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Wal-Mart halting gun sales by area
Pioneer Press ^
| 04.15.06
| MARCUS KABEL
Posted on 04/15/2006 5:40:19 AM PDT by wallcrawlr
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To: wallcrawlr
Sounds like good business sense to me. I mean, does Wal-Mart stock snowblowers in their south Florida Stores? ;)
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posted on
04/15/2006 6:36:02 AM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
To: facedown
On the one hand it makes sense. In retail, everything is measured by $/square foot. If something's not selling, replace it with something that does.
On the other hand, dropping entire areas because competition has you beat (Bass Pro, etc.) would take Walmart out of a lot of business and into being the world's largest "Big Lots".
To: Joe Brower
Hey Joe--just an occasional bump for your posts and a "thank you" for keeping this list and us informed on our treasured Second Amendment rights (or erosion thereof).
Best,
PB
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posted on
04/15/2006 6:36:34 AM PDT
by
Pharmboy
(The stone age didn't end because they ran out of stones.)
To: wallcrawlr
The Violence Policy Center, a gun control group, said Wal-Mart's decision reflected what it called a decline in gun ownership. Decline? Where are your numbers to prove a decline? That Walmart stops selling guns in some places, probably really BLUE areas, does not constitute proof of anything other than marketing sense.
Guns last a long time and do not wear out like socks (or liberal underwear). Prove that more guns were taken out of circulation than were sold in any one year. Any year!
Among my collection, there is a Savage 30-06 and a Marlin 22LR. Both American made and both purchased at Walmart.
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posted on
04/15/2006 6:39:11 AM PDT
by
CPOSharky
(Go home and fix your own country before you complain about ours.)
To: ZULU
Wal=Mart stinks. It is part of the internationalist globalist conspiracy, hawkiing items made by cheap Red Chinese slave labor and fliltering American dollars overseas.
I wouldn't ne surprised if the employed illegal invaders and were part of the business cabal seeking to undermone our borders.
I avoid these stores whenver possible and try to buy American - from Americans.
I think Walmart does sell stuff from American made things as well. I shop all the time there and some stuff is made in china but there is quite a bit made in the good ole USA.
To: wallcrawlr
"This a good first step," said Paul Blank, director of the union-funded group WakeUpWalMart.com, which contends there is a growing public safety concern about violence and crime at Wal-Mart stores. Just what in the blue blazes does Wal-Mart selling guns have to do with "violence and crime at Wal-Mart stores."? That's like saying auto dealerships are the cause of auto accidents in the showroom.
His last name must describe his mind.
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posted on
04/15/2006 6:46:07 AM PDT
by
CPOSharky
(Go home and fix your own country before you complain about ours.)
To: wallcrawlr
"Wal-Mart declined to say which stores in Minnesota may be affected by its gun sales policy."
Yes, the policy will affect stores in Minnesota. I talked to the sporting goods dept mgr at the Detroit Lakes store. He said corporate made the call.
I wonder where Mr Blank gets his information that there is a growing concern with the safety at Walmart stores. I bet the poll that was done to get those results was a real doozy.
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posted on
04/15/2006 6:57:01 AM PDT
by
Burf
To: wallcrawlr
I wouldn't buy a gun at Wal-Mart anyway lol.
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posted on
04/15/2006 6:58:59 AM PDT
by
KoRn
To: wallcrawlr
Just a media reaction to a company making stocking decisions based on demand for specific items in an area. I'm quite sure that Wal-Mart also does not stock Ro-Tel tomatoes in the northeast...and that's not a political statement by Wal-Mart. All it means is that people in VT, PA and MA don't know how to make decent queso.
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posted on
04/15/2006 6:59:23 AM PDT
by
AlaninSA
(It's one nation under God -- brought to you by the Knights of Columbus)
To: Pharmboy
Thanks for the kind words. My pings have lessened in the last year or so since my new business is booming and keeping me happily buried. I'm also focusing more on the news of highest importance, in order to keep the signal-to-noise ratio high.
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posted on
04/15/2006 6:59:32 AM PDT
by
Joe Brower
(The Constitution defines Conservatism. *NRA*)
To: wallcrawlr
Funny, the only time I am in Wal Mart is to buy ammo.
Wish a Cabela's would open in Nazi Jersey. I'm not holding my breath.
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posted on
04/15/2006 7:00:31 AM PDT
by
Clemenza
(Amor de mi Vida, Donde Estas?)
To: wallcrawlr
I'll bet their duties in maintaining the National Gun Registry enter into this decision. It must by far be the most labor-intensive transaction they have to complete. Can't beat their prices, though, especially when it comes to plinking amo.
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posted on
04/15/2006 7:02:58 AM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(If McKinney gets a free slap, then we all should get a free slap)
To: Joe Brower
Ha! A great reason to have pinged less lately...continued success. Whatta country, America...
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posted on
04/15/2006 7:07:17 AM PDT
by
Pharmboy
(The stone age didn't end because they ran out of stones.)
To: wallcrawlr
I hope Wal-Mart keeps selling in my area. I don't have any any problem with Mom and Pop gun stores. The fact is I can get a gun a lot cheaper from Wal-Mart than a Mom and Pop store.
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posted on
04/15/2006 7:16:02 AM PDT
by
JRP0322
To: ZULU
"Wal=Mart stinks. It is part of the internationalist globalist conspiracy, hawkiing items made by cheap Red Chinese slave labor and fliltering American dollars overseas." Any time there's a Wal-Mart thread, some moron posts something like this. Please explain how Wal-Mart is different from ANY OTHER MAJOR CHAIN RETAILER. They ALL sell "cheap Red Chinese" stuff.
To: wallcrawlr
"
... there is a growing public safety concern about violence and crime at Wal-Mart stores."
Say what?
Who writes this crap? Retired generals?
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posted on
04/15/2006 7:31:01 AM PDT
by
G.Mason
(Bye-bye Miss American Dream ... Drove my Chevy to the levy and I got my clock cleaned ...)
To: eastforker
Walmart offers competetive pricing on shotgun ammo. I usually order it by the flat online but if I run out before a shoot, I'll hit WalMart
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posted on
04/15/2006 7:55:46 AM PDT
by
showme_the_Glory
(No more rhyming, and I mean it! ..Anybody want a peanut.....)
To: Hot Tabasco
I have a Gander Mountain 2 miles away which does a good business but I've bought all my firearms from a "Mom and Pop" in St. Clair Shores called Michi-Gun. The owner, his wife and son and another guy who work there are the most knowlegable I have ever encountered and I would venture to say that they sell as many if not more firearms than Gander mtn. Plus their prices are just as competitive and their customer attention is far superior to Gander. Hey, I buy my guns there too! Adam G. is the guy I usually deal with -- great people there. Guns Galore in Fenton is a great place too. They have one-year layaway available -- makes it hard to resist a new gun you've been drooling over.
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posted on
04/15/2006 7:56:30 AM PDT
by
AK2KX
To: showme_the_Glory
Accadamy has good prices also. So does Carter Country.
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posted on
04/15/2006 7:58:21 AM PDT
by
eastforker
(Under Cover FReeper going dark(too much 24))
To: Joe Brower
Hey Joe
"Where ya going with that gun in your hand"...
Please add me to your RKBA ping list...
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