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Wal-Mart to stop selling AR-15s and similar weapons in U.S.
    #22150205 - 08/27/15 07:57 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

Well, finally some progress in America. It will change nothing, but at least it's something.



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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Wal-Mart will stop selling the AR-15 rifle and other semi-automatic weapons at its stores because fewer people are buying them, a spokesman said Wednesday.

The AR-15 rifles and other modern sporting rifles were being sold at less than a third of the company's 4,600 U.S. stores. Company spokesman Kory Lundberg said Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will remove the remaining inventory as stores transition from summer to fall merchandise, which should take a week or two to complete.

Lundberg said the decision to remove the weapons was not political and that the Bentonville, Arkansas-based retailer made the decision earlier this year.

"It's similar to what we do with any product. Being what it is, it gets a little more attention, but it's the same process for any other product," Lundberg said.

Lundberg said the company had seen a decrease in sales of the particular models of guns, but declined to give specific sales numbers. He said stores would increase inventory of other models of shotguns and rifles popular among hunters.

"We wanted to make sure when customers are coming and looking to purchase those products, they see the products they want. We see more business from hunters and people shooting clay," he said.
Several analysts said the decision was likely based on sales and demand.

"Big retailers don't make decisions on a whim, and it would appear that they are responding to their market," said Jason Maloni, a crisis communications expert at LEVICK. "This seems to be a strategic decision of Wal-Mart to address customer desires."

In recent years, shareholders have placed some pressure on the company to reconsider its sales policies of products such as weapons that hold high-capacity magazines. Bushmaster variations of the semi-automatic AR-15 have been used in such high-profile mass shootings as the Sandy Hook massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, and the theatre shooting in Aurora, Colorado.

The historic Trinity Church on Wall Street in New York, which owns stock in Wal-Mart, filed a lawsuit last year after the company declined to allow a shareholder vote on the church's proposal for the board of directors to more closely review policies on sales decisions of products that could "endanger public safety and well-being" or hurt the company's reputation or emphasis on family and community values.

A lower court ruled that the shareholders should be allowed to consider the proposal, but a U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judge lifted that injunction. The church has not appealed, but officials said they are not ready to drop the lawsuit either.

The Rev. William Lupfer, rector of the church, said in a statement Wednesday that the church was "pleased to hear Wal-Mart will no longer sell the kinds of weapons that have caused such devastation and loss in communities across our country."

"We continue to believe that corporate boards have the responsibility to oversee the creation of policies that will guide decision making on marketing and other issues that could have momentous impact on the safety and well-being of society and to shareholder value," Lupfer wrote.

Wal-Mart scaled back the number of stores that sold guns around 2006, Lundberg said, but has no plans to stop the sale of guns all together.


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Re: Wal-Mart to stop selling AR-15s and similar weapons in U.S. [Re: Patlal]
    #22150215 - 08/27/15 08:01 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

i have no problem with people selling assault weapons. but i also have no problem with walmart deciding they dont want to sell them. its their business, so they can choose what they wanna sell. so i picked STAL

there are plenty great places to buy guns that arent fuckin walmart


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Re: Wal-Mart to stop selling AR-15s and similar weapons in U.S. [Re: Patlal] * 1
    #22150216 - 08/27/15 08:01 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

I personally believe that this is how liberty slowly dies. There once was a regime where only the police and military had firearms....the Nazi regime.  I sort of am stretching a bit, but it is one possible outcome that our banning firearms could lead to. 

I don't want to take that risk. We need firearms, because criminals will always have them.


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Re: Wal-Mart to stop selling AR-15s and similar weapons in U.S. [Re: Patlal]
    #22150221 - 08/27/15 08:03 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

Wow department stores havent sold guns in my state for decades and I thought walmart stopped selling guns n ammo after colombine. If you live by a walmart that sells ar15's you must live in east bumblefuck USA and I feel bad for you.


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Re: Wal-Mart to stop selling AR-15s and similar weapons in U.S. [Re: InfiniteToker]
    #22150224 - 08/27/15 08:03 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

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I personally believe that this is how liberty slowly dies. There once was a regime where only the police and military had firearms....the Nazi regime.  I sort of am stretching a bit, but it is one possible outcome that our banning firearms could lead to. 

I don't want to take that risk. We need firearms, because criminals will always have them.





what? are you suggesting walmart should be forced to keep AR15s in stock?

a company changing their inventory isnt a breach of liberty. i dont even understand why people care about this. who buys guns at walmart anyways? buy from a local gunshop/gunshow ffs


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Re: Wal-Mart to stop selling AR-15s and similar weapons in U.S. [Re: Adolin]
    #22150234 - 08/27/15 08:06 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

no I was generalizing.  It's there right as a store.  I just think that the media showcasing these gruesome acts of gun violence sort of coerces or puts pressure on businesses to stop carrying firearms.

  I think ultimately guns will be prohibited indefinitely unless you are police officers or govt/military.  i don't want to be around in that world.  Criminals will still have them.


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Re: Wal-Mart to stop selling AR-15s and similar weapons in U.S. [Re: InfiniteToker]
    #22150250 - 08/27/15 08:11 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

no guns will never be prohibited are you a crazy person?


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Re: Wal-Mart to stop selling AR-15s and similar weapons in U.S. [Re: InfiniteToker]
    #22150252 - 08/27/15 08:12 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

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I just think that the media showcasing these gruesome acts of gun violence sort of coerces or puts pressure on businesses to stop carrying firearms.





i agree 100%. it just doesnt suprise me that walmart would do this :lol:

kind of like when CVS stopped selling cigarettes. i just shrugged because i would never think of going to a drug store for cigarettes anyways, just like i'd never go to walmart for a gun


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Re: Wal-Mart to stop selling AR-15s and similar weapons in U.S. [Re: CHeifM4sterDiezL]
    #22150254 - 08/27/15 08:12 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

No, and they are illegal in several countries already.  It's not a crazy concept by any means.


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Re: Wal-Mart to stop selling AR-15s and similar weapons in U.S. [Re: Patlal]
    #22150257 - 08/27/15 08:14 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

I wouldn't buy my AR-15s at Walmart.


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Re: Wal-Mart to stop selling AR-15s and similar weapons in U.S. [Re: InfiniteToker]
    #22150262 - 08/27/15 08:15 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

Wal-mart not selling AR-15s has nothing to do with the media showcasing gun violence or any political bullshit.

They aren't selling AR-15s anymore because the not enough people are buying them.  They are a business and a practical thing for them to do is to not buy a product that won't sell.


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Re: Wal-Mart to stop selling AR-15s and similar weapons in U.S. [Re: InfiniteToker]
    #22150264 - 08/27/15 08:16 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

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No, and they are illegal in several countries already.  It's not a crazy concept by any means.



no no it is crazy


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Re: Wal-Mart to stop selling AR-15s and similar weapons in U.S. [Re: CHeifM4sterDiezL]
    #22150268 - 08/27/15 08:17 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

okay, agree to disagree. Peace.


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Re: Wal-Mart to stop selling AR-15s and similar weapons in U.S. [Re: ONE OZ SLUG]
    #22150273 - 08/27/15 08:19 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

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Wal-mart not selling AR-15s has nothing to do with the media showcasing gun violence or any political bullshit.

They aren't selling AR-15s anymore because the not enough people are buying them.  They are a business and a practical thing for them to do is to not buy a product that won't sell.



well duhhh you really think CVS would stop selling cigs if it was thier #1 product because its "healthier" or whatever. Yehh fucking right they stopped selling cigs cuz they were sick of paying to rotate a stock of stale cigs no one ever buys.


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Re: Wal-Mart to stop selling AR-15s and similar weapons in U.S. [Re: CHeifM4sterDiezL]
    #22150279 - 08/27/15 08:20 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

When... when did I say anything about CVS and cigarettes?


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Re: Wal-Mart to stop selling AR-15s and similar weapons in U.S. [Re: InfiniteToker]
    #22150280 - 08/27/15 08:21 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

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okay, agree to disagree. Peace.



there would be a second civil war ur fucking nuts to even consider that happening. Thats like being worried russia would invade your neive to the ways of the world.


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Re: Wal-Mart to stop selling AR-15s and similar weapons in U.S. [Re: CHeifM4sterDiezL]
    #22150281 - 08/27/15 08:21 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

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Wal-mart not selling AR-15s has nothing to do with the media showcasing gun violence or any political bullshit.

They aren't selling AR-15s anymore because the not enough people are buying them.  They are a business and a practical thing for them to do is to not buy a product that won't sell.



well duhhh you really think CVS would stop selling cigs if it was thier #1 product because its "healthier" or whatever. Yehh fucking right they stopped selling cigs cuz they were sick of paying to rotate a stock of stale cigs no one ever buys.





guns dont really work like that though. they dont have a shelf life, and in general, they dont devalue very much if they havent been used.

walmart certainly wasnt loosing any money by having ar15s in stock.


i only used the CVS cigarette example to say that i'd never buy guns from walmart, not that walmart was somehow loseing money by selling AR15s


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Re: Wal-Mart to stop selling AR-15s and similar weapons in U.S. [Re: Adolin]
    #22150285 - 08/27/15 08:22 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

No? you also dont have a clue how the world works.


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Re: Wal-Mart to stop selling AR-15s and similar weapons in U.S. [Re: CHeifM4sterDiezL]
    #22150292 - 08/27/15 08:25 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

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No? you also dont have a clue how the world works.





ok, lets assume your right and i dont. so how about you tell me how walmart was losing money by stocking that particular(and very popular) gun?


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Re: Wal-Mart to stop selling AR-15s and similar weapons in U.S. [Re: InfiniteToker]
    #22150295 - 08/27/15 08:25 AM (8 years, 5 months ago)

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I personally believe that this is how liberty slowly dies. There once was a regime where only the police and military had firearms....the Nazi regime.  I sort of am stretching a bit, but it is one possible outcome that our banning firearms could lead to. 

I don't want to take that risk. We need firearms, because criminals will always have them.



Holy shit.  With what constantly occurs in America, you still want guns?  I live in Australia.  We have not had one shooting massacre since 1996.  And after that the gun laws were changed.  Problem solved.


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