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The Annoyed Man wrote:I saw a post on Facebook this morning.....

The FaceBook Member wrote:I went into walmart to buy some ammo, the cashier asks for my i.d., I hand it to him and ask what's the age limit for rifle ammo.
He says "we're not looking for age."
Me: "huh? So why do you need my i.d.?"
Him: "well anyone buying ammo has to show an i.d." and pointed to the camera above the cash register. "They started this a few months ago."
Me: "nevermind I don't need any ammo."
What's up with that???
Anyone here work at Walmart? Care to enlighten me?

His profile contains no mention of which state he resides in...... unless it's the state of paranoia...... which may or may not be well-founded.......

Never been asked for ID at any Walmart when buying ammo. Only thing I've ever been asked is if 22 ammo is for a rifle or a handgun.

The Annoyed Man wrote:

VMI77 wrote:

safety1 wrote:I agree the policy makes no sense, however the price on the 22lr is great. I'll be checking into that this weekend.
I'm fine with whatever policy they have, whatever it takes to keep them from taking any further steps......

Last week they had 1,000 round boxes of M22 for $50.

I still swallow a little bitter bile every time I remember that, prior to Obama's election, you could buy a 500 round brick of .22 LR for $9.99. I understand that prices go up, and with panic buying, they go up exponentially sometimes. But they also tend to come down to something closer to normal levels when the panic is over......maybe not all the way down to pre-panic prices, but closer to that pricing than not. But the day when 1,000 rounds for $50 is considered a good deal ($25/brick of 500) doesn't sound like a good deal to me.

I realize that in the context of today's pricing, it is a good price, but it is still overpriced by a factor of 2.5.

Not only were the prices much lower but even at a small Walmart you had a selection of several different types of 22.....CCI Mini Mags and Velocitor and AR, Winchester, Remington, and Federal. All I can say about the current price is that a couple months ago the same Walmart was selling a M22 1,000 round box for over $60....if they had one.

But yeah, about three years ago I was paying around $20 for a 500 round box of CCI 22LR for AR platforms and thinking it was worth paying almost double the price of standard 22 for that particular application because I had zero FTFs and FTEs.

safety1 wrote:I agree the policy makes no sense, however the price on the 22lr is great. I'll be checking into that this weekend.
I'm fine with whatever policy they have, whatever it takes to keep them from taking any further steps......

Last week they had 1,000 round boxes of M22 for $50.

So, it wasn't a fluke. Yesterday the same store had some more 22 mag. Another customer was buying some 22 LR at the same time. Both of us were walked to the checkout line. The clerk waited until we had paid and walked us both out before handing us our ammo purchase. As I headed for my car I heard the other guy asking what the store management thought their policy of walking ammo was going to prevent. While I will ask an employee about policy I don't debate it with them because they don't make it. In this case I don't care enough about it to find the manager and debate his policy.

Countryside wrote:I but my ammo on-line. Good prices...free shipping...no sales tax.
As far as the NSA goes...if you've ever been on-line...ever sent an email...ever been on Facebook...posted on a forum...they can find you.
If it's on the internet it's forever.
I do my best to abide by the law and be a peace-loving citizen.
And if the NSA is looking...... howdy!

Sure, they can find me....but they won't know if I've purchased 50 rounds of whatever ammo or 50,000. At the moment that doesn't really matter but I don't know what the future will bring. For the sake of argument, lets say the left gets it's way, and bans AR15s. I don't expect house to house searches and confiscation, but maybe the decision is made to target a few high profile users to scare people into compliance. Just seems like someone they know purchased 10,000 rounds over the last few years might be more of a target than someone who might have a gun but may or may not have been shooting it.

But I have no idea what this information may be used for. Maybe they just pass it to the insurance companies via Obamacare and and decide a guy who has purchased 10,000 rounds of ammo is more of a "health" risk than someone for whom there is no record of purchasing any...and hike your premiums. There was a law introduced in NY to limit ammo purchases to twice the amount your gun holds every 90 days. While that law is ridiculous and will never pass, many of the gun control utopias do have limits on how much you can purchase and how much you can possess. Maybe such a law gets passed and they decide to "inspect" a few bulk purchases to see it they're in compliance? Maybe you're just involved in an act of self-defense and the information is used to make you look nefarious in the media?

Or maybe you're a veteran...you know, one of those scary unstable people the MSM is always talking about,you're being treated by the VA, and been purchasing a lot of ammo lately. Might that information make its way to the VA and lead to you becoming one of those vets who gets his 2nd amendment rights pulled? Maybe when you retire the SSA will be interested and it will impact your SS benefits or 2nd amendment rights in some way. I don't know. Maybe none of that will happen. What I do know is that the less information the government has on you the less subject you are to that information being abused at some future date. They have more than I'd like them to have already...I'm not voluntarily giving them anything extra.

As far as the internet goes, in general....I only use my real name for business email. I don't post on any forum using my real name. Could the authorities find out who I am rather easily? Sure, if they wanted to...but it's an extra step. How well that information is linked in normal day to day surveillance, I don't know. If you're targeted they will get everything, but I don't imagine I'm targeted for anything. I don't use google. Never been on facebook and never will be. Don't use twitter. This is the only "social media" I have anything to do with. And btw, being a peace loving citizen will be irrelevant if you become targeted for your political beliefs at some future date.

Soccerdad1995 wrote:

VMI77 wrote:

The Wall wrote:I know Academy walks the gun to the cashier when you by a gun. Don't know about ammo purchases. It's lame regardless. Maybe they want to make sure you walk in front of the cameras.

Academy does not walk ammo purchases. The ammo is out in the open. You pick it from the shelves and take it to the register up front.

At the Academy's near me, some ammo is out in the open and some is behind the gun counter. Never seems to be any logic behind the distinction (handgun ammo calibers are in both places). None of them walk ammo, and they were all walking guns as of the last time I bought a gun there (6 months ago).

The local academy only keeps 22 ammo behind the gun counter. They may have had some 17 hmr there for awhile when it was being rationed.

The Wall wrote:I know Academy walks the gun to the cashier when you by a gun. Don't know about ammo purchases. It's lame regardless. Maybe they want to make sure you walk in front of the cameras.

Academy does not walk ammo purchases. The ammo is out in the open. You pick it from the shelves and take it to the register up front.

Bitter Clinger wrote:

Abraham wrote:I've pretty much limited my ammo purchases to bulk online.

It's cheaper and less hassle.

And it gets delivered right to my front porch where I can pick it up after I get home from work! Yet when I buy wine on-line I have to be there to sign for it

Doesn't seem that illogical to me. Sure, a kid could order ammo online but he can't shoot it unless he's got access to a gun. However, a kid could order wine online and drink it once it was delivered.

Techbrute wrote:I can tell you a few things:

1) It's not corporate policy, or at least not enforced at a corporate level (evenly).
2) The Walmart near my house has done that on and off for years, with no consistency, so at least at my local store it has nothing to do with Open Carry.
3) The Walmart in Hillsboro, Texas, has never done that, including last weekend when I was down there.

It was a first time ever at any Walmart for me and I've bought ammo at Walmarts all over the state.

Abraham wrote:I've pretty much limited my ammo purchases to bulk online.

It's cheaper and less hassle.

I used to buy my ammo at Walmart and next time I go, I'll ask if they have a new policy of walking you out to the parking lot.

I do know they had that policy in effect when I bought my Colt AR's from them.

I just don't like reporting my purchases to the NSA so I don't buy online or buy in a store using a credit card.

So, I stopped at a small town Walmart yesterday and checked the ammo counter. To my surprise they had 22 LR (M22 in 1,000 round boxes for $50) and 22 mag, and I bought some. The register at the ammo counter was closed so the guy there said he'd take it to customer service for me to check out.

After I pay, the customer service rep says because of the new law they have to walk my ammo purchase outside. So I said: you mean the law allowing open carry that went into effect at the first of the year? The answer: yes. So, the rep walked me outside then handed me the ammo. I didn't buy any handgun ammo....some 7.62x51 and the 22, which, when asked, I said was for rifles.

I suspect this is not a corporate policy but a policy of this specific store. Anyone else run into this? It didn't bother me, though it doesn't make much sense.