Walmart raises minimum age to purchase guns, ammunition to 21

campns · Feb 28, 2018

https://www.washingtontimes.com/new...018&utm_term=newsletter&utm_content=newsalert

Another retailer to add to the list I will no longer be shopping at....

This melee is going to get ugly soon, for retailers from the 2A community

DubTap21 · Feb 28, 2018

They're just opening themselves up for a HUGE lawsuit. I wish I was 18 or 19 and on active duty again!!

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tall.guy88 · Feb 28, 2018

campns said:
https://www.washingtontimes.com/new...018&utm_term=newsletter&utm_content=newsalert

Another retailer to add to the list I will no longer be shopping at....

This melee is going to get ugly soon, for retailers from the 2A community

Stop buying from corporate companies. They ALL donate to anti 2A organizations. Buy from mom n pop gun stores.

campns · Feb 28, 2018

tall.guy88 said:
Stop buying from corporate companies. They ALL donate to anti 2A organizations. Buy from mom n pop gun stores.

dieselfarmboy · Feb 28, 2018

Dicks was going to be easy to never shop at again. Wal Mart will be much harder to never set foot in again.

namrelio · Feb 28, 2018

tall.guy88 said:
Stop buying from corporate companies. They ALL donate to anti 2A organizations. Buy from mom n pop gun stores.

montoya32 · Feb 28, 2018

campns said:
https://www.washingtontimes.com/new...018&utm_term=newsletter&utm_content=newsalert

Another retailer to add to the list I will no longer be shopping at....

This melee is going to get ugly soon, for retailers from the 2A community

How can they reject a non-prohibited purchaser? Isn’t this akin to a bakery refusing to sell to a gay couple?

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Boom Boom · Feb 28, 2018

I'm less concerned about WM for now. Probably CYA until the nuttiness blows over.

Art3 · Feb 28, 2018

dieselfarmboy said:
Dicks was going to be easy to never shop at again. Wal Mart will be much harder to never set foot in again.

Yeah...

I've sworn them off before for other reasons, but it's hard to stay away. When they finally stop selling ammo completely, they'll cease to exist for good for me.

danb · Feb 28, 2018

wait, they still sell guns?

I would literally rather be beaten, dipped in hot acid, and burned alive than shop at Wal Mart

gamer_jim · Feb 28, 2018

I haven't set foot in a Walmart since Xmas eve 2014. They broke my car during a routine oil change. I don't know how much they have lost in profit from me transferring my RX and doing shopping elsewhere but I take every opportunity to tell people not to shop there. If one of there employees does something wrong that causes you a loss then you will be on your own.

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dieselfarmboy · Feb 28, 2018

Art3 said:
Yeah... I've sworn them off before for other reasons, but it's hard to stay away. When they finally stop selling ammo completely, they'll cease to exist for good for me.

Problem for me is they are close to work, and it will mean going 20 mins out of my way onto the busy side of town to pay more for the same item.

pilot25 · Feb 28, 2018

montoya32 said:
How can they reject a non-prohibited purchaser? Isn’t this akin to a bakery refusing to sell to a gay couple?

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It depends on the state. In NJ you cannot discriminate by age because its in their law but other states only have race as a non discriminatory factor. That is why the gay thing was such a hot topic.

Dick's announcement only affected the states that didn't have this law on their books. They clearly though about this statement before giving it because their lawyers looked at it first.

Seems to me the antis are really pounding their message to bend the corporations to their will. They are organized and seething. What is bad is the response from the 2A community will take a while to hit their balance sheet and then it is difficult to register why they have lost sales. Louder 2A voices are needed now. Georgia Senate stepped up but they are but one.

This is not good.

davsco · Feb 28, 2018

well the good news is since all the retailers are not selling to under 21's, the govt doesn't need to put any actual laws in place raising the age limit.

cowboy321 · Feb 28, 2018

campns said:
https://www.washingtontimes.com/new...018&utm_term=newsletter&utm_content=newsalert

Another retailer to add to the list I will no longer be shopping at....

This melee is going to get ugly soon, for retailers from the 2A community

The NRA is taking a lot of hits. Corporate America - and most of the general public- have no interest in getting more AR15s/AKs in circulation.

Matlack · Feb 28, 2018

montoya32 said:
How can they reject a non-prohibited purchaser? Isn’t this akin to a bakery refusing to sell to a gay couple?

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This is even worse, as it is denying a civil right. I would like to see an 18 - 20 year old file a lawsuit.

I also posted this thought in one of the Dick's threads.

montoya32 · Feb 28, 2018

Matlack said:
This is even worse, as it is denying a civil right. I would like to see an 18 - 20 year old file a lawsuit.

I also posted this thought in one of the Dick's threads.

So a single 18 year old mother cannot buy a rifle to protect her home and children? A 20
Year old female cannot buy a shotgun to guard against the abusive boyfriend she just broke up with?

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danb · Feb 28, 2018

cowboy321 said:
The NRA is taking a lot of hits. Corporate America - and most of the general public- have no interest in getting more AR15s/AKs in circulation.

Dont be so sure. Corporate America is a lot less popular than the NRA.

Wal Mart is trying to be all urban, upscale, and Amazonian. They really are badly managed. Although not as badly as Dicks

Matlack · Feb 28, 2018

montoya32 said:
So a single 18 year old mother cannot buy a rifle to protect her home and children? A 20
Year old female cannot buy a shotgun to guard against the abusive boyfriend she just broke up with?

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Correct, and these are the perfect profiles for plaintiffs in a civil rights lawsuit. This would be something that the SCOTUS might take up.

Allen65 · Feb 28, 2018

Matlack said:
Correct, and these are the perfect profiles for plaintiffs in a civil rights lawsuit. This would be something that the SCOTUS might take up.

Not likely. Other than being a woman, she's not in a federally legally protected class. And the store isn't denying the sale on the basis of her gender. Age discrimination against the young is not illegal. Maryland law may be different.

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