Very disturbing Wal-Mart trip

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I'm wondering what the practical ramifications of a demagnitized DL might be. I doubt that there would be any legal issues. ("Damn, I told that lady at Neiman Marcuss not to set my wallet down there.") (Or, "I told that TSA moron not to set my wallet on top of the X-ray machine." (That happened to a friend of mine. They set his floppy disk on top of the machine, which erased it. No X-rays outside the machine, but a powerful magnetic field.)) (Or, "I guess I got too close to the Apogees. :D")

But, what else might be a problem?

It seems to me that they swiped my DL the last time I rented a car. They might not let you rent a car if your DL isn't readable.

Other than that, I can't think of any problems that that might cause.
 
To those who asked. The Wal-Mart was the Bryant Supercenter.
The manager I spoke to stated he knew nothing about the State Police comment she made. But stated it was to keep a record of handgun ammo purchases. He stated if I refused to let them swipe, they could not sell the ammo.

That being said it may cost more but my money is going elsewhere
 
BALDERDASH!!
They wouln't need to swipe dl's to track ammo sales in general,,,their computers/cash registers do that already!!
Now,if they wanted to track sales to individuals.................
If my WM tries it,I'm outta there and the post about it will go here first ...then every other board I visit.!!
 
I know that store, I at one time lived in Bryant.
I moved before the WM was built.
Shopped at Foster's...
I guess the last WM I went in was that one. Mom wanted to eat at Cracker Barrel [ we still to there often]. She really needed to go into WM to get a toy for a grandkid..I bit my lip and took her.

I bought 5 boxes of .45ACP and 5 Bulk packs of Fed shotgun ammo. I was not carded, I was not ask for what they were to be used in. I was not escorted up front to pay or anything.

Something to do while waiting for the toy to come out of the back room.

I really liked that little town when I first built a new house ....it changed, I know WM affected this.

If "Bucks & Ducks" is still down there...nice folks, reloading supplies, hunting gear, boots, archery. I'd buy ammo from them.
 
I had a very strange experience at Fleet Farm in Brooklyn Park, MN, last Wednesday. I was going to visit my brother-in-law in Montana. He's got a nice range set up on his property and I bought mayby 1000 rounds of ammo in .45 ACP, .38 special, and .357 magnum calibers. I spent quite a long time in the store because I was shopping for a pair of hiking boots for the trip. When I left, there was a city cop waiting in the parking lot. I was riding with a co-worker, and as soon as we took off, the cop started following us. Instead of going to the main road, we drove down the frontage road alongside the main road, Hennipen County 81, because we were going to WalMart to pick up 9mm ammo. I went there because I wanted some WWB Value Pack, which is not offered at Fleet Farm. The cop followed us down the frontage road, which made no sense at all. Then the SOB followed us into the WalMart parking lot. We parked and he parked. We got out of our car and he got out of our car. He watched us and we watched him. I stopped and stared at him to see if he'd say anything. I seriously wanted to know what his problem was. After a bit, he started to get uncomfortable and walked over to a soda machine, as if he'd gone to all this trouble to get a can of Coke, and of course WalMart soda machines have the very best Coke.

I've never been a conspiracy theorist, but I'm really starting to get paranoid. Listening to Ashcroft testify before a congressional panel yesterday, I realized that the man is not playing with a full deck, and that he firmly believes the executive branch is beyond the rule of law. There's no way these lunatics can win re-election. Ashcroft will be lucky if he doesn't do time for contempt of congress. I'm not convinced that sometime between now and November these delusional whackos won't trump up a terrorist attack and declare martial law, suspending all elections. The first thing they will do is confiscate all privately held weapons. I know this is far-fetched, but this recent increased monitoring of who is purchasing ammunition would fit in with this wild scenario. I'm not saying I believe this is going to happen, but I'm increasingly starting to believe that the framework for such a situation is being put in place.

I hope and pray that I am completely off base here, and I probably am, but something very, very disturbing is taking place.
 
Lobotomy Boy, amazing story! I don't think the Coke at WalMart is any better than it is anywhere else, either. I do offer this as an example: My son is a typical 16 year skateboarder. Looks quite like a punk with leather jacket and dog collar. A year ago, he and his friends were injesting junk food purchased legally from a store in the center of our town. A cruiser came up to them and told them to move along. My son walked up to the cop, stuck out his hand and introduced himself. My boy has an amazing self-confidence. The cop was totally flabbergasted. My son's crew has never been bothered since.
I know the experience with this cop rattled your cage and I don't blame you. But next time, walk right up to him, introduce your self. I bet the cop will never bother another law abiding ammo purchaser again.
 
Major leap from being tailed by a b&W ossifer to Ashecroft being wierd.

Maybe John Q. Citizen turned in a license plate number and flipped two digits.

If it were my story I'd have either bought the ossifer a WalMart Coke and failing that I'd have called the freakin' PD as asked, "Wassup wid Ossifer Friendly tailing me."

Yea, sounds wierd but not for the stated reasons.
 
I've been asked the "Is it for a handgun." only once or twice.

I love the look when I tell them "No, it for a SMG."

They literally don't know what to do.

I think in the future I will just lie and tell them it is for a long gun.
 
>"They" may try. They won't succeed.

Man, you and I must live in parallel universes.

The one I live in will let this happen.
 
I think Lobotomy Boy's story is easily explainable, with little or no conspiracy theory required.

Somebody anti working at Fleet Farm (Anti's are everywhere, even hardware/tractor/"men-type" stores) sees him buying all that ammo and drops a dime to the cops to report this "suspicious activity." Probably been a while since Fleet Farm sold 1000 rounds of pistol ammo all at one time. Cop in the area is called over to check it out. Someone tells him to follow the "suspicious" guy to see if he's headed for the local elementary school or daycare center, and he follows you to Wallyworld. You get out and head for the store. He gets out, sees you're not wearing 5 handguns and 2 bandoliers of ammo, and then feels stupid for standing there. Time for a coke.

This "conspiracy" could consist of no more than one anti who sees a completely innocent but slightly unusual (to him/her) purchase, and a quarter for the payphone.

Wrong? Yes. Conspiracy? Not necessarily, and not even probably.

Scott
 
The Super Center up in Springfield, Missouri takes the ammo to the cashier for you. Then the cashier asks the "is this for a handgun?" question.

Never been carded , though.
 
This "conspiracy" could consist of no more than one anti who sees a completely innocent but slightly unusual (to him/her) purchase, and a quarter for the payphone.
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Does this mean I should drop a dime to the po-po next time I see some old geezer buying 3 jars of peanut butter and a about a dozen "Lunchables" at the market?

I mean this might be a dirty old pedaphile. OMG... what if he has a bunch of kids locked up in the basement?

I see what the point and message. Folks need to NOT mirror the gummit. Meddlin' - We have enough Gummit meddlin" as is. So I suppose it is only natural to encourage folks to drop dimes on each other so more meddlin' can occur.

Once everything is a crime it will be easy to make everyone a criminal.

"What'd they bust you for?".
Walmart Swiped my Card when I bought tools and breathing masks
"Is that all ?"
"Well the old fart did drop a dime on me for buying a tarp down at the Hardware Store

" What were you up to?"
I was gonna remove the acoustic from my ceiling and make it smooth...they had proof from purchase I was a meth maker
 
SM said
Does this mean I should drop a dime to the po-po next time I see some old geezer buying 3 jars of peanut butter and a about a dozen "Lunchables" at the market? Blah, blah, rant, rant...
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No, of course it doesn't. You quote my post, but seem to have neglected this important part:
Wrong? Yes.
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 I never said it was the right thing to do. Christ, since when do anti's do the right thing? But, they do questionable/dumb things like this all the time. All I was saying was it was a likely scenario that didn't involve government conspiracy. Of course the guy wasn't right to do it.

Thumper,

If it' a Contender, that's still a handgun, right? Or, can you use the Contender barrels in the Encore? (That's the multi-barrel rifle thing, isn't it?) Yeah, after I wrote a couple of guesses, I started thinking of the M-11 in a semi-config. Couldn't remember if anybody made it, tho.

Does anyone chamber a rifle in .32ACP or .32H&R Mag?

The guy who made the .25ACP rifle has too much time on his hands. :)

Scott
 
I'm thinking that these ID checks are centralized to the store management instead of being cooked up by the main headquarters. My reasoning is that I frequently buy ammo from multiple Walmarts, depending upon where I'm going shooting.

The Walmart in Northborough and Northbridge are usually pretty easy to get ammo from with only having to show your gun license. There's an elderly gentlemen in the Northborough store that will chat with you on gun stuff if things aren't to busy.

But the Walmart in Auburn and Sturbridge are a real pain in the butt. The Sturbridge store always give me a hard time as they want to see my gun and drivers license and the guy behind the counter spents countless minutes scrutinizing them. Same goes with the Auburn location.

Unless I run short unexpectedly, I'll go to the one in Northbridge as that one always has the best selection of ammo.
 
Story sounds fishy. Member is a LEO, whose credentials are evident, and he doesn't say anything to the clerk?
 
the cashier runs my license through to same reader as the credit cards.
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Uh huh. Not all rocket scientists over there at wally world. Did she talk out loud to anyone you couldn't see while you were there? Maybe something like turning away, looking nervous, holding her shirt cuff up to her mouth and whispering "The chair is against the wall."

I'd go buy a box over at that walmart just to watch her do that. "So when you swipe this drivers license here, the credit card machine dials up the state police computers...do all credit card machines do this?"

Next time, ask her how a Thermos knows how to keep the cool stuff cool and the hot stuff hot.

Post your results here. :D

- Gabe
 
Someone probably did call the cops. At Fleetfarm they give your ammo in a clear plastic bag that is stapled shut and you have to take it to the checkout counter. I went and looked at boots before checking out, and I was wandering around the shoe area with a giant clear plastic bag full of ammunition, which probably was a bit much for the timid and constipated.

I thought about going and introducing myself to the cop as he enjoyed his refreshing soft drink at WalMart but I had a co-worker with me and he had to be somewhere.

At WalMart the lady working at the counter asked if the 500 rounds of 9mm I bought were for a handgun. I said, "Some of them." (I also have a 9mm carbine.) I thought she'd freak, but we started chatting and it turned out she'd just graduated with a degree in law enforcement. We target shoot at the same range.
 
To Bacchus

I was with my family at the time and frankly the Dept. I work for is not big on us getting ANYTHING stirred up.
It was the time for discrestion (SIC)
 
ScottS

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Apologizes.
I did not get all the quote - my fault.
My post was sarcasm, not at you.

I will not edit my previous post. That would show bad form and make you look bad - confusing.

I will admit I goofed by not properly quoting and using sarcasm in smilies or type.

Sorry
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Did you know that 12 gram CO2 cartridges are a Wally World age controlled product?

The last time i bought fodder for my Nerf LAWS, the self serve register mom had to "permit" the transaction.

Wally Worlds penchant for databasing, makes them a prudent place to utilize cash.
 
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