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So I am in Walmart today purchasing a box of .22 ammo and the clerk asks me if I am buying it for a pistol or rifle? What is the purpose of this question...can one kill you any better than the other? I answered rifle of course...but I was thinking...I have both and what difference does it make. Please enlighten me. Thanks
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All I know is that there are more rifles that one thinks with this dumb question.
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The idiot was selling paint yesterday.
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you get asked if it's for shotgun or pistol on 410 shells as well.
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Depends on your age and I've also been some place (don't recall where said place was) that they had to log sales of pistol ammo but not rifle.
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Because by law you have to be 21 to buy handgun ammo, 18 for rifle/shotgun ammo.
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Not knowing how old you are...you have to be 21 to buy handgun ammo..stupid question I know when in comes to dual purpose ammo.
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^^ What they said....but also because the little computer popped it up and they had to answer to keep scanning stuff and probably wouldn't know if you told them "rocket launcher" as long as the computer would keep going.
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They are required by company policy to ask the question. They're required by ATF regulation to ask if there's any possibility you might be under 21.
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They freaking ask for ID here if you appear bordlering on spray paint as well. Dumber than asking about ammo if you ask me.
If I grew up today I don't think my parents would have let me get a license till 18 if I couldn't have been the person they told to go get this and that for home and the business at age 15.
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The correct answer is....................Yes!
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Well there are times when I'm the idiot and this is one of them. I didn't know they had to ask that question. I've never been asked but of course, I'm almost 63.
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You might be huffing the stuff. Same thing when I was young and you were buying Testors Model Glue.
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You know walmart here no longer sells plastic models/paint/glue...noticed that the other day when I wanted a little bottle of paint to touch something up.
I don't know if that's a company wide deal or not.
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I still get asked that question, and I'm 66 (but I don't look a day over 65!). And recently I did answer the question with a yes...it is to be used in a rifle or a handgun. The sales clerk insisted, very rudely asking if I didn't know what kind of firearm I had. I replied that I have about three .22 rifles and a couple of handguns, and have no idea which of them I will eventually use this particular box of ammunition in. The clerk said she just had to have an answer before she could sell the ammo, so I shrugged and walked off. Sportsman's Warehouse has the same stuff at $1 per 525 higher price, and no hassle.
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She didn't want to sell you .22 Long Rifle ammo if you might use it in a pistol or a short rifle. Smart gal, probably saved your life.
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the question is just part of the screen prompts that are required for the employee to complete the sale; as previously stated 18 for rifle, 21 for handgun, and the Walmart system requires them to ask it. Here in Illinausea, they are prompted for the FOID card for the sale to proceed as well.
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21 was a long time ago in my past...so it could not be the age thing. Heck I haven't been carded for buying beer in I don't know how long. If it is company policy to know if it is to be used in rifle or pistol...you have that info in the computer now what...what purpose does it serve. Stupid policy. Why don't they ask me what kind of car I am going to drive when I drink my beer...makes about as much sense. Really pisses me off!
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What amazes me is people actually get pissed about Walmart. If you ain't figured it out by know, you ain't ever.
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