Just hours after Dick's announced it would end sales of all assault rifles and no longer sell any guns to people under 21, moments ago Walmart - or Warmart, as Bloomberg briefly dubbed it in a rather amusing Freudian slip moments ago...
... joined the bandwagon announcing late on Wednesday that "in light of recent events" America's largest retailer is "raising the age restriction for purchase of firearms and ammunition to 21 years of age."
Of course, Walmart could not fully replicate Dick's "taking a stand", because it had already stopped selling assault-style rifles back in 2015 due to sluggish demand for guns rather than politics according to the company.
"It was done purely based on customer demand," Kory Lundberg, a Walmart spokesman, told The New York Times in August 2015. The rifles, he said, were not "something customers were looking for and buying when they came into our stores."
That however did not stop the angry public to demand that Walmart, which remains the country's largest gun seller, to follow suit.
"Walmart — PLEASE match the pledge made by Dick's Sporting goods for the sake of our children," a Facebook user wrote on Wednesday.
But just to appease the public in a clear attempt at PR crisis management, Walmart said that it was also "removing items from our website resembling assault-style rifles, including nonlethal airsoft guns and toys."
Nonetheless, Walmart still sells rifles and hand guns: "Our heritage as a company has always been in serving sportsmen and hunters, and we will continue to do so in a responsible way."
Full statement below:
In light of recent events, we’ve taken an opportunity to review our policy on firearm sales. Going forward, we are raising the age restriction for purchase of firearms and ammunition to 21 years of age. We will update our processes as quickly as possible to implement this change.
In 2015, Walmart ended sales of modern sporting rifles, including the AR-15. We also do not sell handguns, except in Alaska where we feel we should continue to offer them to our customers. Additionally, we do not sell bump stocks, high-capacity magazines and similar accessories. We have a process to monitor our eCommerce marketplace and ensure our policies are applied.
We take seriously our obligation to be a responsible seller of firearms and go beyond Federal law by requiring customers to pass a background check before purchasing any firearm. The law would allow the sale of a firearm if no response to a background check request has been received within three business days, but our policy prohibits the sale until an approval is given.
We are also removing items from our website resembling assault-style rifles, including nonlethal airsoft guns and toys. Our heritage as a company has always been in serving sportsmen and hunters, and we will continue to do so in a responsible way.
Comments
What about Tide pods?
So they are going to cut themselves out of the gun market... oh yeah, that'll be a great idea...
In reply to What about tide pods? by ACP
So what about the voting age? Or the drinking age?
Oh, wait. These are corporations who are restricting legal rights.
I can't wait for the lawsuits to start. If they posses a Federal license to sell firearms, what gives them the right to restrict who they sell to when using the Federal license to sell the firearms?
Ya can't have your cake and eat it too WalMart. See ya at the Supreme Court.
In reply to So they are going to cut… by Bud Dry
Hello Target !!
Bub-bye Walmart !!
In reply to So what about the voting age… by Cognitive Dissonance
Target openly supports fags and trannies, so it isn't really much of an alternative.
The list of places I won't shop has basically become every single major chain retailer, with a few exceptions like Chick-fil-A, In-n-out, Dunkin Donuts, Hobby Lobby, etc.
In reply to Hello Target !! by InjectTheVenom
Here's a handy-dandy list:
https://www.reddit.com/r/TheRightBoycott/comments/5uovfi/official_boyco…
If only people would actually spend an extra 5 minutes a day boycotting these corporate whores and shopping somewhere else, it could really change things.
In reply to Target openly supports fags… by Buckaroo Banzai
As far as I know Walmart does not sell handguns.
And if you live in the south only patronize Krispie-Kremes
Dunkin-Donuts is a JooYorkCity organization
In reply to Here's a handy-dandy list:… by ACP
Youth is leading the crusade to infringe the natural rights of the young. I don't think they've thought this through.
In reply to As far as I know Walmart… by Pure Evil
NH actually and its Greek owned, but close.
In reply to As far as I know Walmart… by Pure Evil
That's actually a well-made comprehensive list.
In reply to Here's a handy-dandy list:… by ACP
Pay the extra buck and patronize your local gun store.
In reply to Hello Target !! by InjectTheVenom
in the tulsa area that would be here:
http://www.soonerguns.com/
In reply to Pay the extra buck and… by One of We
Fuck Target. They let the trans-testicles squat and piss in the women’s can.
In reply to Hello Target !! by InjectTheVenom
Ever since Wal-mart implemented their teleportation technology, I have had no interest in shopping there. Because every time I walk through the front door, I'm magically teleported inside a third-world shithole.
In reply to So they are going to cut… by Bud Dry
Some conservatives like Free Republic (FR) types think Wal Mart are good guys just because they are not some shitty lib company like Target or Kohls.
Wal Mart is pretty shitty. Country Bumpkin Sam Walton was supposedly in military intel and they were close to the Clintons. Wal Mart probably makes 45% of their revenue off of food stamps now and many of the customers are illegal aliens.
I hope the German and Catholic owned Aldi/Trader Joes puts a big hurt on Wal Mart and Whole Foods-Bezos. I am not a Catholic-phile but at least Aldi/Trader Joes is not owned by Christ killers.
In reply to Ever since Wal-mart… by Buckaroo Banzai
All of the Aldis around here are directly adjacent to Walmarts and they seem to put a huge crimp on Walmart's grocery business
In reply to Some conservatives like Free… by Freddie
You are an adult at 18, But Walmart will no longer sell guns to some adults for no other reason then their age, that would be age discrimination time for a class action lawsuit
In reply to So they are going to cut… by Bud Dry
Anybody who was too stupid to have stocked up a long time ago, is now going to get their just desserts.
In reply to So they are going to cut… by Bud Dry
For the stupid looking ones Tide pods are BOGO!
In reply to What about tide pods? by ACP
Walmart.
Now those guys certainly have brass cojones !
Ahh, the sweet song of corporate virtue-signalling....
#MeToo!...lol
In reply to Ahh, the sweet song of… by Budnacho
What obama the other puppet couldnt get controlled, trump can. yeah bitchez, its on..
Ok, enough!
I say we hike voting age to 21 ;-)
Voting in a rigged election to fix a rigged system? Fuck yes, sign me up.
In reply to Ok, enough!… by nmewn
Giant Douche vs Turd Sandwich
In reply to Voting in a rigged election… by FreeShitter
It only requires 50% + 1 to make it "lawful", clean & proper ;-)
In reply to Voting in a rigged election… by FreeShitter
21 is still tide pod territory....25. This way they've had a few years of reality*
*in a perfect scenario, ymmv...
In reply to Ok, enough!… by nmewn
And no mentally ill or SSRI subscribers can vote either.
In reply to Ok, enough!… by nmewn
I'm still of the opinion that if we denied progs the right to own a gun at any age murders would go down 95% ;-)
In reply to And no mentally ill or SSRI… by One of We
i say nuke 'em.
NO EBT VOTERS
In reply to And no mentally ill or SSRI… by One of We
Seems like a made to order business opportunity for someone to sell guns legally to individuals between the ages of 18 and 21.
gun broker, local gun shops and of course gun shows. word of mouth. like really all this bullshit is going to stop the next shooting.
if i kneel, i can't buy a gun? just askin...
In reply to Seems like a made to order… by behind the curtain
Goodbye, Wal-Mart. You’ll see not a dime from me.
It's okay for 18-year-old American utes to pick up a rifle to fight on Israel's behalf but they can't go buy one at Walmart
In reply to Goodbye, Wal-Mart. You’ll… by Ultra
when’s Gartman going net short again?
Whatever the fuck Gartma's doing, ZH will tell us tomorrow, for sure!(PS I don't mind so much, you really , really, just need to do the opposite, it's like betting "don't come" at craps on the drunk fuck who's chips have dwindled quickly, yet he wants to roll "one more"!)
In reply to when’s Gartman going net… by commonsenserules
ok. but gartman's stack never seems to go DOWN!
In reply to Whatever the fuck Gartma's… by moonstears
Removing things that look like guns, we have gone full retard!
Wayne LaPierre on suicide watch. Believe me.
He's probably itching to BTFD on Sturm Ruger and shorting DKS like me.....
In reply to Wayne LaPierre on suicide… by onwisconsinbadger
If you can go to war to fight for freedum you should be able to purchase and bear your own firearms. My ten year old handles our AR well. The seven year old prefers the 10/22. The guns have never shot any of us but they have pinched a finger here and there and inflicted countless thumb blisters and shoulder bruises. I was assaulted by the .375 H&H once causing circular laceration to the forehead and I would count that as the most nefarious action ever taken by any of my firearms. They just want to be left alone like the rest of us.
Just raise it to 99 years old and be done with it. Marxist Leninists want to kill the Constitution and there is nothing to stop them, except a bunch of raycist, sexists, white males.
Better get some "asssault style" toy airsoft guns quick, they's collec-ti-bals, now!
Lmao so now retail establishment are creating laws...oh ya any day now this Country will go Boooom...
If Larry Potterfield tells me he is not selling guns to 18 year olds, I will know we are done ... ;)
if your dicks were bigger you wouldn't need all these guns to make you feel better.
Do you find a direct correlation between the size of male genitalia and gun ownership during your "hands-on" investigations?
In reply to if your dicks were bigger… by martygraw
Wasnt very kosher of him.
In reply to you obviously spend a lot of… by Juggernaut x2
And if you had a big dick stuffed down your throat we wouldn't have to listen to you ;-)
In reply to if your dicks were bigger… by martygraw
Pagination