[sanchezero]

I just stopped by my local wallyworld to pick up some blammo for a match tommorow and they refused to sell it to me. Apparently, word just came down from a manager (unavailable at this time :rolleyes: ) that all sales of ammunition were suspended.

The dingaling working the counter had no clue why and I don't think he cared either. It had all happened within an hour of my visit so there's nothing solid.

Anyone else had problems? Did I miss something here?

[F4GIB]

WHERE ???

[sanchezero]

Richmond,VA.

[TheBluesMan]

Give the store a call and ask to speak with a the manager. Don't accept voicemail or leave a message. Hold for the manager and ask to have her or him paged.

Ask them point blank (pun intended) why you were refused the sale. If you don't like the answer you get, call corporate customer service at 1-800-WALMART (1-800-925-6278), from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. (CT) Monday - Friday, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. (CT) Saturday or from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. (CT) Sunday. Tell the person who answers the phone that you want to speak with a supervisor to compliment one of their people for a job well done. They'll put you right through to the super.

Be sure to let us know what the excuse is.

Thanks. :)

[hksw]

Maybe they're on high Walmart alert due to illegal aliens issue. Not that they are related but just that they are walking the political line for the moment. I'll go buy some ammo at the Parkersburg, WV one tomorrow to see what happens.

[Brian Dale]

high Walmart alert due to illegal aliens issue. :confused: :confused: :confused:

What do you mean?

[Bigjake]

operation rollback ............ahahahahahaha!snort. *passes out* :p

[Felonious Monk]

Happy Bob-- What do you mean?
http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/W/WAL_MART_ARRESTS?SITE=TNKNN&SECTION=HOME

Wal-Mart to Review All 1.1M U.S. Workers

By CHUCK BARTELS
Associated Press Writer


LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Friday it will review all of its workers and fire any who are illegally employed, following a federal immigration sweep that resulted in the arrests of 245 employees.

Investigators told The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity that they gathered recordings from wiretaps that indicate Wal-Mart executives knew the company's subcontractors used illegal workers.

Though contract cleaning crews were the focus of Thursday's sweep, a Wal-Mart spokeswoman said Friday that Wal-Mart employees at stores in Arizona and Kentucky were among those arrested.

"Approximately 10 Wal-Mart associates were arrested during the raids yesterday," said the spokeswoman, Mona Williams. "These are people who used to be part of the outside cleaning crew, and when we took that in-house, these folks were simply hired on as employees. They got caught up in the immigration sweep."

Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer and the largest private employer in the United States, promised to cooperate with investigators. The company, which has 1.1 million domestic employees, has instructed store managers to preserve all relevant documents.




Agents left Wal-Mart's Bentonville headquarters with a number of boxes after searching the office of a midlevel executive.

Williams said Friday that no one at Wal-Mart had received a subpoena.

"We are doing a very thorough investigation with our own stores so we understand what happened and make sure that if we need to take pro-active, corrective steps, we will do that," she said.

"If we find workers that are undocumented we would terminate them immediately," Williams said.

The arrested workers came from 18 different nations, including 90 from Mexico, 35 from the Czech Republic, 22 from Mongolia and 20 from Brazil, said John Shewairy, a spokesman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Washington, D.C.

He would not reveal the names of companies that contracted with Wal-Mart. Williams also declined to release the names.

Maria Stephenson, an immigration lawyer in New Orleans, said a company hiring a subcontractor probably would not be held responsible if the subcontractor hired illegal aliens. She also said a company does not have to verify a prospective worker's documents.

"You don't have to call the (Department of Motor Vehicles) and verify that this person actually has a driver's license," she said.

Wal-Mart has been moving toward using its own workers to clean floors at its stores for about a year.

Initially, the government said it had arrested about 300 people. Shewairy said Friday that the number turned out to be 245.

Shewairy said the immigration agency does routine audits of companies throughout the country.

"When there is information that companies employ illegal aliens, we initiate our investigations," Shewairy said. An employer can face civil and criminal penalties for knowingly hiring illegal immigrants or failing to comply with certain employee recordkeeping regulations.

The League of United Latin American Citizens, a civil rights group for Hispanics, called Friday for a moratorium on similar raids until Congress approves immigration reforms.

Without such reform, "families are being torn apart, communities are being divided, and employers are losing good employees," said said Hector Flores, the group's president.

Copyright 2003 Associated Press. All rights reserved

[TheeBadOne]

They still had ammo out on all the shelves, didn't need to buy any though.

[TheeBadOne]

They still had ammo out on all the shelves, didn't need to buy any though.

[TheeBadOne]

Could this be the reason?

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=46507

[Brian Dale]

Thanks, Melodious. Maybe they don't want terminated employees to be able to buy ammo, go out and come back shooting, if they happened to be out of ammo at home? :banghead: Idjits.

not-exactly-a- "Because these employees have entered the country illegally, found jobs through document forgery and false statements on I-9s (which cost all of us citizens time and tax money to fill out and process) and then moved their families here by fraudulent means,

families are being torn apart, communities are being divided, and employers are losing good employees,"

Hector Flores, the group's president should have said. Well, they tax us more so illegal aliens' kids can go to school. I suppose it fits that a store would refuse to sell to us because of their corporate problems, too.

:fire: And no; I'm not just gonna "get used to it."

[sanchezero]

Could this be the reason?

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthre...&threadid=46507

Nah. I typically only go to walmart after midnight. Tonight was an anomaly.

Besides, the employees there reported that they just got word from mgt to stop selling. No reason why, tho.

:uhoh:

[Mike Irwin]

Bought 200 rounds last night.

[James Bondrock]

In California, Wal-Marts have stopped selling firearms due to running afoul of California's regulations. Ammo was no problem. Unless there is some obscure local ordinance -- I was once refused an ammo sale on New Year's Eve -- the manager of that store has no business dictating what can and cannot be sold there. (They are not given that much latitude. ;) )