Boycott Wal-Mart
 

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Why should I care if Wal Mart exercises their right to eliminate firearms from some or even all of its stores in preference for some other product? They have the option of selling what they want to. I have the option of buying what I want to. I shop at a lot of stores that sell no firearms or hunting/fishing goods whatsoever. Should I boycot them too? I don't think so. Tell you what, if you don't want to shop at Wal Mart anymore you go ahead and shop somewhere else but as far as I'm concerened leave me out of it. I'll make my own decisions thank you!

btw, doesn't this belong in the political forum?

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I cant buy my guns any cheaper than Walmart. I shop there, and will continue to.

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They have never sold forearms in Canada so it won't bother me.

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i ditto what sylvan and greg said!

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'Boycott Walmart' ...That might be the dumbest thing I've ever heard. The reason they are stopping in some stores is because of marketing...THEY JUST DON'T SELL IN SOME LOCATIONS. So it would be absolutely brain dead of them to continue trying to sell firearms when the past has shown they don't sell. So why not try selling something that does sell in place of the firearms. WalMart is no different than you...they want to do what benefits them the most.

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I think it's pretty popular to bash Wal-Mart. They've been made the villan by the mainstream for the past couple of years. As far as I'm concerned, Wal-Mart does fine by me. That selected stores are going to discontinue selling guns doesn't bother me in the least. Do you think it will be harder to buy a firearm now that some Wal-Mart stores are out of that business? I don't think so.

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I have to agree with the rest. Why in the heck would I boycot a store because of a "target market" decision? Why in the heck would a wallmart carry deer rifles in center city San Francisco? It sounds more like good business to me. That's like telling them they have to stock nothing but country music in the center of Harlem and if they don't then they must be against country music so we'll boycot them. Now if they stopped carrying guns because they didn't support the 2nd amendment and thought that gun control should be fully supported then it's a different story.;)

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Supply and demand.


If you buy it.........they will sell it.

Stop buying guns and they will stop selling guns.

Stop buying golf balls and they will stop selling them.

I don't see how a store HAS to carry an arsenal of every weapon known to man in each store to get you to shop there.

Outback's pasta sucks...........and Olive Garden has lousy steaks. Should I boycott them both or use my head and go to the one that offers me the best value on what I want?

From what Wal-Mart has done with the FLW tour I would say that outdoorsmen and women should be thankful they put their support into an activity that many big companies won' touch with a 10 foot ugly stick.

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NO

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Whats a Walmart?

I remember - that was the company Sam built on the pride of of American products.

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Looks like your on your own. I'm going to wally world tonight and buy something.

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ditto i dont buy alot of hunting stuff there. but it is nice to know that they have a desent aray of hunting stuff!!!!!!especialy if your in a bind.so get off there back!!!!!!they save alot people including my self a good bit money!!!!!!!!dont be haten just because they are doing it better then anybody!!!!!!

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It dosent bother me none cause I live in Canada and have never seen a gun in Wal-Mart...

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when the subject first came about there so many people thinking that wal-mart was portraying an image against hunter/fishermen. Maybe thats why he posted this all over again.

No need to kick a dead horse. this subject his been kicked enough

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Sure marketing helped wal-mart decide not to sell firearm's, but I'll bet the $14.5 million dollar fine they just paid because their sporting good's employee's didn't follow the rule's also helped make that decision.

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Its not just the marketing. In areas of the US, Wal-mart got slapped with charges of selling firearms to underage customers, and also selling the firearms to someone buying it for someone else. A great deal of media coverage and the anti-gun movement caught wind of it, and Wal-Mart ended the firearms selling in those stores. This happens mroe and more at these big stores.. it is not a surprise at all to see this happen. Another example is Big 5, where handguns especially on the West coast have been taken of the shelves because of employees not executing the full waiting period for that firearm, and letting customers go home with them. Employee error, bad judgement, and felony crimes have made the media and the anti-gun croons on capital hill enjoy the support for their unconstitutional legislation.

And to enter my feeling on the banning or boycotts, just don't shop there. I don't because I view local gun shops, grocery stores, and the like in first priority for the sake of local small businesses. My preference and mine only, but I advise those who want to boycott, just go somewhere else. Boycotting Wal-Mart is a waste of time, as that company is $20 billion a year business, spanning across the globe. You are not going to change their minds, as they do more income on the whole to even worry about where their firearm section is going. There are more stores out there where you can buy firearms, firearm accesories, and ammo.

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I try to buy all of my things from small businesses, I don’t really like the whole corporation thing.

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I am as discouraged as anybody about the state of US made goods marketing, but Wal Mart's not alone. Try to find any US made stuff that's affordable at Cabela's, Farm and Tractor Supply, Big R, Sears, Lowes, Home Depot, the list goes on. I always make an effort to buy US made IF it's reasonably competitive, but it's getting harder. Seems everything I like in my price range from Cabela's or Bass Pro or Sportsman's Warehousesays "imported" at the end of the description.

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I'll tell my wife since she does the shopping that's her department. I'm not sure she'll be happy with it though.

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Are you Walmart bashers paid to do it? I know some are making a living off of it but I can't believe all of you crummy toadies are.
When you look through history and for no particular thing there are theme's that come up often. One of them is the attempt to win the hearts of the poor in order to gain total control (since the poor are more in number than any other group and easily swayed). Just make them dependent on you, gain total control, destroy all those opposed to you, turn your back on the poor and waste the country until it is subdued by another and you have little to protect yourselves because you loathed the military (history of the rise and fall of many previous supper powers in a nut shell). It maybe just a coincidence that Walmart who has the hearts of the poor because of their ways should be so hated by one political party in particular which also exhibits the characteristics of the same historical powers of the past who by the way were the ruin of their countries.
One things for sure. The Walmart bashers are spending an awful lot of someone else's money to destroy a retail store while trying to paint them as Nazi's. It aint hard for me to discount the bashers without so much as a second of doubt. They are no kind of people I want to be associated with and am glad I'm not being forced to be a part of it like so many others who pay for it against their wishes.

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Nope, I do it cause I hate them all.Walmart, KMart, and Target they can all kiss my rosey red one!

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I dont plan on doing anything about it, but thats just me, I dont think that I am in that area, Illinois probably gets a lot of gun sales. Do what you wish, but I use Wal-Mart as much as any other store.