Walmart Pulls Guns, Ammo Displays in U.S. Stores, Citing Civil Unrest - WSJ

**HanzMcFeely** · October 31st, 2020, 01:00 PM

They pulled it all after the last mass shooting...Dicks, Target (did they ever sell ammo?) and a couple others did the same thing. But shotgun and rifle ammo are still available 🤦*♂️ And now you have to be 21 with ID to buy because “it’s the law”. Just got carded at Dicks today too, they take it further though and won’t let anyone under 21 even touch the ammo to ring you out

**Bang** · October 31st, 2020, 01:02 PM

No handgun ammo at my Wallyworld. They used to sell loads of it.

That's because the Philly gangbangers drove to Catasauqua for handgun ammo on a regular basis.

**57springer** · October 31st, 2020, 01:07 PM

I am just happy they reversed their decision !

**DukeConnor** · October 31st, 2020, 01:12 PM

I thought storing guns and ammo in "the back" served no purpose but making it easier to steal.

a convienent loading dock and pallet jack would make loading a pick up pretty easy.

**DonBiase** · October 31st, 2020, 01:14 PM

Originally Posted by DukeConnor

I thought storing guns and ammo in "the back" served no purpose but making it easier to steal.

a convienent loading dock and pallet jack would make loading a pick up pretty easy.

It least they know it's one of their "Associates" stealing rather than the "illiterate general public".

**Emptymag** · October 31st, 2020, 01:21 PM

Originally Posted by DukeConnor

I thought storing guns and ammo in "the back" served no purpose but making it easier to steal.

a convienent loading dock and pallet jack would make loading a pick up pretty easy.

The image in everyone's mind of pallets of ammo is just as incorrect as the way everyone thinks that there's "more dish soap in the back" if you don't see it on the shelf.

And besides, there are cameras upon cameras EVERYWHERE.
Nobody is stealing it out the back door and getting away with it.

**STBear** · October 31st, 2020, 02:38 PM

Emptymag your slipping. How did you miss this?

Originally Posted by Woodwanderer

They pulled it all after the last mass shooting...Dicks, Target (did they ever sell ammo?) and a couple others did the same thing. But shotgun and rifle ammo are still available ��*** And now you have to be 21 with ID to buy because *it*s the law*. Just got carded at Dicks today too, they take it further though and won*t let anyone under 21 even touch the ammo to ring you out

**Bang** · October 31st, 2020, 05:17 PM

Used to know the 2-digit number for getting in-store PA in Walmart. "Associate needed at sporting goods" sounded pretty good, and got response. From a management-type, indicating his displeasure at my having done that. LMAO. But I got waited on.

Last time I was there, I dialed the store. Told whoever answered I needed sale at the gun counter. That worked too.

**tankman1989** · November 1st, 2020, 12:00 AM

Just to let everyone know, Walmart supposedly reversed the decision on removing guns & ammo from the floor. It happened sometime today though IDK when. I stopped by about 8 walmarts yesterday (was traveling & they were all on the way or ~2-3 mins off an exit), and not ONE had ammo on display and all the gun cases were empty. They even removed all black powder items and even packages of BB's (yes .177" BB's). Though at the last store I stopped at - only 15 mins away from the previous store, they had all their stuff on display, which wasn't much - probably 8 boxes of rifle (222, 7 win mag, 300 win mag & 350 legend - oh and some 17 CCI "Hyper max" or something). But they did have 2 308 rifles, a 243 rifle & a 50cal black powder.

The odd thing is that they were told to remove from floor, but just didn't do it yet (so they way) and this walmart was the closest to Philly of all of them (about 25 mins). One store that was a good 2 hours away had everything pulled.

It all makes no sense the way they are doing it b/c the walmart in the most rural area's were the ones removing everything from the floor.

I also talked to a couple managers and was told they don't expect shipments for a "long time" which seemed to vary between store/manager. One said 7-10 days, another 18-25 days, and a third at least a month. They all did say they may get really small shipments in but they won't know until it arrives and it sounded like the distribution houses are breaking up larger boxes/pallets and sending a bit to each store that has a track record of selling ammo during this time of year.

**Emptymag** · November 1st, 2020, 01:01 AM

As I explained, ammo doesn't come to the store in case quantities. (I work there)

Ammo is sent exactly the same way that every other item is sent - in small quantities - enough to fill the empty shelf space - when an item sells, the computers know to order more. (but not more than what will fit on the shelf - there's no room in the back to "stockpile" ANYTHING)
I assume ammo is not always easy to get (like Clorox wipes) and we just get what we get when it's available.

Seriously, the daily (we get 2-3 trucks per day) pallets of freight on the truck are emptied onto a belt by hand - one box at a time - the contents of the truck are randomly packed and are sorted as they go down the belt - pancake mix, a case of motor oil, a stepladder, a single box of 30-30 ammo, a case (6 jars) ,of pickles... and on, and on, until the truck is finished being unloaded.

There's no "pallet" of ammo coming on a truck - no "case" of ammo even - we get a box or five boxes - mostly we get NO ammo on a truck.