Walmart Ammo Selling Policy

[NavyLCDR]

When I was 18 I was buying some 44 mag as well and was asked if it was for pistol or rifle. This was in a small sporting goods store in Alaska like15 years ago. Guess the feel good law said you must be 21 to buy handgun ammo. So of course I told her my S&W model 29 was a rifle.

And if that small sporting goods store had an FFL, you committed a Federal felony in the process.

 

[frankenstein406]

Haven't bought from Walmart yet. Other places have better deals. Gander checked my id but I'm still young.

 

[txhoghunter]

the only question I get asked when buying in Texas is "Paper or plastic?"

Same here....I have more problems getting them to open the display cases in electronics than buying ammo

 

[ThePunisher'sArmory]

Can anyone put some reason into this?

Nope.....Nor can I make sence of most of their policys. I work for a beer vendor and see the "inside" of walmart policy everyday. None of it makes sence......NONE OF IT!

 

[frankenstein406]

Nope.....Nor can I make sence of most of their policys. I work for a beer vendor and see the "inside" of walmart policy everyday. None of it makes sence......NONE OF IT!

Lawsuits are key in there policys.

 

[Gouranga]

None of that mess here. Our only problem at my local wally world is there is a young guy and an old guy. The old guy ROCKS!. Very helpful and polite. The young guy, well you nearly have to bring a firearm into the store to force him to do his job and actually help customers.

 

[m33p0n3]

Most sporting goods employees probably only care, because for ammunition like 22LR where it can be used in either, the register will prompt them to enter whether it's for pistol or rifle. Then it should prompt whether the customer is the appropriate age for whatever they picked.

 

[ThePunisher'sArmory]

Frank, I guess as far as sales and some safty issues go ya but as far as some of their other merchendising policies go.......The only word that comes to mind is nonsense. This is one that gets me. Do you know why they are constantly moving things in the store? To make you, the customer, search for it and spend more time in the store. This is thought to encourage impulse buying when passing by things while looking for the item you need. In most cases it just makes the custys mad. Just one example of walmart being.......well walmart. It sure is not the good old Sam Walton days.

 

[ThePunisher'sArmory]

Most sporting goods employees probably only care, because for ammunition like 22LR where it can be used in either, the register will prompt them to enter whether it's for pistol or rifle. Then it should prompt whether the customer is the appropriate age for whatever they picked.

So in alot of states, like mine, if your 18 you just say its for a rifle and there you go.....They sell it to you. Legalities aside its a stupid prompt.

 

[Gouranga]

Most sporting goods employees probably only care, because for ammunition like 22LR where it can be used in either, the register will prompt them to enter whether it's for pistol or rifle. Then it should prompt whether the customer is the appropriate age for whatever they picked.

My experience with big box stores and fast food joints, the kids running the registers pretty do whatever they tell them to. If the register told them to drop their pants before opening the drawer, they would do it. If the register told them to ask the customer what his favorite color was he'd do it. People listen to machines for some reason.

As an example, I was a IT guy at a local business about 10 years ago. I installed an app that let me remotely control a lot of our machines so I could get stuff done without having to run around the shop all day long. So as a demo to our managing partner, I started popping up windows message windows telling folks to do things but making it sound technical. Like..."Windows had detected excess dust in printer. Please clean printer to continue.", or "Windows keyboard feedback device has detected excess moisture from user. Please wash and dry hands.", etc. 90% of people followed what the machine told them to do. I had one guy cleaning the coffee machine.

So the point is, whatever their register tells them, they will do. The guy you are talking with, probably does not care one bit why, he is asking, just that the machine told him to.

 

[Ben86]

They don't ask those question here. Only ammo Wallyworld sells around here is for shotguns.

That's really lame, did you ask why?

 

[NavyLCDR]

So in alot of states, like mine, if your 18 you just say its for a rifle and there you go.....They sell it to you. Legalities aside its a stupid prompt.

and again, if you are buying from a licensed FFL and you lie about it, you commit a Federal felony...

 

[ShortFatHokie]

Thankfully here in the Old Dominion, my local Wally World ammo purchase elicits only "Cash, credit or debit"!

And/or "will that be all today?"...

 

[Big_Dogg]

Can anyone put some reason into this?

I'm sure Michael Moores propaganda film along with other government propaganda had something to do with it.

Never underestimate the power of propaganda.

A great example of that is our countries multi-trillion dollar war on cannabis and hemp. Look at how many poor brainwashed Americans support that war for no other reason than they have bought into the governments decades of propaganda and disinformation campaigns.

Look at how most all the Germans supported Hitler because of his propaganda campaigns.

Propaganda is a powerful political tool.

 

[Justin]

As I understand it, New York state law requires that you present your pistol permit when purchasing ammunition for a handgun. As such, Walmart was simply following state law when asking for your permit.