Walmart getting sued for selling ammo!

[abner13]

ALLENTOWN, Pa. --
''Families of three people killed in Pennsylvania last year are suing Wal-Mart, alleging the retail giant sold ammunition used in the slayings to a man who was underage and drunk.

Wal-Mart employees in Easton were negligent in selling .38-caliber ammunition to 20-year-old Robert Jordain, failing to ensure he was at least 21 as required by law, the suit said.


Jordain and two others have been charged with homicide in the July 5 deaths of a man in Easton and a man and a woman in nearby Allentown. The man who pulled the handgun's trigger that day is accused of killing seven people in two states.

Wal-Mart said it will defend itself from the wrongful-death suit, which was filed last week in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.

The ammunition that Jordain bought could have been used in either a handgun or a rifle, and "the law allows for rifle ammunition to be purchased by someone 18 years of age," Randy Hargrove, the chain's director of national media relations, said in a statement.''

Actually , under the old PA law , any ammo that can be used in either rifle or handgun must be sold as handgun ammo to someone over 21. Don't know if that's changed.

[bogey1]

I hope walmart sues them.

[streaker69]

A breathalyzer at the POS would have prevented this.

[Emptymag]

What I wanna know is how he found someone with a key to the ammo case.



I call BS on the whole story.

[streaker69]

What I wanna know is how he found someone with a key to the ammo case.



I call BS on the whole story.

Especially a 2:36am.

[daschnoz]

The plaintiffs know that these thugs have nothing, so they're going after Walmart; the deep pockets. It's nothing new.

Drunk driver crashes into a mini-van, killing 4 people?
Let's sue everybody:

• Apple Honda for selling the car
• Sheetz for selling the gas that the driver filled the tank of the Honda with
• Yokohama for making the tires that were on the car the night of the accident
• Budweiser for making the beer that the guy drank
• the company that made the bottle, can, or glass that the beer came in
• the band that played at the bar that night - because they played a song that reminded him of his ex-girlfriend and he bought more beer to drown his sorrow
• the credit card company for authorizing the charge at the bar
• SUE EVERYONE - EXCEPT THE PERSON WHO ACTUALLY COMMITTED THE CRIME. It's not his fault.

? ? ? WTF ? ? ?

[DennisH82]

You learn something new each day, until this thread I never knew they had 38Cal rifles But then Wallymart has a leg to stand on IANAL. Also how do they know he was drunk when he purchased the ammo? do they have a Breathalyzer test for that time?

After finally seeing the whole story I can see this is just a money run, they cant get anything from the shooter so they are grasping at straws for a payday. Looks like a car full of scumbags that were on their way to choir practice.

[Bluesilver]

The kid was 20 years old. Legally shouldn't have been able to purchase it. Unfortunately it's going to get skewed and set a really bad precedent.

[DennisH82]

The kid was 20 years old. Legally shouldn't have been able to purchase it. Unfortunately it's going to get skewed and set a really bad precedent.

18 to but rifle ammo so what is illegal?

[Bluesilver]

I read it was 38 special. Handgun is different from rifle. It's nitpicking