Oh LOOK! Continuing the discussion of WalMart and their gun incidents.

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28. When Walmart did not sell guns and ammo, they did not have these problems; but more

than that, this also has a causal relationship to their policy of welcoming open and concealed carry, where based on their incidents with guns, half or more are not lawfully armed. When they were not appealing to armed people as a targeted demographic because they weren't pushing gun sales, they didn't have this problem. It is a change that also tracks with more people carrying, but not in all retail business, it is specific to Walmart.

Walmart has a corporate track record (not every store, or not every store all the time, but overall in their business retail outlets) of bad labor practices - things like having underaged sales people behind the counter selling guns and ammo, not training their sales people, whom they just throw into serving behind the counter on what they are required to do, bad security for their guns and ammo, and a tolerance for weapons in their stores including those who are not doing so legally, because that draws more customers, good or bad.

Store security for theft is policed; store security for other areas that are problematic - notably BOTH in store and in their parking lots, is one of the areas where they stint on spending money. When they have been forced by their local municipalities for example to clean up their problems with parking lot crimes by having their parking lots patrolled, the problems almost completely go away. They fight doing any kind of spending like that tooth and nail.


What you pro-gun guys have not addressed is why Walmart has these problems where other large retailers do not. What you gun guys are missing is that you could agree there is a clearly demonstrable problem, and support pressuring Walmart to clean up their act, but that only works if you are genuinely behind safe gun ownership and only legal gun ownership. Because if you are those two things, then you should find Walmart's track record unacceptable.