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

[gejohnston]

180. non binding agreements,

If there were legal violations, they should have been reported to the ATF and prosecuted by the US Attorney. If WalMart violated the Gun Control Act, or any of the two federal gun laws from the 1930s, they would have lost their licenses and someone would have gone to federal prison. I'm not saying putting ammo in front of the counter is a good idea, I'm simply saying it does not violate federal law or any ATF regulation.
MAIG is not a reliable source because:
it is an advocacy group
has a high percentage of felons among its membership
has been in trouble with the ATF for their James O'Keefe style stings.



The entire rant about .223 ammunition, including it being "high powered" is inaccurate. .223 is not a high powered round. In fact, the round is not legal for deer hunting in Wyoming and some other states because it is not powerful enough to kill a mule deer or proghorn. It is legal in states that have smaller deer. Deer are bigger, and everything else is better, in Wyoming than Texas. No offense to our resident Texans.

"A .223 round can shoot through a bulletproof vest, so we are concerned about our police officers safety and anybody else," said Councilman Tim Scott.

that is true of most if not all rifle rounds. That includes the much more powerful .30-06 that grandpa uses for hunting. In other words, the Councilman is either dishonest or, most likely, unwittingly repeating the claims of someone who is.

Couple of more things:

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.. Wal-Mart and other large retailers were notorious for lax training of gun clerks in the 1990s, leading to several lawsuits. But the code of conduct Wal-Mart adopted following pressure from the mayors in 2008 "makes them a leader" among retailers today.

Which lax training are they talking about? Technical knowledge of firearms? They are guilty of that, along with technical knowledge of everything else they sell. The proper record keeping process outlined in the Gun Control Act, and its 1930s predecessor, the Federal Firearms Act of 1938? That should have been addressed by the ATF. If that was the problem, ATF inspectors would have noticed.

"We certainly don't object to the sales of guns in general, but there was a history of problems at big-box stores" in their training of employees. "It was clear that the workers selling guns had no more training than those selling vacuum cleaners," Mr. Henigan said. "But Wal-Mart has since adopted policies that exceed the minimum requirements. For example they now refuse to sell a gun until they receive word that the Brady background has been completed; the law says that authorities have three days to complete the check and if they don't comply by then the gun can be sold."

See above for the first paragraph. According to this, Wal Mart goes above and beyond what the law requires. Wal Mart is also unique, as far as I know, in that the manager walks out the door with you and hands you your gun outside of the store.
http://www.atf.gov/firearms/faq/brady-law.html#delayed-response-term