Funny question while buying ammo

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Cashier: Nice weather out, eh?
Customer: Yup.
Cashier: So....this for target?
Customer: Nah I'm gonna shoot up a school....wha..hey!
Cashier: Got ya!
Customer: GAH!!! DAMN YOU AND YOUR CASUAL FRIENDLINESS!!

Funniest thing i've read all day! +1 for the keyboard... :D
 
I just bought a few hundred rounds at Wal-Mart this afternoon, and they asked The Question. The clerks appear to be prompted to ask this by the cash register. And it wasn't an age thing - I'm in decent shape for 45, but would never pass for 20. The clerk then hit a key on the register after I responded. I'm not a black helicopter guy, but I didn't like the idea that the results might be being tabulated. Nothing good could come of that...
 
Years ago there was a federal log for pistol ammo. In these days of less regulation, Wally is making us do it anyhow.
 
wally world ammo intelligence

i tried the machine gun answer at wally world one time. the cashier had to call a manager because machine gun wasn't on the register display.
 
When I was buying 9mm at Walmart, I would vary my answer. Sometimes it would be for my rifle, and sometimes for my pistol. I haven't bought any there for some time... I've been reloading for the rifle and pistol.

I wonder, if you bought two boxes of 9mm, and said one was for a pistol and one for a rifle, how much confusion that would cause...
 
Glad I'm good for a laugh or two with some of you. :p

Send me a bill for the keyboards.

I won't pay it but I could use the scratch paper. I need to print out some resumes too so if anyone wants to send their bills on 25% linen paper that'd be charming.

brad cook
 
where Ph.D. level flyfishing abounds.
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:confused:

I wasn't aware of any educational requirements for fly fishing; and to think I've done it all these years on a 2-year degree! :p (could explain why all I ever catch is suckers... :rolleyes: )

I used to answer 'rifle' all the time when I was between 18 and 21, more than a few years ago. Many pistol calibers are chambered in rifles, and vice versa.

'-So you're trying to tell me you're buying this .25ACP ammo for a rifle?'

'Why, yessir, the new Jennings/Bryco rifle.' :neener:
 
Next thing you know

You'll go to the grocery store to buy a bag of potatos and be asked "for baking or potato gunning?"

This thread just made me think back about 10 yrs ago when my buddies and I built a bunch of different style potato guns.

We would have like 10 cans of Aquanet hairspray, a few 10 lb. bags of potatos, a couple grill ignition switchs and a couple cases of Bush Beer.The cashiers would always shake their heads as we strolled up with a bunch of Sh** eating grins on our faces.
 
Yeah, there's really no reason to patronize Dick's any more after this experience. It wasn't that it was unpleasant, but I think it shows their attitude toward gun owners. And like some of you have posted, even if someone had "bad" intentions for their ammo, what do they think they would actually answer to that question? It was also weird that somehow this kid thought it was a federal law to ask.
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What, like people aren't being lied to on a daily basis with regard to what is or is not law?

People are being told that the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act would make it impossible to sue the maker of a truly defective gun, so they should oppose its passage. This is a deliberately spread lie. So why would it be surprising if people are deliberately spreading the lie that salespeople have to ask what your ammo is to be used for, by federal law? Antis are using disinformation at every turn because the truth hurts their cause grievously.


Now, wrt this question the cashier asks about our ammo... I wonder what they would do if you stood there for a moment, and then said, "You know, I haven't quite decided yet..."

Would they refuse to complete the sale until you apprised them of a decision regarding the use for your ammo?? :confused:

Let's ask the walmart dude, next time he asks, if there's an "undecided" button on the register. :p

I really wonder what the reaction of the store would be if we simply said, "I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I feel it is intrusive on the part of your organization to ask it." Would they refuse the sale? Would they think it was something that the police had to be involved in?! :eek: Who can really predict the level of irrationality to expect from these people these days. I mean, we know we can expect irrationality, but how much?

-Jeffrey
 
This does not only happen at chains like Walmart or Dicks. I know of a local gun store where they ask to see your permit or creds if you buy what they consider to be bad guy pistol ammo. I can buy all the 9mm I want but Heaven forbid if I want to by .32 auto. Then I either have to produce a pistol permit or LEO creds. The thing is I can be buying ammo just to collect it. There is no law requiring this guy to ask me for such as far as I am aware (if there is then every other gun store where I purchase .32 auto is in violation). So why does this guy do it. I do not know - but I have my suspicions. Then again, when I compare his ammo prices even to that of other small gun stores in my area, I realize my suspicions have been confirmed - he is, in my opinion, a horse other end. I just do not buy there anymore. As for not buyng at places like Walmart or Dicks, not a good idea.

The more places like that where you do not buy, the more place like that will discontinue selling. Sure small gun stores are good too but, we need all the allies out there we can get. Rather than do a boycott right now, fire off some letetrs to Wally World and Dicks complaining about their practices. Threaten to stop shopping there unless they stoip this foolishness. Keep it up, keep writing and sending em in. if enough people do it from across the country, they will change how they do things. Make noise just like the libs but, do it in support of our issues.

best regards,
Glenn B
 
cashier."Is this for a handgun or a rifle?"
customer.."neither..the vet told us our dog needed iron cause its anemic or
somethin...lazy mutt" :what:
 
i was asked "is this for a hand gun or rifle" when buying 300 win mag?? being cought off guard and kind of confused by the the question i just answered rifle. next time i'll say. hand gun, its for my ruger GP100,000

I got an online degree for my fly fishing, i have a nice little creek on my property

hey beargulch i forgot to give you a heads-up on a gun show that was in spokane this weekend but there is also one next week-end in Coeur d alene
(Boy ive lived up here my whole life and i still have to look at that to make sure i spelled it right. CDA) maybe you can give me a hand building my bunker
 
I don't care a lot for Wally world either and have never bought any ammo there, however given that they are in business to sell goods (and make money doing so) If asking if it is for a pistol is something recently started, it could be to check #'s of sales of pistol ammo, to help them decide if it is worth it to them to sell pistols as they already sell rifles/shotguns.
If this isn't the case, who cares, if your paranoid about them asking, pay cash for the ammo so they have no record of who you are.
 
I've been to Dick's since they bought out Galyan's only once, and I won't be going back. As we all know, handguns are no longer being sold, but accessories are also now almost non-existent (something Galyan's was good for). I went in looking for some 115gr Gold Dots, which they didn't have, and when I went looking for some Hoppe's, the didn't have that either. No more holsters, range bags, and only two types of targets. The "gun" section is now half an aisle sandwiched between three aisles of airsoft paraphenalia. They seem to have made their preferences clear.

OTOH, I was at a local Wal-Mart about six months ago, and while buying ammo, the cashier asked to see my ID. Since turning 30, I've got no problem with that :) What I did have a problem with was the fact that he took it and started typing numbers into the register. I grabbed it back and asked him what he was doing, to which he replied, "well, we have to keep this information on file." ??? Looks like I made a mistake saying it was for a handgun!

Oddly enough, I've talked to folks who work at other locations, and this isn't a company-wide policy. Still, that puts me in tinfoil-hat mode.

Side note: they're trying to open a location in Avondale Estates, which is one of the most scummy, run-down, crime-ridden "communities" in Atlanta. The local populace has been shrieking and trying to keep them out. Part of the agreement that they signed to get the spot was that they not sell handgun ammo. Go figure.

Good thing the local hardware store sells it in bulk.
 
Whats the big deal ? These people don't know, and they are just doing what they are told to do, when they ring up the ammo, they have to enter a YES or NO to the age question. Its the Feds that are telling them to do this. Its just like when they ask you for your phone number, or zip code. Just tell them anything, its a non issue !
 
I posted a story about buying ammo at Dick's in another thread a bit ago. I had a gift certificate and asked the clerk if they had 45-70 ammo. He said sure and grabbed five boxes of ammo for me to look at. Three were 45 acp and two were 45 long colt. It was funny, but I haven't gone back yet.
 
MoeMentum:

Its the Feds that are telling them to do this. Its just like when they ask you for your phone number, or zip code.
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Please provide a link to this Federal requirement.

Thanks,

Sawdust
 
I bought some .223 at dick's the other day. I'm in NJ, so we ahve a few extra laws to deal with, but I got no questions from them. Which means either they aren't bothering to enforce the law, or they have a clue avbout what I am buying.

The lady at the checkout counter insisted on knotting up my bag like 8 times, which she didn't do for anyone else. No idea what she might have been thinking.

regardless of it being stupid or not, the local chain stores do an okay job of following the law without much additional hassle.
 
Its the Feds that are telling them to do this. Its just like when they ask you for your phone number, or zip code.
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Phone number, zip code, etc are generally taken for marketing purposes, and the feds don't care who they market to.
 
If asking if it is for a pistol is something recently started, it could be to check #'s of sales of pistol ammo, to help them decide if it is worth it to them to sell pistols as they already sell rifles/shotguns.
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Maybe...

But not at Walmart in OKC. There's 4 of 'em where I occasionally buy ammo and the pistol ammo takes up at least 80% of the storage area behind the counter where they keep the ammo.

Funny that the pistol and rifle ammo is locked up behind the counter when the shotgun shells are sitting out in the open.

Even funnier is the black powder rifles sitting right out there on a shelf for anyone to pick up and load - oh say a 350 gr 50 cal bullet and pyrodex sitting right underneath.

Sometimes I wonder about folks who run wally worlds.
 
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