Walmart and MSR's

[rwg3]

I came across this article today and wondered if it can be verified?

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/walmar ... &ocid=iehp

The gist of the article is that Walmart will stop selling Modern sporting rifles (AR's) in the next few weeks.
They portray this as a business decision and not succumbing to political pressure. I am not sure what to think as generally I am among the last to hear these things and I did not find a notice of this after a quick review elsewhere in the forum.
As always if this a duplicate or not in the right section please edit accordingly.

[Taypo]

It's being reported in a lot of circles, so I'm under the assumption its real. Probably a bottom line issue, rather than a political one.

[flechero]

I can't verify it but wanted to say that if it was political, they would likely have stopped selling them a couple years ago when many others did. My local walmart has had the same dust "AR" on the shelf for about a year (maybe longer)... you'd think some of the dust would fall off if it was even looked at occasionally and they sold them out of the back stock.

[Keith B]

This is factual. Any 'black guns', accessories, and any 'tactical' gear is being closed out. I bought a couple of SOG shirts for $9 each, two pair of EMT style tactical pants for $17 each and a pair of rip-stop lightweight tactical pants for $21. They had rail mounted and trigger guard mounted lasers for small guns for $49. Really good deals on the black guns as well.

Get 'em while the getting is good.

[txglock21]

Yes, it's true. They stated it is because they are not selling well at most locations. On a side note, most Walmarts in the larger cities are not selling ANY guns anymore. They still have a small amount of ammo, but no gun displays like before. I have never bought a gun from Walmart, but always would "price compare" while the ex was shopping. Now no guns at Walmart and no wife to wait on.

[bigity]

I've never seen an AR at a Walmart except near Bentonville - Walmart HQ.

I was pretty surprised a couple of years ago when I wandered past sporting goods and saw them in the display case with the few shotguns and hunting rifles.