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"In April 2011, Walmart began stocking guns in more and more stores, expanding the sales to 1,750 outlets nationwide. By the end of that year, the FBI received 16.4 million background check requests; the number is 16.8 million this year. Overall Walmart sales figures are back on track after the 2011 slump, and executive vice president Duncan Mac Naughton told shareholders at a meeting in October 2012 that gun sales in particular are a staple of the chains strategy to continue boosting its numbers. He said that over the past twenty-six months, gun sales at Walmart stores open for a year or more were up an astonishing 76 percent, while ammunition sales were up 30 percent. Walmart is now the biggest seller of firearms and ammunition in America. . .
. . .Nearly 400 guns are available in Walmarts catalog. And even if your local store doesnt sell a particular model, you can special-order it (assuming you pay half the cost ahead of time). With the exception of its stores in Alaska, Walmart doesnt sell handguns, though it does sell ammunition for them, along with a wide variety of semiautomatic long-barrel weapons. For example, at half the Walmarts in America, you can buy a semiautomatic Colt M4 OPS .22 rifle; it carries a thirty-round magazine, which you can also purchase in the store. Or perhaps a Sig Sauer M400 semiautomatic assault rifle, advertised on Walmarts website as designed for use in law enforcement, military operations
as well as competitive shooting, which is just one of several AR-15 assault rifles for sale."
http://www.thenation.com/article/171808/how-walmart-helped-make-newtown-shooters-ar-15-most-popular-assault-weapon-america?rel=facebook
Another reason to boycott Walmart.
aquart
(69,014 posts)You don't need a Manchurian candidate when you have the Manchurian chain store.
ellisonz
(27,711 posts)ellisonz
(27,711 posts)Smarmie Doofus
(14,498 posts)OneMoreDemocrat
(913 posts)Thank God someone is here to place the blame in the right place.
I figured Walmart would be named before too long.
People want guns, Walmart sells them...I doubt very much it's the other way 'round; but whatevs.
Lady Freedom Returns
(14,120 posts)I thought guns like that has got to be sold via a specialty store due to all the paper work and I.D checking involved???? I don't see that a dept. store has the time to do all that.
As you can probably tell, I have never bought a gun in my life! I have only guess that there is/should be a lot of paper work.
ManiacJoe
(10,136 posts)All four pages are not always necessary depending on what you are buying.
The NICS background check takes 5-10 minutes depending on call volumes.