Comments on: Wal-Mart removes guns from stores

By: Jim_In_Texas

Jim_In_Texas — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:18:13 +0000

If WalMart or any store decides not to sell guns (or anything else) that is their business - Do not be bothered. I find it only an inconvenience to drive a few miles farther to a gun store.

What we have to watch out for is if the government, any government, local, state, or federal passes a law preventing WalMart, or anyone else from selling guns.

This includes the possibility of a radically high federal sells tax to raise the price of guns and ammo to a prohibitive level. If such a tax is passed, as has been discussed, it will penalize the working man who can only marginally afford to buy a gun to protect his family.

And also, pleeeeze do not hit me with the argument that hunters will not be infringed upon by any such federal law or tax - make no doubt, the second amendment was not written to protect the rights of hunters - it was written so we, the people, would never again be put into position of suffering under the rule of a tyrannous government, as did the people fleeing Europe to come to the new land - the land of the free..

If you think our fair government could never become tyrannous, remember Waco, remember Ruby Ridge…

The constitution was written and the amendments were passed by wise men who understood human nature. The constitution was not based on the current events of the times - it was based on human nature and with laws that would keep that nature in check.

By: Brett Becker

Brett Becker — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 01:47:48 +0000

going to buy guns and hunting stuff from wal-mart was great know it sucks know the local gun shop can rais there prices and we cant do anything but except if we want a gun , this is crazy . I think wal-mart should not be able to sell anything that has to do with hunting , because there saying they will make more $ having different items to fill the space . Its bull !! Brett Becker Fonda ny

By: TBourriague

TBourriague — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:12:09 +0000

to all readers of this site everyone has there on comment to make but as DJ said guns don’t kill…Poeple of what is to be THis Great Nation do enough crime…There is teen age kids on the internet ever day looking and learning things that i had no idea that would be there.. I have 5 girls 18 17 16 13 and 10 these girls have showed me that there are ways of making different weapons to hurt or kill someone… So lay off the guns and tell your parents to be responsible and locks up there guns and to teach you yonger guys gun safety… As for as Walmart it’s hard to boycott a store when you can’t afford to go shop somewhere else, liked said earlier in another comment Gas at 3.09 a gallon, There prices are way to cheap…. Plus we have other stores that we can make a once or twice a year trip to go purchase a new gun …do like us buy grocery and hunting items in buck Thank You

By: bbhandler

bbhandler — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 02:28:02 +0000

yo WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!! if i want a bb gun i get my father to order it online yo simple

By: dj

dj — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 21:41:33 +0000

cheyenne if someone was going to shoot you thay would have done it already and dont blame guns.Guns dont kill people people kill people a gun is just a tool so when you blame guns blam the people around you.As for wal-mart when you sold guns/bb guns you made more money do you want to end up like k mart is it worth people losing thear jobs because you dont feel safe if you wanted to go to school then you would go regardless.I think that wal-mart shoud sell bb guns and hunting items because hunting is a sport and bb gun are for game playing how do you think other people feel about it how do you think kids get guns thay find them on the street you have to be 18 in order for you to get a gun wal-mart dose not sell guns to kids under 18 years of age.

By: Cheyenne

Cheyenne — Fri, 04 May 2007 14:47:19 +0000

I think that this is the best thing to do. Now we won’t have to worry about our children getting shot at school. I am a 17-year-old teenager myself and i’m scared to go to school. I am scared that I am going to get shot. just knowing that Wal-Mart is pullingtheir guns off the shelves makes me fell a little bit better!!!

By: Andy Hulme

Andy Hulme — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 23:48:13 +0000

Hay Guys, calm down. I just did a 400 mile round trip to buy a shotgun for twice what it would have cost you,and with gas at only about $8.00 a gallon this could only be England.

By: Andrew Michleski

Andrew Michleski — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 23:22:09 +0000

I have read the comments, and I see that every one
has their own opinion of Wal-Mart and what thay have
done in the way of firearm sales. I called Wal-Mart
and asked them adout this thay told me that it was
a corp decision to pull the firearms. It was
decided becouse of several issues that had come up,
1. Had to have some one in sporting goods all the time.
2. The sales of guns were costing more then thay were
makeing.
If you call them thay can get you the corp memo.
I realize that it dose not sound fair to us but
some times companys have to do things to better
them selves. I being a hunter my self do not like
this becouse, yes it is true Wal-Mart guns are cheep
“thay can by in bulk” and I my self have bought several of my guns from Wal-Mart. But times have
changed not to say any one group or person is correct
but to say we have to change with the times.
I too was tinking where was I going to by my next
gun, pawnshop, barbershop, “Yep here where I live you
can get a hair cut and by a gun at the same time”,
or local hardware store??? It turns out that I can
now becouse of Wal-Mart not saleing firearms by them
from my local hardware store for adout the same price
or lower.

By: tmaster

tmaster — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 04:30:16 +0000

Your missing the point big time. It doesn’t matter if you want to shop at Walmart or not. That has nothing to do with it.

By: Reason, the voice of.......

Reason, the voice of....... — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 03:51:52 +0000

I see so much confusion, misinfomation and politics being spewed here that it makes me ill. We have a “foreigner”……….yeah right, we have people cussing Clinton and people cussing Feinstein and Schumer, and we have people bitchin that without Walmart they won’t be able to get their “guns”. We also have a few people with the wisdome to say” what did you expect from Walmart? It isn’ the democrats or the republicans that gave the bill of rights. By the way, liberal means a perons who thinks that the way things are needs some help as opposed to conservative which means that the way things are is just fine ( A severe consolidation but accurate). So if everything is going just fine for you with $3 dollar gas, and billion dollar deficits then I can see why walmart not selling guns is pissing you off, you might have to go somewhere else. I for one do not like Walmart in any capacity but I can drive 20 miles to another store and buy my guns……….why can’t you?

By: at

at — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 17:58:18 +0000

Hey lib, Guns are not “weapons” they are firearms. Some people choose to use them as “weapons”. The moment my mossberg 500 12ga becomes a weapon is when some jerkoff decides they want to threaten me or a loved one or breaks in my house. I dont think theres anyway of walmart removing their guns here in az and if they do i have a sportsmans warehouse down the street, a big 5, a sports authority and a brand new cabelas that just opened.

By: kd

kd — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 19:36:14 +0000

Who cares if Wal-Mart carries guns? Who actually buys guns from Wal-Mart? I’ve never seen one person in the store buying a gun. Why not support a local gun store? This has nothing to do with gun control. It’s about a private company not stocking a product because it isn’t in demand.

A boycott from gun owners has nothing to do with K-Mart’s problems.

By: tmaster

tmaster — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 16:55:25 +0000

Sorry that you do not understand. The fees to run a small gun store were raised under Clinton in an atempt to shut down small stores. We need as many large chain stores selling guns and shells as we can get.

By: Foreigner

Foreigner — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 08:25:45 +0000

You American’s are funny people. Does Walmart sell cars? It doesn’t, right? So is that an attack by the Liberals? WHERE ARE AMERICANS GOING TO BUY CARS!? OH NO! IT’S A TRAGEDY! God forbid you go to a car yard. How many guns are you buying in a year anyway? Is a “few hours trip” once in what, a blue moon?, really such a bad thing in order to buy a weapon?

And hey, maybe some enterprising young American will fill demand for guns by opening up his own gun store in places where guns are rare and supply True American Patriots with the weaponry they need to defend their homes from crazed Liberals and psychotic criminals (both of which their seem to be an awful lot of in the states).

By: 2nd amendment

2nd amendment — Thu, 18 May 2006 19:53:29 +0000

hey libral, criminals don’t buy guns at Walmart.
reason, cause they have to fill out paperwork like evry other gun shop has you do.
Criminals buy their guns off the street, from other criminals, and those guns are stolen.

liberals are stupid, and a reason why the 2nd amendment will always be in force.

You guys and Rosie the old hag ain’t takin our guns, and that’s a guarantee

By: libral

libral — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 00:54:54 +0000

i have to say automatic weapons is silly just silly to own sporting guns only i know a criminal dont need an automatic weapon to kill sombody but would u go into a bank or a store armed with a hunting rifle… most criminals are idiots most idiots shop at wallmart so if wall mart stops selling guns then most at least some criminals will stop buying so u have to drive a few hours boohoo is all i can say

By: Jon Larson

Jon Larson — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 17:51:46 +0000

This is crazy! I just recently moved to Illinois and already having trouble to find a place to buy guns. Wal-Mart Is the only place in town that sells cheap guns. What is going to happen if they pull there guns? I’m more then likely going to have to travel a few hours just to find a store thet sells them. When it comes to running a business you want to please as many people as possible. With Wal-Mart making this move, they are pretty much punching all hunters, trap shooters, or any gun owner in the face. This makes me despise Wal-Mart even more.