Poll Results

Based on the latest poll:

55% of voters don’t currently shop at Wal-mart.
30% say they will stop shopping at Wal-mart.
15% of voters indicated they will continue to shop at Wal-mart.

A big thank you for everyone who participated in this poll!

-Yuri

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New Poll Up

There’s a new poll up with the question:

“Due to Walmart’s recent alliance with anti-rights Mayor Michael Bloomberg, what will you do?”

There are three possible answers:

• I don’t shop at Walmart
• Stop shopping at Walmart
• Continue shopping at Walmart

I know some Walmarts already don’t carry guns, but assume for the purposes of the poll that they all do. The last question means you will continue to buy weapons and/or other goods from Walmart.

Any questions? Let me know in comments.

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NSSF Responds to Bloomberg

Firearms Industry Responds to Mayoral Gun Summit

Monday April 14, 7:00 pm ET

NEWTOWN, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, at a meeting of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns coalition he founded, announced today the Responsible Firearms Retail Partnership program with Wal-Mart. The retailer has agreed to retain records of purchasers of firearms that are later traced by law enforcement for reasons never disclosed to Wal-Mart. The retailer also agreed to run background checks on its employees handling firearms.

Commenting on today’s announcement the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) – the firearms industry’s trade association – said the partnership’s name gives the false impression that federally licensed firearms dealers are somehow irresponsible. “Today’s announcement reflects Mayor Bloomberg’s troubling ignorance and misunderstanding of what can – and cannot – be gleaned from data of guns recovered by law enforcement and traced from the manufacturer to the first retailer purchaser,” said NSSF Senior Vice President and General Counsel Lawrence G. Keane. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) maintain this trace data.

Read the whole thing at the linked heading in the quote.

…and yes, Wal-mart still sucks! Feel free to use this (cheesy) image I made if you want.

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Another reason not to buy a gun at Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart to film gun sales in bid to fight crime

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the world’s largest retailer, unveiled plans on Monday to film its gun sales in the United States and create a computerized log of purchases in a bid to stop guns falling into the wrong hands.

Wal-Mart, which is the largest seller of firearms in the United States, agreed a 10-point code, which also includes rigid inventory controls, with a bipartisan coalition of Mayors Against Illegal Guns led by New York’s Michael Bloomberg.

The retailer said it will develop a first-of-its-kind computerized crime gun trace log that will flag purchases by customers who have previously bought guns later recovered in crimes.

“Wal-Mart currently uses a strong point of sale system,” said J.P. Suarez, senior vice president and chief compliance officer of Wal-Mart. “This code is a way for us to fine-tune the things we’re already doing and further strengthen our standards. We hope other retailers will join us.”

The Responsible Firearms Retailer Partnership is designed to strengthen the points in the gun purchasing system that criminals have exploited in the past, Wal-Mart and the Mayors Against Illegal Guns said.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, 46 percent of its criminal gun trafficking investigations involved cases in which someone who is not legally allowed to purchase a firearm does so through the use of a proxy, known as a straw buyer.

(h/t) Knowledge is Power

More here.

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