Walmart Bites

practical · 10-06-2005, 12:49 AM

I was out of LA for all the Katrina related nonesense. When I got back about 2 weeks ago, I needed a few things and went down to my friendly local Walmart. Amongst the things I needed was a couple boxes of 12ga slugs to replace some I had fired. That and I wanted to go shoot the CZ, so a box a 9mm was on my mind. I found out that since all the crap that happened in New Orleans after Katrina, Walmarts in South LA have indefinitely suspended ammunition and firearm sales. Talk about a PITA, because the local gun shop is not only expensive, but also located on the busiest street in town which has now been made worse by a couple hundred thousand evacuees.

That and an "evacuee" hit my car. She is claiming to be homeless, carless, and insuranceless. She hit me with a rental car rented to a relative, so I cannot make a claim against Hertz's insurance company and must jump through about 80 extra hoops to get the money straight from Hertz. I wish the cop had arrested her and towed the car on the spot. Thats the only way the idiots in LA will ever learn to not drive without insurance. Argh!

Despoiler · 10-06-2005, 01:12 AM

Welcome to the club, wal-mart here in Ca stopped selling firearms about two years ago. They still sell ammo, though.

BigJake · 10-06-2005, 06:04 AM

Wal-Mart grates my Nerves, I just did a tour of family doody there earlier. They are still selling guns and ammo at the on in my town, but That really ticks me off that they would pull all ammo off the shelves in LA after all of the looting going on and such. I guess they figured that they could stop all the violence by disarming (in a sence) their consumers. I love carrying in Wal-Mart, there is no sticker on the door, and if anyone knew they would pull the fire alarm. But I am not the only one carrying, just one of the few who is licensed. I know I have seen it. Saw an El Salvadorian looking guy, he looked like a member of the (what do they call it) MS-13 gang, with "13" Tattooed on his arm, he was fanning his Jersey shirt and there was a HI-Point stuck in his pants (no holster). anyway, Sorry about the ammo shortage and the car situation

SPOCAHP ANAR · 10-06-2005, 07:04 AM

K mart in Lumberton NC did the same thing right after 9/11.

Dale · 10-06-2005, 07:57 AM

No problems here in Arizona.

Shaun · 10-06-2005, 09:46 AM

no problems in TN -- oh if they ever ask if the ammo is for a handgun tell them something off the wall -- I usually tell them all the 22 I buy is for a gatling gun or a machine gun -- they give me the strangest looks

Stopper · 10-06-2005, 10:57 AM

I tell them to stick up their arsses, it ain't none of their beezwax.

Dale · 10-06-2005, 03:31 PM

I'm with Stopper...ain't none of their business what the ammo is for.

Period.

I've not been asked that question but if they did I'd stand there......"Get your store manager down here with the state or federal law that requires you know that. NOW!"

And...don't leave (unless asked to) ...make it an issue.

Let the whole place know how stupid the salesperson or the store policy is.

NRAJOE · 10-06-2005, 04:10 PM

Wallyworld is pure evil...I don't shop there...

BattleRifleG3 · 10-06-2005, 05:00 PM

There are better and worse stores than Wal Mart. I try to shop accordingly.

Jesse · 10-06-2005, 05:25 PM

Walmarx... helping the Chinese economy grow with the dollars of American sheeple.

Stopper · 10-06-2005, 05:42 PM

you got that right Jesse!

SPOCAHP ANAR · 10-06-2005, 05:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shaun

oh if they ever ask if the ammo is for a handgun

Is this a procedure? I have bought 9mm there before and never was asked that.

Apollyon67 · 10-06-2005, 07:38 PM

I just tell them yes when they ask if it for a rifle or a handgun. And Thats the truth!

BigJake · 10-06-2005, 09:45 PM

If asked I will give them something like "no I like to use the lead from the bullets for fishing weights."

practical · 10-06-2005, 10:34 PM

You guys know that question is because you have to be 18 to buy rifle ammo and 21 for handgun ammo right?

troy2000 · 10-07-2005, 05:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dale

I'm with Stopper...ain't none of their business what the ammo is for.

Period.

I've not been asked that question but if they did I'd stand there......"Get your store manager down here with the state or federal law that requires you know that. NOW!"

And...don't leave (unless asked to) ...make it an issue.

Let the whole place know how stupid the salesperson or the store policy is.

Years ago, I was trying to buy a .22 rifle in a Kmart in Oklahoma. The salesgal took it out of the case for me; I looked it over; and I asked to see the clip. She said, "I'm sorry. The clips are locked up in the manager's office, and we can't bring them down unless you buy the rifle."

I went round and round with her. I explained that the clip was part of the gun, and I wasn't buying anything sight unseen, particularly since she didn't even know how many rounds it held, whether it was plastic or metal, etc. I even suggested lock the gun back up, then bring down the clip, even though that wouldn't have told me how smoothly it inserted and came out. No good.

Eventually I talked to the fat store manager, and he started some pompous, long-winded speech about preserving public safety. I told him; "no wonder your sales clerk is a (bleep)ing idiot; she has one for a boss." I turned my back on him and walked out while he was sputtering something, then drove to the next town over, where I paid $20.00 more for the same rifle at a gun shop.

jamesfaync · 10-07-2005, 10:35 PM

practicals right. believe me i know i work there. besides which you dont like getting asked questions just order online in bulk cheaper that way anyhow

inuyasha · 10-08-2005, 12:13 AM

Im not particularly a fan of walmart either.. i just got back home from trying to buy a AGC 7 1/2 fuse for a bingo pinball machine.. first off, they dont have that.. they have AGC 10's... so i settle for that... they have ONE checkout lane open for the whole store. problem with that? they turned off the self checkout and even closed the door we came through -- had to walk halfway across the store and back just to get to our car (its the "super" walmart) which leads to having 5 people in line in front of us. waited about 10 minutes for $1 worth of fuses.. and gave up. they were looking for change and even when we left, had not checked any of the people out. Tomorrow im going to Runnings farm and fleet... who just bought the old walmart store building >: ) take THAT! (btw.. did you know bingo pinball machine coils smoke when something is wrong?

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Sniper[MI] · 10-09-2005, 09:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shaun

no problems in TN -- oh if they ever ask if the ammo is for a handgun tell them something off the wall -- I usually tell them all the 22 I buy is for a gatling gun or a machine gun -- they give me the strangest looks

I told the wally world clerck that the 30.06 ammo was for a pistol. "They go in a little tight, and you have to force the slide closed, but they make a !!!! of a bang in my 1911!"

Shoulda seen his face!!!! But he sold me the shells just the same!!!

10-06-2005, 12:49 AM	#1
practical Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Baton Rouge, LA/Casper, WY Posts: 736	Walmart Bites I was out of LA for all the Katrina related nonesense. When I got back about 2 weeks ago, I needed a few things and went down to my friendly local Walmart. Amongst the things I needed was a couple boxes of 12ga slugs to replace some I had fired. That and I wanted to go shoot the CZ, so a box a 9mm was on my mind. I found out that since all the crap that happened in New Orleans after Katrina, Walmarts in South LA have indefinitely suspended ammunition and firearm sales. Talk about a PITA, because the local gun shop is not only expensive, but also located on the busiest street in town which has now been made worse by a couple hundred thousand evacuees. That and an "evacuee" hit my car. She is claiming to be homeless, carless, and insuranceless. She hit me with a rental car rented to a relative, so I cannot make a claim against Hertz's insurance company and must jump through about 80 extra hoops to get the money straight from Hertz. I wish the cop had arrested her and towed the car on the spot. Thats the only way the idiots in LA will ever learn to not drive without insurance. Argh! __________________ Eric "The secret to life is honesty and fair dealing, if you can fake that you've got it made"

10-06-2005, 06:04 AM	#3
BigJake Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: South Posts: 184	Wal-Mart grates my Nerves, I just did a tour of family doody there earlier. They are still selling guns and ammo at the on in my town, but That really ticks me off that they would pull all ammo off the shelves in LA after all of the looting going on and such. I guess they figured that they could stop all the violence by disarming (in a sence) their consumers. I love carrying in Wal-Mart, there is no sticker on the door, and if anyone knew they would pull the fire alarm. But I am not the only one carrying, just one of the few who is licensed. I know I have seen it. Saw an El Salvadorian looking guy, he looked like a member of the (what do they call it) MS-13 gang, with "13" Tattooed on his arm, he was fanning his Jersey shirt and there was a HI-Point stuck in his pants (no holster). anyway, Sorry about the ammo shortage and the car situation __________________ Yo Ho Ho an-a bottle a Brass Monkey...

10-06-2005, 07:04 AM	#4
SPOCAHP ANAR Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: SC-upstate Posts: 4,192 Images: 1 Blog Entries: 6	K mart in Lumberton NC did the same thing right after 9/11. __________________ Spocrest Out!..........

10-06-2005, 07:57 AM	#5
Dale Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Too Dang Hot, Arizona Posts: 4,284	No problems here in Arizona. __________________ "It confuses me how some people can vigorously go against the 2nd. Amendment and still call themselves patriotic"-me

10-06-2005, 09:46 AM	#6
Shaun Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 8,619 Images: 1	no problems in TN -- oh if they ever ask if the ammo is for a handgun tell them something off the wall -- I usually tell them all the 22 I buy is for a gatling gun or a machine gun -- they give me the strangest looks __________________ "Homeland Security is the responsibility of an armed citizen" ME http://webpages.charter.net/s.s.v/

10-06-2005, 01:12 AM	#2
Despoiler Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: The Occupied Territory of California Posts: 2,232	Welcome to the club, wal-mart here in Ca stopped selling firearms about two years ago. They still sell ammo, though.

10-06-2005, 10:57 AM	#7
Stopper Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Kansass Posts: 2,212 Images: 1	I tell them to stick up their arsses, it ain't none of their beezwax. __________________ They should have stopped at "Congress shall make no law"

10-06-2005, 03:31 PM	#8
Dale Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Too Dang Hot, Arizona Posts: 4,284	I'm with Stopper...ain't none of their business what the ammo is for. Period. I've not been asked that question but if they did I'd stand there......"Get your store manager down here with the state or federal law that requires you know that. NOW!" And...don't leave (unless asked to) ...make it an issue. Let the whole place know how stupid the salesperson or the store policy is. __________________ "It confuses me how some people can vigorously go against the 2nd. Amendment and still call themselves patriotic"-me

10-06-2005, 04:10 PM	#9
NRAJOE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 19,252 Images: 3	Wallyworld is pure evil...I don't shop there...

10-06-2005, 05:00 PM	#10
BattleRifleG3 Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Western PA Posts: 11,454 Images: 13	There are better and worse stores than Wal Mart. I try to shop accordingly. __________________ Trust is earned, not... GIVEN away. - Worf

10-06-2005, 05:25 PM	#11
Jesse Administrator Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,945 Images: 2	Walmarx... helping the Chinese economy grow with the dollars of American sheeple. __________________ Jesse www.gunandgame.com

10-06-2005, 05:42 PM	#12
Stopper Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Kansass Posts: 2,212 Images: 1	you got that right Jesse! __________________ They should have stopped at "Congress shall make no law"

10-06-2005, 07:38 PM	#14
Apollyon67 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Southern Maryland Posts: 2,238 Images: 17	I just tell them yes when they ask if it for a rifle or a handgun. And Thats the truth! __________________ "To err is human, to repent divine; to persist devilish." Ben Franklin

10-06-2005, 09:45 PM	#15
BigJake Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: South Posts: 184	If asked I will give them something like "no I like to use the lead from the bullets for fishing weights." __________________ Yo Ho Ho an-a bottle a Brass Monkey...

10-06-2005, 10:34 PM	#16
practical Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Baton Rouge, LA/Casper, WY Posts: 736	You guys know that question is because you have to be 18 to buy rifle ammo and 21 for handgun ammo right? __________________ Eric "The secret to life is honesty and fair dealing, if you can fake that you've got it made"

10-07-2005, 10:35 PM	#18
jamesfaync Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: fayetteville nc Posts: 167	practicals right. believe me i know i work there. besides which you dont like getting asked questions just order online in bulk cheaper that way anyhow

10-08-2005, 12:13 AM	#19
inuyasha Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: US occupied territories of "south dakota" Posts: 357	Im not particularly a fan of walmart either.. i just got back home from trying to buy a AGC 7 1/2 fuse for a bingo pinball machine.. first off, they dont have that.. they have AGC 10's... so i settle for that... they have ONE checkout lane open for the whole store. problem with that? they turned off the self checkout and even closed the door we came through -- had to walk halfway across the store and back just to get to our car (its the "super" walmart) which leads to having 5 people in line in front of us. waited about 10 minutes for $1 worth of fuses.. and gave up. they were looking for change and even when we left, had not checked any of the people out. Tomorrow im going to Runnings farm and fleet... who just bought the old walmart store building >: ) take THAT! (btw.. did you know bingo pinball machine coils smoke when something is wrong? )