After he left me a comment in my blog, I sent Kevin, over at The Smallest Minority an email that went a little like this:
…Seeing as I don’t think I can talk you out of this non-surprise mass buying project you are involved in, is there any way we can indicate to Wal-mart that our devotion is not 100%. Is there some way we can let Wal-Mart know that we were not pleased that recent converts to the self-defense fold were not allowed to buy a gun to protect themselves? Is there a protest out there that we can both get behind? …
Kevin convinced me that I am swimming against a a very strong current. I agree. So instead of merely canceling out a bit of the protest over at AR15.com, I’ve decided to pull with the crowd.
This is still a protest, however, and Kevin and I agreed that AFTER Ammo Day (Nov 19), After we buy all the white box Winchester ammo off Wal*mart’s shelves, after we demonstrate we are an economic force to be reckoned with, we ought to write Wal*mart a letter letting them know that
buying a thousand rounds of ammo is merely a few afternoons worth of fun at the range and that
shutting off legal sales to the people who would have passed the NIBC criminal check during the Katrina Disaster was not something that we support. Hopefully they will get the message.Just don’t be surprised if Wal*mart has a larger than normal amount of stock on hand come November 19. I don’t know how fast their supply chains can react, but it’s just silly to think Wal*mart doesn’t hire someone to keep on top of the pulse of their customers by scanning the media regularly and plugging search terms into Google.So the boycott is off, the BUYcott over at Wal*mart is on, and woe to any bigbox that pisses gun owners off. I’ll publish an address to write to in my Ammo Day Nov 19 Blog post.
2005-11-15 07:42 by Standard Mischief, Filed under:
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Standard Mischief » Blog Archive » National Ammo Day BUYcott, Nov 19 Says :
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2005-11-15 07:58 PermalinkPawpaw Says :
I hop there is some way to find out how much ammo was purchased on Nov 19th. We probably won’t be a blip on Remington, or Winchesters screen. Other than the symbolism of the gesture, I’m not sure what good it will do.
That said, I intend to by a couple hundred rounds of something on Saturday. One can never have enough .357 mag or .45 ACP, or .22LR, or .30-30 Win.
2005-11-16 22:37 PermalinkKevin Baker Says :
We intend to make it a blip on Wal*Mart’s automated inventory control screen.
Hopefully the 1400+ AR15.com members who have pledged to purchase will tell us what they bought.
2005-11-16 23:32 PermalinkStandard Mischief Says :
So, I assume there will be a thread on AR15.com for us all to report. I plan a blog post, but you can add me to the buyers you already have in MD,
2005-11-17 05:20 Permalink-keith in mtn. view Says :
I blogged about it too and intend to participate. It’s my belief that since WallyWorldControlMart is driven primarily by commerce and commercial interests, their computerized inventory and legions of bean-counters will register the hit.
2005-11-17 16:35 Permalink