One in the chamber a no-go at Bass Pro...

[Guest dfsixstring]

Here is pertinent article from June of this year, which also contains Bass Pro's actual gun policy:

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Thanks for clarifying. I knew that 2+2 wasn't equalling "4" here.

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[bubbiesdad]

I have only seen a sign posted on one gun shop. The one on Alcoa Hwy in Knoxville across from CourtSouth. I think it reads "no loaded weapons". I found this rather odd. Are they not aware of who their customers are???

Anyway, You probably did the right thing by dropping it..even though I am not sure I would have been able to keep my mouth shut. Hopefully this is just the ignorance and misunderstanding of one lone mistaken employee and not an actual store policy.

I prefer the sign at our LGS.

[Spiffy]

Not to get off topic too far, but the other day when I was in Academy Sports buying that P238...their policy when selling a firearm is to escort you out the door with it. So someone from upfront was called to come get the cased firearm and walk me to the front register. Then I could not even carry the gun from the register to the door. The person waited until it was rang up and then walked me out the door before handing the gun to me. I was laughing inside the entire time and several times I almost made a comment, but decided just to keep my mouth shut...The hilarious irony being that on my hip, under my coat was a loaded Glock .40...but I could not be trusted to carry this unloaded, new, .380 out of the door..hahahahahaha.

Equally as Ironic was that I could have loaded it , in the parking lot, and walked right back in the store with it...What exactly are they trying to prevent with this policy???

I think it's more a shoplifting measure. Walmart did this the only time I ever bought a gun there and I asked the guy what was to stop someone from doing just that. He said it was an inventory control policy and not a gun safety policy. He could have been wrong though as this was several years back.

[JAB]

I think it's more a shoplifting measure. Walmart did this the only time I ever bought a gun there and I asked the guy what was to stop someone from doing just that. He said it was an inventory control policy and not a gun safety policy. He could have been wrong though as this was several years back.

My mom bought a Mossberg 500 .410 at a local Walmart a few months back. They were busy that night and we ended up waiting more than half an hour for a manager to get freed up to come back and carry the gun/escort us to the door. If the paperwork hadn't already been filed, etc. she would have just cancelled the transaction and walked away. I, too, felt this was extra special stupid as I was standing there waiting with a CZ 82 on my right hip and a NAA mini in my left pocket, both fully loaded.

I really don't see how it could be a 'shoplifting' issue as the guns (at Walmart, anyhow) are all locked up in a case and the Sporting Goods employee has to go to the back where the boxes are kept (apparently also in a locked 'cage') to get the box in order to box up the gun. I know about the second part because we also had to wait about half an hour for them to find the right box. So in order to shoplift a gun and carry it out in the box, you'd either have to get the key to the case or break the glass then you'd have to somehow gain access to the area where the boxes are kept and find the right box. Heck, there are microwaves there that cost as much as/more than some of the guns. Those microwaves are right out on a shelf, already in their boxes and they don't call a manager to escort folks who are buying them out of the store.

[mike243]

I bought a shotgun at the BP at the 407 exit about a month ago & they just handed me the box with the recept,i pu some shells & other items before i cked out $800 lighter in the wallet .was not ? about the weatherby shotgun box .I have bought several over the years from walmart & allways got the walk out the door

Edited August 31, 2012 by mike243