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    Post Walmart to stop selling AR-15s and similar guns

    My inlaws bought their AR 15 from there because the cheapest price!! here is the article:

    Walmart spokesman Kory Lundberg said the move is in response to slumping demand.

    Generally speaking, gun sales have been strong this summer. The Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted 1.6 million background checks in July for all gun sales, not just semiautomatic weapons. That's up from 1.4 million total checks in July of 2015.

    Background checks aren't a direct indicator of gun sales, since they are not required for some sales at trade shows and between individuals. But they are a good barometer for the market.

    AR-15s have been used in mass shootings including Newtown, Conn., and Aurora, Colo., and gun control advocates have long been fighting to restrict the sale of these weapons.

    Walmart made the announcement on the same day that two television journalists were murdered on live television by a man wielding a handgun, but the retailer did not mention the shootings.

    Walmart CEO Douglas McMillon had indicated he might do this in a June 23 interview with CNNMoney.

    "Our focus in terms of firearms should be hunters and people who shoot sporting clays, and things like that
    ," said McMillon in June. "So the types of rifles we sell, the types of ammunition we sell, should be curated for those things."

    When asked at the time if he would curtail sales of semiautomatic guns, McMillon said "yes."

    "We want to serve people who hunt and fish and we want to have a great sporting goods department," he said.

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    They won't be missed, serious sport shooters have never considered wally world a source for anything other than cheap ammo at best. Just try to find any staff there who has a clue..
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    That's were I buy Christmas presents for my Wife's family, in other words ammo!!! They bought 2 AR 15 from there because of the price!!

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    May I ask what brand of black rifle??...who mfg. them??...you might be surprised..
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    They are colt LE 6920 $1,010 each!! i was just on the phone with my father in law!! they said it was the best price they found!!

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    and Colt went into chapter 11 bankruptcy as of June this year, they haven't held any govt contracts for AR's for a long time...just sayin...I personally wouldn't buy any new Colt as a platform, but that's just me. I have a lil experience in building quality firearms..if I may say so..
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    they bought it them a couple years ago, they are happy with them!! to them it is just part of a loooooong collection......nothing special!!
    Last edited by Kimbo; 08-27-2015 at 11:31 PM.

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    and I am happy for them. I always like to see responsible people enjoy the sport
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    FYI..David Stoner invented the black rifle and contrary to many folks belief it was first mfg. by ArmaLite. The only reason they didn't get the big govt contracts was they didn't have production facilities to handle the numbers needed at the time.
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    Tell me about almost a year ago while visiting them, they show me a TV show from CNBC called "America's Gun: The Rise of the AR-15" they had DVR it and probably watch it a few times!!! It had a lot of history!!

 

 
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