Think again about Wal-Mart. Changes WILL be taking place at Wal-Mart. I
spoke with a gentleman tokay whose brother is a Vice-President at Wal-Mart
and they are also going to get rid of ammunition. They are just letting
K-Mart take the heat and hope shoppers switch to Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart may not
even announce it to avoid the outcry that K-mart is getting. It will just
disappear over a period of time and most people will not even know it is not
there. Just for your information, K-Mart is also considering getting rid of
all guns and ammuinition, not just that that fits pistols; shotgun and
hunting rifles also.
Keith Brooks
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From: "Rob A Helfer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 11:33 PM
Subject: [RR] Kmart sold us out
> Kmart to Phase Out Sale of Handgun Ammunition
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> Friday, June 29, 2001
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> DETROIT - Attention, Kmart shoppers! Handgun ammo will soon be
> disappearing from your local store.
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>
> For years, Kmart shoppers throughout the U.S. have found well-stocked
> shelves of ammunition designed for everything from pellet guns to hunting
> rifles and handguns.
>
> But some of those shelves will be empty by the end of September, as the
> Troy, Mich.-based Kmart Corp. phases out the sale of handgun ammunition
> over the next 90 days.
>
> Officials for the discount chain, which includes more than 2,000 stores,
> made the announcement Thursday following company executives' meetings the
> day before with filmmaker Michael Moore and three survivors of the 1999
> Columbine High School shooting, who asked the company to remove the
> ammunition from their shelves.
>
> The group held a news conference Thursday to announce the results of the
> meetings and call attention to gun violence.
>
> Moore said he was very happy and surprised with Kmart's decision.
>
> "I'm totally, totally stunned by the response from Kmart today," he said.
>
>
> Amy Stilwell, spokeswoman for the Brady Campaign and Brady Center to
> Prevent Gun Violence, said her group was not involved in Moore's efforts.
> "But we support any measure that promotes safety and responsible access
> to firearms and related products," she said.
>
> But not everyone shared the sentiments of Moore and Stilwell.
>
> I think it was unfortunate and inappropriate for Mr. Moore to use scare
> tactics to strong arm [Kmart]," Doug Painter, executive director of the
> National Shooting Sports Foundation, told Fox News.
>
> "I think all of us are concerned about school violence, but to blame a
> retailer who sells ammunition for causing these tragedies is
> intellectually dishonest. In my view, it's no different than blaming a
> car dealer for a car that was used in a drunk driving accident.
>
> "Let's be honest, Kmart was bullied into this, using the obvious emotion
> of the issue and the threat of the media campaign against them."
>
> Larry Pratt, executive director of Gun Owners of America, shared those
> sentiments.
>
> "I think it's a shame that a big company like this would pander to the
> anti-gun forces," he said. "I think the response from gun owners is
> predictable.
>
> "It's a transparent effort to get rid of guns and ammo and were going to
> answer that challenge."
>
> While Kmart has been under pressure from gun control advocates to stop
> selling firearms for some time, company spokeswoman Julie Fracker said
> the sale of firearms and ammunition had been under review as part of the
> merchandising strategy of the company's new executive team.
>
> "Obviously we consider ourselves a socially conscious business, but this
> was a business decision made in the best interests of the company," she
> said Thursday.
>
> In November 1999, talk show host and gun control activist Rosie O'Donnell
> resigned as the company's celebrity spokeswoman. And in December 1999,
> the company withdrew an application with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol,
> Tobacco and Firearms for a license to sell rifles and shotguns for a new
> store on eastern Long Island.
>
> The stores have not carried handguns since the 1970s, but do sell hunting
> rifles and other long guns.
>
> Moore spokeswoman Meghan O'Hara said the filmmaker began looking at the
> Columbine shooting as part of his current film project, which examines
> the roles of guns and fear in American society.
>
> Moore is best known for his 1989 documentary "Roger & Me," which assailed
> General Motors Corp.'s actions in closing a plant in Moore's hometown,
> Flint.
>
> Fracker said the phasing out of ammunition began Thursday. The ending of
> sales of ammunition at individual stores will vary depending when they
> run out of the ammunition they currently have in stock.
>
> Similar changes are not in the works at Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the
> nation's No. 1 retailer.
>
> Jessica Moser, spokeswoman for the Bentonville, Ark.-based company, said
> its marketing studies show that there is a customer demand for handgun
> ammunition at Wal-Mart stores.
>
> Moser said the company makes every effort to make sure the ammunition
> does not get into the wrong hands and that all sales associates who sell
> the ammunition are properly trained.
>
> "The bottom line is: We follow customer demand, but we also follow the
> law," she said.
>
> Wal-Mart stores, except for those in Alaska, do not sell handguns. Like
> Kmart, they also carry hunting rifles and related accessories, Moser
> said.
>
> The Associated Press and Fox News' Kelley O. Beaucar contributed to this
> report.
>
> Luke 1:17 "...to make ready a people prepared for the Lord
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