Remington788
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I was in walmart wednesday the 24th when I got involved in a frustrating situation.
I was looking for a scope mount for my wifes shotgun for deer season when this young lady asked me if I could help her. Her and two friends from Florida were on break from college and were visiting family here in Illinois. They came to walmart to buy some .22 ammo to do some shooting on thanksgiving at their familys house. The clerk told them that he could not sell them ammo unless they were from a neighboring state or had an out-of-state hunting license. She asked if I could buy them some ammo and I told her that I didn't have to as long as they were 18 or older and had a state drivers license to prove it. She said they did, but the clerk told her the above requirments were needed. So I, being the helpfull guy I am, went to find the clerk to see if I could convince him he is misinformed.
I find the clerk and explain to him that to purchase ammo by an out-of-state resident, all that is needed is a drivers license that shows them to be 18 or older. He then went through the whole neighboring state or hunting license crap. I told him no you do not need a hunting license and you do not need to be from a neighboting state. He went to get a manager.
The manager shows up and I again explain that they only need to be 18 to buy ammo. He goes through the same speech about hunting license and neighboring state. I argue with him about this and then he shows me a map of the United States that has green states and red states and he says that he can only sell guns and ammo to the green states. Florida was red, but the map only said firearms and nothing about ammunition. I pointed this out to him and he said that it also ment ammunition even though it was not stated on the map. :banghead:
At this point I gave up. I tolp the people to try the farm store down the road since they carry a limited amount of ammunition and were more likely to understand the law. I also left without purchasing anything and doubt I will ever buy from there again.
Question, should I have just bought the ammo and went on, or should I have argued the point further?
I was looking for a scope mount for my wifes shotgun for deer season when this young lady asked me if I could help her. Her and two friends from Florida were on break from college and were visiting family here in Illinois. They came to walmart to buy some .22 ammo to do some shooting on thanksgiving at their familys house. The clerk told them that he could not sell them ammo unless they were from a neighboring state or had an out-of-state hunting license. She asked if I could buy them some ammo and I told her that I didn't have to as long as they were 18 or older and had a state drivers license to prove it. She said they did, but the clerk told her the above requirments were needed. So I, being the helpfull guy I am, went to find the clerk to see if I could convince him he is misinformed.
I find the clerk and explain to him that to purchase ammo by an out-of-state resident, all that is needed is a drivers license that shows them to be 18 or older. He then went through the whole neighboring state or hunting license crap. I told him no you do not need a hunting license and you do not need to be from a neighboting state. He went to get a manager.
The manager shows up and I again explain that they only need to be 18 to buy ammo. He goes through the same speech about hunting license and neighboring state. I argue with him about this and then he shows me a map of the United States that has green states and red states and he says that he can only sell guns and ammo to the green states. Florida was red, but the map only said firearms and nothing about ammunition. I pointed this out to him and he said that it also ment ammunition even though it was not stated on the map. :banghead:
At this point I gave up. I tolp the people to try the farm store down the road since they carry a limited amount of ammunition and were more likely to understand the law. I also left without purchasing anything and doubt I will ever buy from there again.
Question, should I have just bought the ammo and went on, or should I have argued the point further?