Walmart is the largest firearms dealer in US; has roughly one-a-week firearms incidents

[Dog Gone at Penigma]

114. nothing to do with being robbed more frequently or not; you appear to be deliberately missing it

WalMart cultivates the business of pro-gunners because it is big business for them; they make a lot of money, and cooperate a lot through groups like ALEC with the NRA to promote gun sales for the gun manufacturers.

They attract, by intention, a lot of gun carriers to their stores, where other stores do not, including other so-called big box stores. I am confident you cannot find any other comparable chain of retailers who have the problems with guns that WalMart does -- a problem which puts both their employees AND their customers at much greater risk than those of other general retailers.

This is demonstrable with news coverage and police reports showing incidents on the average this year of one per week where guns are involved in some kind of dangerous incident at a WalMart, mostly accidental shootings, mixed in with other problem gun incidents.

Having a lot of people with guns has done absolutely NOTHING to reduce crime or protect anyone. Having a lot of people with guns has however endangered people every single week of the year, and in some cases, has attracted illegal gun activity. Nothing like being able to pop in and buy some ammo for those stolen guns you are transferring out in the parking lot.

What this shows is that all of you who like to carry are NOT making one of the places people carry most often any safer, you are in fact endangering people routinely, contrary to your ass-ertions about how safe you are, or how important your guns are to have around when crimes occur -- neither appears to be true.

I've already provided the data to support the frequency of dangerous gun incidents at WalMart. You have no actual data to refute that. I've also made the point quite clearly.

And a final observation -- I don't need either your invitation or permission to 'come back', least of all to my own post here. Why don't you go find some data that refutes that guns are, in comparison with other developed, civilized countries, NOT dangerous, as reflected in the homicides, injuries, threats and intimidation, and of course suicides in this country. The reality is that fewer guns, not more guns make us safer, and that by encouraging gun owners to come into their store to buy more guns and ammo, while carrying, walMart adds to those stats.

I believe I have connected the dots, and made the connection. You however have failed to refute it.