Wal-Mart: Smile Gun Buyers, you are now on Candid Camera!!

[LTARGlok]

While Wal-Mart has already discontinued all gun sales at a majority of its stores, it still continues to sell them in over 1,100 Wal-Marts. 

Wal-Mart executives met recently with Mayor Bloomberg of New York and the group he has formed:  Mayors Against Illegal Guns.  At the meeting, Wal-Mart announced new security procedures at their stores regarding gun sales.   Chief among these is that from now on, all gun sales at Wal-Mart will be videotaped, with the videos archived for potential future retrieval by authorities.

So the next time you buy a gun at Wal-Mart, be sure to look up and smile!

See:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080414/ap_on_go_ot/gun_sales

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[Shuffler]

I'd never purchase a gun at walmart..... in fact I never shop at walmart. It's unamerican.

[Charon]

They have good deals on the white box pistol ammo around here in 100 packs. With ammo prices like they are and since I don't reload... and what's more American than Winchester!

Charon

[rpm]

Every sale was already on video. The only difference is they are changing their archive settings. I'd think just about every sale in a store is taped. Gunshows and homesales are about the only place there would be no visual record.

[superpug1]

if you go into Wal mart wearing a black Tshirt as a ninja mask they wont let you check out because they cant get your face on video. even if you happen to have exact change and are buying a gallon of milk and a Motortrend magazine...

[C(Sea)Bass]

if you go into Wal mart wearing a black Tshirt as a ninja mask they wont let you check out because they cant get your face on video. even if you happen to have exact change and are buying a gallon of milk and a Motortrend magazine...

you've tried? 

[LTARGlok]

Every sale was already on video. The only difference is they are changing their archive settings. I'd think just about every sale in a store is taped. Gunshows and homesales are about the only place there would be no visual record.

The biggest gun store in my area has no security cameras of any kind installed.   For security, all of the store's staff wears handguns on their hip.   They have never suffered an attempted robbery, after being in business for 24 years.   There are 4 employees working in the store on weekdays, and 5 on Saturdays.

In contrast, all of the Wal-Mart employees are unarmed.

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[LTARGlok]

They have good deals on the white box pistol ammo around here in 100 packs. With ammo prices like they are and since I don't reload... and what's more American than Winchester!

Charon

I did buy a rifle once from Wal-Mart, and that experience so put me off that I have avoided shopping there since.

The employee actually carried my gun to the front of the store, through checkout, and outside the front door, before handing it to me.  It made me feel like I was some kind of untrustworthy criminal.  Prior to that, during the sale, he refused to take the trigger lock off the gun, and allow me to actually test the trigger pull that the rifle had.   That alone came close to killing the sale for me. 

The other insult was that this rifle was chambered in the then brand new 270 WSM cartridge, and I had no ammo for it.   However, the clerk told me that their policy is that customer's cannot purchase any ammunition when they buy a gun.   If fact, not only could I not buy any 270 WSM ammo, but I could not purchase any type of ammo period, even though it could not be used in the gun!!

Anyway, that featherweight synthetic stock Winchester Model 70 turned out to be quite a lemon, and I sold it a couple months later at a gun show for the same low price that I bought it for.   

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[Masherbrum]

I'd never purchase a gun at walmart..... in fact I never shop at walmart. It's unamerican.

     Ditto.

[FrodeMk3]

They have good deals on the white box pistol ammo around here in 100 packs. With ammo prices like they are and since I don't reload... and what's more American than Winchester!

Charon

The way Wal-mart suppliers' ruin their product (and their own good names) to give Wally a lower bottom line Charon, I'd be a little suspicious of any ammo I bought. You might be buying 100 packs' of all the stuff that didn't meet spec for their regular boxed stuff that has the Winchester name on it.

[lazs2]

I shop at walmart.. it saves me money and it has employed a lot of people here.

It doesn't sell guns but has ammo and stuff.. I went to the range yesterday to work on some loads for my new (and finicky) Henry 44 mag.    this was the third day of shooting from the bench and my shoulder was sore from the brass buttplate on the gun.. I am not a bench shooter much anyway but needed to get this worked out.

Went to walmart and they had, on special for less than ten bucks, a slip on recoil pad that made my life bearable for yesterdays session... the gun likes jaketed bullets..or heavy (300 grain) cast ones and slow powder like 296 BTW.

There was no other place in town to buy it.   The sporting goods stores and gun stores have all been shut down by the union supported democrats.

Unions support democrats.. sooo.. I have no use for either of em..  walmart saves low and middle income people money while the democrats and the unions screw the low and middle income people..  all the while making sure that their kids get sub par public school education.

Walmart is more a friend of the little guy than democrats or unions. If walmart sold guns I would have no problem buying one from em.. as it is.. I have to use a private dealer who comes to my home.

I make my own ammo tho thank god.  democrats don't like that much either.

lazs

lazs

[Charon]

I did buy a rifle once from Wal-Mart, and that experience so put me off that I have avoided shopping there since.

I've heard the stories. Around here they dropped the rifles all together.

The way Wal-mart suppliers' ruin their product (and their own good names) to give Wally a lower bottom line Charon, I'd be a little suspicious of any ammo I bought. You might be buying 100 packs' of all the stuff that didn't meet spec for their regular boxed stuff that has the Winchester name on it.

I wouldn't be surprised. But it's cheap, I don't have many choices in Cook County and the ammo is better than I am with a pistol, for now. For self defense I have a box of Federal hydroshocks on hand or comparable for the .357s.

I'm not a big fan of Wal Mart for a variety of reasons (quality, crowds and poor service), but being able to buy ammo a few blocks from my home and still be in Cook County gives me at least some sense of satisfaction that Daley hasn't quite won just yet. In an odd way, having it available on the shelf at a major retailer is a plus in this case.

Charon

[BBBB]

They have good deals on the white box pistol ammo around here in 100 packs. With ammo prices like they are and since I don't reload... and what's more American than Winchester!

Charon

 http://www.atlantaarmsandammo.com/ Ask for Danny. He will give you a good price. If you are military or police be sure to let him know and you will get even better pricing. They are factory reloads, I have been using his stuff for over 10 years now with zero problems. Danny also supplies the training ammo for Clayton County SO and Police to use at their range for training. His stuff is five star no doubt.

 As for Wal-mart bending over for Bloomberg and company, not all places are going quietly into the night. Adventure Outdoors just outside Atlanta is fighting back against this whole fiasco. http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/2008/04/12/guns_0413.html
 
 Walmart is just trying to avoid what has transpired down here in the south. I have never bought a gun from Walmart, I will most likely never will. Truthfully, I can't recall the last time I stepped foot into a Walmart.

 The problem I have with all of this, has to do with the fact we are allowing a Mayor of a city force our hand in changing how we make transactions in another state or city, thousands of miles out of his jurisdiction.

 I have bought dozens of firearms from Adventure Outdoors. They are great people there. I will continue to buy from them as long as they are around. I encourage everyone to read up about what is happening here, it is not just about guns being bought though straw purchases, it is about outside politicians using the courts to force tougher gun laws and threatening to bankrupt mom and pop retailers if they don't comply with their demands.

http://bloombergfightbackfund.com/

[FrodeMk3]

I shop at walmart.. it saves me money and it has employed a lot of people here.

It doesn't sell guns but has ammo and stuff.. I went to the range yesterday to work on some loads for my new (and finicky) Henry 44 mag.    this was the third day of shooting from the bench and my shoulder was sore from the brass buttplate on the gun.. I am not a bench shooter much anyway but needed to get this worked out.

Went to walmart and they had, on special for less than ten bucks, a slip on recoil pad that made my life bearable for yesterdays session... the gun likes jaketed bullets..or heavy (300 grain) cast ones and slow powder like 296 BTW.

There was no other place in town to buy it.   The sporting goods stores and gun stores have all been shut down by the union supported democrats.

Unions support democrats.. sooo.. I have no use for either of em..  walmart saves low and middle income people money while the democrats and the unions screw the low and middle income people..  all the while making sure that their kids get sub par public school education.

Walmart is more a friend of the little guy than democrats or unions. If walmart sold guns I would have no problem buying one from em.. as it is.. I have to use a private dealer who comes to my home.

I make my own ammo tho thank god.  democrats don't like that much either.

lazs

lazs

Lasz, how close is Dixon to the Bay area? The reason I ask, is that there are 5 or 6 places here in Bakersfield that carry everything you have trouble getting. As a matter of fact, 2nd Amendment sports' here in Bakersfield is having a parking lot sale on some items' today. Wally here doesn't even carry centerfire pistol ammo (at least, they didn't 6 years ago, the last time I walked through one of the damn places.)  Southern California doesn't seem to suffer like where you are, for some reason.

BTW, my union wages' help me make enough money to afford to go there, with a little left over for bills' like the House, car, insurance, etc. 

[Jackal1]

I bought a 700 Rem from a K Mart store in the area quite a few years ago..before they closed the big K down around here.
It was quite an experience. I loved every minute of it.
I had 2 700s and had been debating and shopping around trying to figure out which caliber I wanted to go with on this one.
I had checked out the 700 on display at the big K a few times and kept coming back to it.
I had screwed around till deer season was only a few days away, so I knew I had to make up my mind, get cracking on mounting a scope, work up some loads and get sighted in, etc.
It was a Friday night and I had the weekend off. I was sitting at home thinking about this and said ...what the hell.....I`m going to buy the rifle.
They had a pretty good sporting goods dept. back then. The only problem with it was, as is Wally`s, they put people in the dept. that wouldn`t know the difference between a fish hook and a box of feminine protection.
This night they had a cat back there that was around 22/23 that had the look.
I got him to hand me the rifle. I depressed the trigger and slid the bolt out to examine the rifling. I thought the kid was going to have a major breakdown right there. He looked like someone had just stole his Mickey Mouse Club ears.
I thought this was way too funny, so I handed him the rifle back, then the bolt.
I watched him fumble around for a while before I lost it and started lmao off at this dufus.
I took the rifle back, replaced the bolt and told him I would take it.
He gave me the old " I`ll be right back sir" line and away he went into the back storage area.
He came back in a few minutes with this funny look on his face and told me "Sorry sir. We don`t have any of these in stock. We can get you one in about a week".
I pointed to the 700 now back in the rack and said that`s the one I wanted anyway.
I had to explain that not all things are created equal. Explained about the grain in the stock, different smoothness in actions, etc., etc.
He then went on to tell me that the display rifles could not be sold due to the fact that they had no firing pins.
I told him to hand me the rifle back and did a quick "Here`s the firing pin dummy" fast approach to education.
He spit and sputtered till I told him "Stay right here. don`t move. I`ll be right back".
Went to the front and asked for the manager. The assistant manager was in so I had a chat with him.
I got the "He Said What? Follow me sir" from him and back to the sporting goods we did go.
When I left the store I had my new rifle and  the future Curt Gowdy wannabe kid was probably on his way to fill and application out at McDooDoos.
Never had so much fun buying a firearm.