Justin said:
The argument could be made that WalMart's sophisticated software would be far more likely to detect a spike in ammo buying on one particular day than any other retailer.
If one is particularly optimistic, and if this spike were sufficiently large, it could be used as a statistic to point out just how widespread gun ownership is in this country.
That's it in a nutshell! If you want to hit up a random local gunshop for your ammo-day purchases then feel free, but you'll just be leaving a single clerk scratching their head at best. Most likely they won't even notice or care that they moved a bunch of ammo that day -- just something that happened during deer season. They shrug it off.
Walmart might notice... they keep track of this stuff. You gotta remember, Walmart isn't a retail store. It looks like one, but that's not why it makes the money it does. It's a massive supply chain with on-time delivery to their stores. It's a brilliant idea and they do it better than everybody else. Evidence: lower prices.
Granted, I don't like the place... I just get an odd feeling whenever I'm in one, but I can do it for this. Besides, they do provide very good prices on ammo, and they -do- track this stuff.
That's the idea.. to cause a blip that can be seen nationwide. It's like saying, "Hi, we're here..and yes, we can coordinate activities together!"
It'd be great if the idea was big enough to cause -every- retail ammo supplier to take notice, but if we concentrate on one chain, and the very chain that is MOST likely to see it... well, that's a start!
I'm in! I'm low in 9mm and .45ACP anyway.
And the pads are good in a first-aid bag anyway.
