{"id":888,"date":"2015-08-27T09:22:05","date_gmt":"2015-08-27T15:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservativelefty.com\/wp\/?p=888"},"modified":"2015-08-27T09:22:05","modified_gmt":"2015-08-27T15:22:05","slug":"walmart-and-guns-not-a-big-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.conservativelefty.com\/wp\/?p=888","title":{"rendered":"Walmart and guns; Not a big deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.conservativelefty.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Walmart_exterior.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-890\" src=\"http:\/\/www.conservativelefty.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Walmart_exterior-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"Walmart_exterior\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.conservativelefty.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Walmart_exterior-300x196.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.conservativelefty.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Walmart_exterior-1024x668.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.conservativelefty.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Walmart_exterior.jpg 1178w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>For some bizarre reason, this story has crept to national news:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fxn.ws\/1VdIXpU\" target=\"_blank\">Walmart to stop selling semi-automatic weapons<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t a news story. \u00a0Nor is Walmart abandoning the AR platform. \u00a0It&#8217;s not the first time that I&#8217;ve seen Walmart not carrying any ARs except that one ridiculously overprice Colt that nobody will buy. \u00a0They are following the market as they always do. \u00a0Walmart has long bargained hard with suppliers and have no compunction to dropping even a national name product if they don&#8217;t get the price they want. \u00a0Remember the strong-arming of Coke some years ago?<\/p>\n<p>A more detailed description was given by a Walmart manager over at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/2015\/08\/daniel-zimmerman\/walmart-manager-on-decision-to-drop-ars-some-shotguns\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Truth About Guns<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Basically, Walmart overstocked at too high a price. \u00a0They&#8217;re stuck with inventory that is in the way of what is actually selling. \u00a0You can bet ARs will be back when Walmart sees a profit in them. \u00a0Heck, I wouldn&#8217;t be surprised if they&#8217;re back for the Christmas shopping season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For some bizarre reason, this story has crept to national news: Walmart to stop selling semi-automatic weapons This isn&#8217;t a news story. \u00a0Nor is Walmart abandoning the AR platform. \u00a0It&#8217;s not the first time that I&#8217;ve seen Walmart not carrying &hellip; 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