Very disturbing Wal-Mart trip

[ScottS]

sm,

No apology necessary. We both feel the same way: this was a stupid overreaction on someone's part. We just said it differently.

My apologies for not "getting" the sarcasm in your post.

Scott

 

[porciniman]

Just came back from Wally World in Danvers, MA.
Bought 500 rds of 9mm, & 2 bricks of 22lr, however the guy asked to see both my LTC and my drivers license.
This is a new policy at this store, as I have not been asked for my drivers license before.
He would not sell me the ammo without my drivers license, even tho my LTC has all the info they should need.
It is getting a little more difficult in MA to purchse anything gun related.
This state is chipping away at our rights. a bit at a time.
VB

 

[Watchman]

I dont beleive that a store clerk has any right to ask to see a LTC.

Sure any LEO does, but that store clerk is stretching it. I would have a talk with the manager about that one.

 

[Tropical Z]

Can a simple household magnet be used to deactivate these strips?

 

[scout26]

I only occasionally by ammo at Wallyworld, when it has a really low price or when it's the only thing on the way to shoot.

Never been asked that question and I live in near Daleyworld (Chicago).

How many scandals doe sit take before they nail his hide to the wall ???

 

[G1FAL]

Last time I bought ammo at Wal Mart (2 boxes of .45 ACP), the only question the guy asked was "Can I help you?". He was actually pretty helpful, pulling several different brands out of the display case for me to paw over before I settled on the two I got.

 

[Steel]

Big Brother! I strongly suspect that this is just the beginning of the nightmare....

 

[GunGeek]

Can a simple household magnet be used to deactivate these strips?

Yes a stong magnet will erase it, I used a computer harddrive magnet on my Kali one years ago, right after all the nightclubs started swiping them to send you junkmail under the ruse of verifing the age. Was funny because it didn't just come up corrupted or blank, but the machines simply acted lke nothing had been swiped. Funny thing is no club EVER wouldn't let me in because the card woudn't swipe, so the solution to ID fakers would be simply don't worry about it.

And yes a creditcard reader can read a license, they use the exact same technology. Most states have the strip coded in plain text so it is not encrypted in any way. Now a standard register would have no idea what to do with the info but thats fixed with a simple software upgrade.

 

[LostCajun]

Twice now I've held my nose and gotten 2 boxes of WWB 9mm from the local WM here in Florida. Both times the clerk asked for ID, but there was no scanning, nor even more than a cursory glance at it. I asked why, and he said it was to make sure I was a FL resident. We got into a discussion about the difference between a GA resident buying the same ammo in Georgia, and the same person buying the stuff in FL. Neither one of us could come to any logical conclusion as to why there is a residency requirement (or seems to be). For a state with as many seasonal residents as FL does, I can't imagine this being a state requirement (don't know for sure, though).
Just a case of a guy doing his job as he's been told to. Haven't bought ammo there in over a year now. (I needed new brass)
Also in both cases, the purchase was made at the sporting goods counter, and bagged there, so none of the faint-of-heart shoppers milling about would see me carrying - or God forbid waiting in the checkout line - with those boxes so proudly emblazoned with 'WINCHESTER' across the top.
Sometimes the only explanation that makes sense is the least desirable.
LostCajun

 

[GunGeek]

I was just reminded of when I bought a shotgun at WM, a manager carried it to my car for me, and iirc I couldn't buy ammo for it on that trip (but I could walk back in as soon as it was in the car). I'm sure I had a huge smile on my face thinking about the irony with a.45 IWB, I think I even used my CWP as ID, manager probably thought I was just happy with my purchase.