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Americans Snap Up Guns at Wal-Mart, Ammo Clips on eBay
MoneyNews ^ | 12/19/12 | Staff

Posted on 12/19/2012 3:05:17 PM PST by Mozilla

With President Barack Obama endorsing sweeping gun restrictions in the wake of the school shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, prices for handgun magazines are surging on EBay and semi-automatic rifles are sold out at many Wal-Mart Stores Inc. locations.

Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, said yesterday that it would continue to sell guns, including rifles like the one used at Newtown, where 26 people, most of them children, were killed on Dec. 14. By contrast, Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc. suspended sales of similar guns at its more than 500 stores.

Searches of five kinds of semi-automatic rifles on Wal- Mart’s website showed them to be out of stock at stores in five states, including Pennsylvania, Kansas and Alabama. Wal-Mart doesn’t sell guns online, instead asking customers to input a zip code to see if their local store carries a specific weapon.

“We remain dedicated to the safe and responsible sale of firearms in areas of the country where they are sold,” David Tovar, a spokesman for Wal-Mart, said Tuesday.

(Excerpt) Read more at moneynews.com ...


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Sales have really gone through the roof.
1 posted on 12/19/2012 3:05:22 PM PST by Mozilla
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To: Mozilla
Hmmm. More M1s and SKSs out there than I thought. I would have expected magazines to be hot sellers, but not clips.

I've got 10 clips for my thumb-eater, and that seems like plenty. I sure wish I had some more magazines, though.

/johnny

2 posted on 12/19/2012 3:08:22 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Mozilla

Ammo clips? Ebay?
I thought Ebay prohibited all gun related sales.
I know you can get optics and stuff like that.


3 posted on 12/19/2012 3:10:23 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Mozilla

Ammo will be as well. I’m nos stocking up and I didn’t get more clips. Really.


4 posted on 12/19/2012 3:11:09 PM PST by TheRhinelander
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To: Mozilla

I don’t know why the federal government is jonesing to start a shooting war with the American People. They must be bad at math.


5 posted on 12/19/2012 3:12:49 PM PST by Sirius Lee (RE SP - Republicans, from Mitt Romney ..to Karl Rove... are said to be concerned she will win.")
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To: Mozilla

Academy has removed all tactical type semi’s long guns from their website since yesterday.

My wife called me from a local Walmart today to see if I needed anything. She said the ammo case was nearly empty. I asked her to get some 22 LR, they didn’t have any. I asked for 9mm she told me they had some for $29.99 for 50 rounds. I told her thankyou but no thankyou.


6 posted on 12/19/2012 3:14:36 PM PST by tall_tex
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To: mylife

Ebay reversed its gun policy in May and is selling gun parts and accessories again


7 posted on 12/19/2012 3:15:32 PM PST by Mozilla
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To: Mozilla

Thanks.


8 posted on 12/19/2012 3:28:38 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Mozilla

Well, the Garand en-bloc clips hold fewer than 10, so they’d be okay.

I wish one of these fools would write the law banning high capacity “clips.”

Wait and see, they’ll ban “army” rifles and the Garands will be destroyed while Browning BARs in .300 win mag will be legal.

Honestly, if the government thinks they are going to make people less dangerous by banning a little 5.56 or 9mm magazines won’t protect against a Mossberg 500 or Browning BAR in .300 win mag, they’ve got another thing coming.


9 posted on 12/19/2012 3:31:06 PM PST by cizinec ("Brother, your best friend ain't your Momma, it's the Field Artillery.")
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To: Mozilla
I bought some soon-to-be-blamed-for-the-massacre mags the day of the shooting. They've shipped already, yay.

Oh, anybody reading this? I live in Vanuatu. Come visit, we'll go shooting.

10 posted on 12/19/2012 3:32:05 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: mylife

You can still get magazines and other parts on eBay as long as it is not part of the actual gun assembly. (Uppers and lower parts are out, stocks, optics, magazines, and even trigger assemblies can still be found there however.)


11 posted on 12/19/2012 3:40:44 PM PST by mnehring
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To: 1rudeboy

Again I ask like I did on a liberal website. Who’s going to take our guns? Police? FBI? US military? UN? What can of worms would be opened at that point? Lots of dead Americans and LEO!


12 posted on 12/19/2012 3:48:49 PM PST by crazydad (Obamamohamed is a traitor)
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To: Mozilla

They’re not “clips”, they’re “magazines”.


13 posted on 12/19/2012 3:49:05 PM PST by elkfersupper ( Member of the Original Defiant Class)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Got 4 mags for the M1A today


15 posted on 12/19/2012 3:54:09 PM PST by Renegade
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To: elkfersupper
Depends. The SKS and the M1 Garand use clips. Both are good for eating thumbs if you aren't careful. The M1 Garand has a nice 'ping' when it ejects it's clip and lets you know it's ready for more thumb blood.

/johnny

16 posted on 12/19/2012 4:00:01 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: mylife
"I thought Ebay prohibited all gun related sales. I know you can get optics and stuff like that."

You can sell some firearm parts, but you definitely will not find any 30 round mags. Back in the early days of eBay I bought a really nice German Gewehr 88 rifle for $150. The good old days.

17 posted on 12/19/2012 4:06:47 PM PST by Godebert (No Person Except a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN!)
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To: Mozilla

Walmart Sells Out Of Guns (in five States)
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-12-19/wal-mart-stores-sell-out-guns


18 posted on 12/19/2012 4:07:12 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Agreed, but using the terms interchangeably is not right and not a good idea.


19 posted on 12/19/2012 4:15:09 PM PST by elkfersupper ( Member of the Original Defiant Class)
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To: elkfersupper
Yeah, but when the media and politicians do it, I like to point and laugh. And maybe rub it in a little.

/johnny

20 posted on 12/19/2012 4:18:02 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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