PennsyPlinker
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I know how much everyone loves these Walmart threads, especially Justin. But this is a good one. 
I was forced by the youngest Plinkette to take her shopping for Mrs. Plinker's Christmas presents, and she wanted to go to Walmart. I figured since I was there, I would pick up a couple of boxes of .45 ACP at the sporting goods counter. When I got there, there were two people crouched over a cart FULL of cases of 12 ga shotgun shells. One was a customer, the other an employee I had never seen before at that counter.
To make a long story a little shorter, the customer walked out with just under $600 worth of 12 ga shells! Actually, it was more like struggled out, since he could barely get the cart to move. As soon as he was around the corner, the employee made a face and asked me in a hushed voice,
"What's he going to do with all that? Is it even legal to have that much ammunition?"
So I engaged him in a friendly conversation. I explained that there was no law against owning a lot of "bullets", and that there really did not need to be. I then explained that the guy was probably stocking up for trap shooting, and that it would not take him long to shoot through that much ammo, even though it seemed like a lot. Secretly I'm thinking, MAN, I wish I had $600 for cartridges! Then I told him I would like to be able to spend that much, but that I had to buy mine in small amounts with small unmarked bills so Mrs. Plinker did not catch me at it too often! He thought about it some and decided that it must not be such a bad thing after all.
Every little bit helps when we get a chance to talk to people unfamiliar with guns. I have found that being friendly with those people at Walmart goes a long way next time I am in the store. But beyond that, it is hopefully one more person who does not see us as automatically evil because of our pastime.
I was forced by the youngest Plinkette to take her shopping for Mrs. Plinker's Christmas presents, and she wanted to go to Walmart. I figured since I was there, I would pick up a couple of boxes of .45 ACP at the sporting goods counter. When I got there, there were two people crouched over a cart FULL of cases of 12 ga shotgun shells. One was a customer, the other an employee I had never seen before at that counter.
To make a long story a little shorter, the customer walked out with just under $600 worth of 12 ga shells!
Actually, it was more like struggled out, since he could barely get the cart to move. As soon as he was around the corner, the employee made a face and asked me in a hushed voice,"What's he going to do with all that? Is it even legal to have that much ammunition?"
So I engaged him in a friendly conversation. I explained that there was no law against owning a lot of "bullets", and that there really did not need to be. I then explained that the guy was probably stocking up for trap shooting, and that it would not take him long to shoot through that much ammo, even though it seemed like a lot. Secretly I'm thinking, MAN, I wish I had $600 for cartridges! Then I told him I would like to be able to spend that much, but that I had to buy mine in small amounts with small unmarked bills so Mrs. Plinker did not catch me at it too often!
He thought about it some and decided that it must not be such a bad thing after all.Every little bit helps when we get a chance to talk to people unfamiliar with guns. I have found that being friendly with those people at Walmart goes a long way next time I am in the store. But beyond that, it is hopefully one more person who does not see us as automatically evil because of our pastime.
