser Declaration. For sales flagged by the trace alert system, participating retailers will ask purchasers to fill out a declaration indicating that they meet the legal requirement to purchase the firearm.
4. Deterring Fake IDs. Participating retailers will only accept valid federal- or state-issued picture IDs as primary identification. Retailers will utilize additional ID checking mechanisms.
5. Consistent Visible Signage. Participating retailers will post signage created by the Responsible Firearms Retailer Partnership to alert customers of their legal responsibilities at the point-of-sale.
6. Employee Background Checks. Participating retailers will conduct criminal background checks for all employees selling or handling firearms.
7. Employee Responsibility Training. Participating retailers will participate in an employee responsibility training program focused on deterring illegal purchasers. The Responsible Firearms Retailer Partnership will create an online training system based on Wal-Mart's training program.
8. Inventory Checking. Participating retailers will conduct daily and quarterly audits. Guidelines will be based on Wal-Mart's firearms audit check procedures.
9. No Sales Without Background Check Results. Participating retailers would prohibit sales based on "default proceeds," which are permitted by law when the background check has not returned a result within 3 days.
10. Securing Firearms. Participating retailers will maintain firearms kept in customer accessible areas in locked cases or locked to racks.
Participating retailers will phase in the provisions of Responsible Firearms Retailer Partnership over time.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 14, 2008
No. 07
WAL-MART AND MAYORS AGAINST ILLEGAL GUNS ANNOUNCE "RESPONSIBLE FIREARMS RETAILER PARTNERSHIP": A 10-POINT VOLUNTARY CODE
The Voluntary Code - A Set of Retail Best Practices - Goes Beyond What is Required by Law
Wal-Mart and the bi-partisan coalition of Mayors Against Illegal Guns today announced that Wal-Mart, the largest seller of firearms in the nation, has adopted the new Responsible Firearms Retailer Partnership, a 10-point code that will help ensure that guns do not fall into the wrong hands. The
jtischauser
I'm addicted to kicking ass
That's not anything like what I read.kaiserb said:
steak
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This is a funny press release. If the declerations page is a standard 4473. If you think that guns and registers in wal-mart aren't already video taped then your crazy. the same goes for all of these 10 points, crap that is in place or has been in place for years
The Antichrome
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A friend of a friend is the ammo buyer for WM. He is scrambling everyday, all day, to buy as much ammo of every type that WM can get. WM is not getting out of the ammo business as far the buyers know.
A few days ago I asked him if/when any stores would get and 9mm. I was told that a truckload of WWB had just landed in Bentonville, and would ship out to stores the next day, including 1 of my local WM stores...and it did, I got there just as they sold the last 2 boxes...
The .gov is trying to make ammo sales so expensive and so cumbersome and so time in-efficient, that they just avoid the hassle and drop it.
As of 5pm today, he was still buying every piece of ammo he could get his hands on.
A few days ago I asked him if/when any stores would get and 9mm. I was told that a truckload of WWB had just landed in Bentonville, and would ship out to stores the next day, including 1 of my local WM stores...and it did, I got there just as they sold the last 2 boxes...
The .gov is trying to make ammo sales so expensive and so cumbersome and so time in-efficient, that they just avoid the hassle and drop it.
As of 5pm today, he was still buying every piece of ammo he could get his hands on.
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but the internet said different, who are we to believe??The Antichrome said:
Fleche
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Well by the looks of some cheap metal mags that are selling at a new premium, there were a few left to clear.
I really hope that it is all knee-jerk...
okshooter26
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I will boycott Walmart if they do this.
kdf9511
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I wish I could say the same.okshooter26 said:
The Antichrome
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WalMart buyer says they are scoffing at these reports (while furiously buying all the ammo they can find)benjamin-benjamin said:
okiestranger
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I will boycott Walmart if they do this.
Don't really have this option not much else around here. Walmart or united. I will be pissed but not to the point to where I will pay more for the same product somewhere else.
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Don't really have this option not much else around here. Walmart or united. I will be pissed but not to the point to where I will pay more for the same product somewhere else.
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Scott Hearn
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Robert do you have any insight on what level these buyers work at? I'm wondering if they are ordering for individual stores/districts? The rumors seem to be that it's corporate HQ that's supposedly thinking about pulling the plug. I remember at one time the individual store managers had some amount of leeway, at least in the "non-supercenter" stores. For instance when I was working up in the panhandle of OK, the brand newly opened supercenter in Guymon didn't have a single gun or ammunition cartridge when they opened it, while 45 miles up the road in Liberal, KS they had mountains of shotgun ammo, the normal amount of centerfire stuff and a really large gun rack in their supercenter. Guymon changed not too long after they opened but it was a few months. The employees there didn't like that fact either, since their old store across the road sold it all right up to closing.The Antichrome said:
You guys are all aware this is not the first time Wal Mart stopped selling guns and ammo right? They have done this in this past. They did it back during Clinton and then started back again when Bush took office. Its such a huge loss of income for them where I live since everyone in the area hunts and fishes that not selling those items is economic suicide for them. It pushes that business to other businesses. The manager at the local store told me he witnessed a huge increase in revenue when they started carrying firearms again at this location. I find it very interesting that corporate is willing to sacrifice those profits. I am wondering how long it will last.
steak
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Just checked my work email again and just to confirm the Dell Monte chicken pet treats are still on recall and corporate has said absolutely nothing to their managers about ammo
The Antichrome
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Yes. My source is in the corporate buying office in Bentonville. They are buying all of the ammo for WM.Scott Hearn said:
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i wouldn't be shocked to see Xanax sales on the rise!
Burk Cornelius
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I tend to believe Robert and his report directly from WM ammo buyers.
And this report that Jesse posted in the second post of this thread. http://cnsnews.com/blog/gregory-gwyn-williams-jr/walmart-we-havent-made-any-changes-ammo-order-policy-we-continue-offer
CNSNews.com reported Monday that Walmart had suspended further ammunition orders until the findings of the Biden gun-control task force are released.
To set the record straight: Walmart tells CNSNews.com that the store's ammunition policy has not changed.
"We continue to offer that product to our customers and you know, we'll continue to do so," Kory Lundberg, a Walmart spokesman, told us on Tuesday. "We haven't made any changes in the product mix in that category."
Walmart continues to stock and sell ammo in its stores, he confirmed.
And in areas of the country where Wal-Mart sells ammunition and firearms, "We're committed to do so responsibly and safely," Lundberg said. "We certainly understand there are sportsmen and hunters out there who use these products responsibly, and we want to continue to meet their needs while also continuing to make sure that we're selling these products in a safe and responsible manner."
And this report that Jesse posted in the second post of this thread. http://cnsnews.com/blog/gregory-gwyn-williams-jr/walmart-we-havent-made-any-changes-ammo-order-policy-we-continue-offer
CNSNews.com reported Monday that Walmart had suspended further ammunition orders until the findings of the Biden gun-control task force are released.
To set the record straight: Walmart tells CNSNews.com that the store's ammunition policy has not changed.
"We continue to offer that product to our customers and you know, we'll continue to do so," Kory Lundberg, a Walmart spokesman, told us on Tuesday. "We haven't made any changes in the product mix in that category."
Walmart continues to stock and sell ammo in its stores, he confirmed.
And in areas of the country where Wal-Mart sells ammunition and firearms, "We're committed to do so responsibly and safely," Lundberg said. "We certainly understand there are sportsmen and hunters out there who use these products responsibly, and we want to continue to meet their needs while also continuing to make sure that we're selling these products in a safe and responsible manner."
poopgiggle
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If I read "sportsmen and hunters" one more time I'm going to have an aneurysm.
It's code for "the only guns we'll tolerate are bolt action hunting rifles, bird guns, and revolvers. Except not some revolvers, and the bolt-action hunting rifles look SUSPICIOUSLY like high-powered sniper rifles so so their owners are on notice."
It's code for "the only guns we'll tolerate are bolt action hunting rifles, bird guns, and revolvers. Except not some revolvers, and the bolt-action hunting rifles look SUSPICIOUSLY like high-powered sniper rifles so so their owners are on notice."
Burk Cornelius
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Agreed brother. See #5 on my list of banned statementspoopgiggle said:
