Walmart To Stop Selling AR15s

[hollohas]

Meh. No big loss. There are a bizzlion other places to buy guns. Walmart stopped selling all guns after Columbine only to change policy again years later. That was a political decision. This does seem like a valid business decision this time. Hell, by all accounts Walmart is selling AR'S in the $900 range. Of course those aren't selling, that's way too high. I can go by Ark right now and get a very nice Ruger AR-556 for $650.

Curious...how many here ever bought an AR at Walmart?

[WillysWagon]

I would have jumped all over the $500 Colts though.

[Jer]

We may not care but anytime a huge retailer chooses to not support 2A because of media pressure regarding 'evil black guns' it's big news.

Have I ever bought an AR15 from Walmart? No. Does that mean they've never sold one? Of course not.

Many supporters of 2A were once not of that mindset and perhaps an AR15 purchase at Walmart ignited that passion. Even if it's just one it's a big deal now that it's gone. Based on sheer volume alone I have a feeling it was a lot more than one.

[hollohas]

Apparently it wasn't very many more than one. By all accounts, in stock guns were collected dust on Walmart shelves.

http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/201...some-shotguns/

[Singlestack]

Jax outdoor used to carry ARs and accessories, but after Newtown decided to drop the ARs. I told the owner Jim Quinlan I thought he was ignorant and would know longer shop there (I haven't). The Boulderite antis rose up in support of Jax - thats their store. Not sure what I will do about Walmart. Target is already on my Never list.

[Jer]

Apparently it wasn't very many more than one. By all accounts, in stock guns were collected dust on Walmart shelves.

http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/201...some-shotguns/

Nothing in that link provides facts that they were dropped due strictly to low sales numbers. It's all hearsay and conjecture at best. I'm not talking to the causation so much as the outcome in my post anyway.

People want to act like it's a non-story to 2A support and that's simply not the case. People freak out over proposed legislation that has ZERO chance of ever passing or coming into law and yet something like this happens that directly affects the average consumer or, perhaps more importantly, the would-be average consumer and people say good riddance. This community makes no sense to me sometimes and this is one of those. You can hate Walmart with the next guy but like it or not there were plenty of people shopping AR15's and just seeing them in someplace like Walmart helped our cause. When I would watch the Daily Show and Stewart would make a flippant comment about how 'assault rifles could be bought along w/diapers at Walmart' I would get a little warm fuzzy knowing that it infuriated those opposed to 2A and it served to help keep the general populace less inclined to be freaked out when they saw the mythical creature. If they're sold in every grocery store how scary could they be after all?

If you're a supporter of 2A the largest retailer in the world not carrying the flagship of your cause is a big deal no matter how you slice it.

[Jer]

Jax outdoor used to carry ARs and accessories, but after Newtown decided to drop the ARs. I told the owner Jim Quinlan I thought he was ignorant and would know longer shop there (I haven't). The Boulderite antis rose up in support of Jax - thats their store. Not sure what I will do about Walmart. Target is already on my Never list.

Exactly! I was a big supporter of JAX prior to that. We took the dogs and would go there weekly. Once that happened, I've never been in a JAX since nor will I. I will let my buying dollar speak in my behalf and adding another retailer/outdoors store to that list of anti-AR15 is never a good thing. Ever.

[hurley842002]

Nothing in that link provides facts that they were dropped due strictly to low sales numbers. It's all hearsay and conjecture at best. I'm not talking to the causation so much as the outcome in my post anyway.

People want to act like it's a non-story to 2A support and that's simply not the case. People freak out over proposed legislation that has ZERO chance of ever passing or coming into law and yet something like this happens that directly affects the average consumer or, perhaps more importantly, the would-be average consumer and people say good riddance. This community makes no sense to me sometimes and this is one of those. You can hate Walmart with the next guy but like it or not there were plenty of people shopping AR15's and just seeing them in someplace like Walmart helped our cause. When I would watch the Daily Show and Stewart would make a flippant comment about how 'assault rifles could be bought along w/diapers at Walmart' I would get a little warm fuzzy knowing that it infuriated those opposed to 2A and it served to help keep the general populace less inclined to be freaked out when they saw the mythical creature. If they're sold in every grocery store how scary could they be after all?

If you're a supporter of 2A the largest retailer in the world not carrying the flagship of your cause is a big deal no matter how you slice it.

Absolutely agree with this! When the big scary black rifle, the machine gun people only see in movies, the tool used by psychos to commit "mass murder", is now sitting behind a glass case at your local Wally World, it all of a sudden isn't quite as scary as the non gun person thought. People are always talking about "de-sensitizing", well AR's in Walmart are a good example of that, in our favor. When the younger generation can no longer walk by and see the scary black rifle in person, it doesn't help our cause (think big picture).

[Irving]

You don't have to sell guns to support the 2nd Amendment.

[Jer]

You don't have to sell guns to support the 2nd Amendment.

When you're a company you express your opinion based on the products you support/sell. For years they were anti-American because of the products they supported/sold but now that they choose not to support/sell AR15's... no big deal. Talk about a double standard.