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March 29th, 2010, 08:59 PM #1
K-Mart vs WallMart (ammo)
I recently moved to Monroe County I have a K-Mart and a Wallmart right across the street from each other. As far as a can tell they sell a lot of the same stuff... at about the same price. I have only been into Kmart once... and that was to see what they had. I saw what they did not have...Ammo.
It seems that K-mart took all the ammo out of their stores. As a result I only go to Wallmart to shop. The way it usually works is that I either go to Wallmart to buy things for the house, and buy six boxes of ammo while there.... or I go to Wallmart to buy Ammo, and end up buying other things for the house. Given that I just had a new house built, you can imagine the amount of money I have spent at Wallmart since in the last 6 months. Hint... over $3,000. This is all money the K-Mart did not get because they do not carry ammo. I hope this message gets around to K-Mart.
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March 29th, 2010, 10:59 PM #2Junior Member
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Re: K-Mart vs WallMart (ammo)
isn't this a result of anti's protesting that the ammo used in the Columbine shootings came from Kmart.
I believe it was part of Michael Moore's "Bowling for Columbine", from what I understand.
Totally asinine.
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March 29th, 2010, 11:15 PM #3
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Yeah. Don't hold your breath on Kmart rushing to appease a handful of gun owners after they worked hard to remove all but the blaze orange overalls in their "sporting goods" dept. over the last several years.
I wonder how many of you even remember seeing rifles in Kmarts.
As for Wmart. give it a few more years, tops - they will dump the "hunting" stuff as well. They have already cut back drastically over the last few years.I called to check my ZIP CODE!....DY-NO-MITE!!!
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March 29th, 2010, 11:25 PM #4Grand Member
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Re: K-Mart vs WallMart (ammo)
I worked as a manager for Kmart from 2002 - 2006. You are correct about them removing their "pistol" ammo after Moore and a group from Columbine requested it. All pistol ammo was removed except for 22lr. Most Kmarts no longer sell rifles or shotguns anymore due to the regulations of FFL's. They determined it was to big of a risk since they had minimum wage sales persons. It is really determined by the local laws and management. The Kmart in East Lampeter, PA doesnt sell guns of any type due to township ordinances. The Kmart in Lancaster ( 3 miles away ) does because they are allowed to. Same goes with the Walmarts in the same towns.
I agree that Kmart will probably discontinue their sporting goods dept. soon. Then again Kmart will be lucky to be around at all in another 3-5 years.No longer posting
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March 30th, 2010, 02:46 PM #5
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April 1st, 2010, 06:28 AM #6
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Yeah, the newer Super Wally World in Boyertown/Bechtelsville does not sell guns, yet the older smaller Wally in Pottstown does. They have to see the difference... Every time I've been to the Pottstown store the place is jumping with people looking at stuff, not just the guns. The Boyertown Wally "sporting goods" area is usually empty.
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Re: K-Mart vs WallMart (ammo)
Woolworth's in New Castle, DE is where I bought my 4/1944 Garand back in 1996 for $250. I got my Mark IV SMLE from Boscov in Reading for $125 in ~1999. The Woolworth's is gone and Boscov doesn't sell guns anymore. Sad. I wish I picked up a few more M1 rifles now, but $$ was really tight at the time.
Why do people fearing guns call persons with guns (cops) when threatened?
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April 9th, 2010, 01:31 AM #9Banned
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I wish that I had bought a dozen M1s when Woolworths had them. Money wasn't even an issue back then. I also wish that I had gotten a couple S&W M1917s when they were coming from Brazil. Maybe an SKS.
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