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maybe i missed the thread but why walmart.

Why WalMart for what?

alot of the threads say that when you get your plastic that they are going to walmart. I just wondered why !!!!! Is walmart anti gun or is this just a right of passage. thanks Brian

I assume that they are going to WalMart to buy ammo as it usually has the best prices.

Just a rite of passage. Sooner or later everyone goes through there. It's just that for most of us, we need to go there anyway.

WalMart (in Texas, at least) isn't posted, it's usually pretty crowded, AND they sell ammo in the back of the store. Thus, it's a good first place to go when you get your plastic, to "get your feet wet" in public as it were.

Sometimes folks go through a wee bit of "stage fright" or self-consciousness when they first carry in public: "Is it printing?" "Will anyone notice?" No matter how carefully you dress, you can feel like everyone is staring at that new lump under your shirt/waistband/belt, that is so very obvious to you. And if it feels that large and obvious to you, then naturally, it must be obvious to everyone around you, right? ("Mommy, why does that man have a big lump on his side?" "Shush, dear, it's not polite to stare." )

Walking through a crowded WalMart to get to the ammo counter in the back (or, just wandering around) is a good way to teach your subconscious that the world isn't staring at "that lump" and divining what it is. In fact, the folks are pretty much oblivious to your very presence there, except as something in their way in a crowded aisle. It's a good confidence builder.

That is one heck of a well thought out answer, and much better that my reason.

My reasoning has always been just because. You have to carry now that you can, and you know you can find something at walmart that you need.

quidni:



Eloquent, precise, and at-home.

You rock.

yup what quidni said.
'sides they do have the best ammo prices.

My first trip to wally world was just about like he described it.
-Zeke

zeroskillz wrote:yup what quidni said.
'sides they do have the best ammo prices.

My first trip to wally world was just about like he described it.
-Zeke

zeroskillz, you are new here & we all welcome you. I will quietly tell you about quidni. He is a she & we are very prowd of her.
As Skiprr said, she is Eloquent, precise, & at-home.
We have several ladies that are regular & very valuable contributers. She hits what she shoots at too.

quidni wrote:WalMart (in Texas, at least) isn't posted, it's usually pretty crowded, AND they sell ammo in the back of the store. Thus, it's a good first place to go when you get your plastic, to "get your feet wet" in public as it were.

Sometimes folks go through a wee bit of "stage fright" or self-consciousness when they first carry in public: "Is it printing?" "Will anyone notice?" No matter how carefully you dress, you can feel like everyone is staring at that new lump under your shirt/waistband/belt, that is so very obvious to you. And if it feels that large and obvious to you, then naturally, it must be obvious to everyone around you, right? ("Mommy, why does that man have a big lump on his side?" "Shush, dear, it's not polite to stare." )

Walking through a crowded WalMart to get to the ammo counter in the back (or, just wandering around) is a good way to teach your subconscious that the world isn't staring at "that lump" and divining what it is. In fact, the folks are pretty much oblivious to your very presence there, except as something in their way in a crowded aisle. It's a good confidence builder.

longtooth wrote:

zeroskillz wrote:yup what quidni said.
'sides they do have the best ammo prices.

My first trip to wally world was just about like he described it.
-Zeke

zeroskillz, you are new here & we all welcome you. I will quietly tell you about quidni. He is a she & we are very prowd of her.
As Skiprr said, she is Eloquent, precise, & at-home.
We have several ladies that are regular & very valuable contributers. She hits what she shoots at too.

Better than some of us