Walmart ammo.

[dmcag69]

Last time I seen 12 gauge shotshells , birdshot , was 3rd week of when covid first started,than it was gone forever at glendora Walmart and upland Walmart.

Kmart sold blazer 9mm, 38 special, 22lr and shotshells until just after Columbine happened at Covina and west Covina Kmart
Walmart in Covina sold guns until 2000 I believe, single shot shotguns, 22s and bolt action rifles

As a kid I remember going with my late grandfather to Kmart for blazer 9mm in Covina and 38 special.

[ar15barrels]

30.

I don't recall ever seeing any firearms for sale at any Walmart in California

That's because you were around 8 when most walmart gun sales stopped in CA.

[ar15barrels]

After that the manager had to walk you out to your vehicle and hand it over there.

I remember having to be walked out with the shotgun I bought.
Only place I ever bought a gun that did that.

[FatCity67]

Gemco, Sears, Kmart...

[ClayBreaker]

That's because you were around 8 when most walmart gun sales stopped in CA.

I'm 30 also and I do remember the Wal-Mart in Pomona sold long guns. I was 10 when I got my first BB gun in 2002 and they were still selling firearms.

[Barang]

i wasn't into firearms until 2013 but i remember seeing them at walmart up until they stopped selling them in 2010?

[SDDAVE56]

I bought my S&W mod 19 at Montgomery Wards in mission Valley back in 1981..

[HOGDOG1955]

walmart in salinas sold long guns at the davis road store as did kmart.bought untold thousands of ammo from salinas walmart till they stopped sellin ammo about 5 years ago

[M60A1Rise]

30.

I don't recall ever seeing any firearms for sale at any Walmart in California, at least in Orange County. They did sell ammunition and BB guns. They stopped selling ammo after the background check requirement was passed. The only non gun store I recall that sold firearms was Big 5. They used to have some interesting items for sale, some cool .22LR clones such as the GSG STG44 or the Sig 522, etc.

A lot has changed in a short time period. In just the past decade you have the long gun registration requirement, no more Single Shot pistol conversion to get past the roster, no more C&R long guns shipped directly to your home with your C&R and COE, etc.

I used to always go look at the guns here in Kali as a kid in Zody's , White Front , Gemco , Kmart , Sears and a few others while my folks shopped lol. Also I was in Utah a few weeks ago and the Walmart there only had a few shotguns and hunting rifles as well as only shotgun shells (no buckshot) , .243 , 30-06 and other hnting calibers. No .22 of any kind as well as the guy said they do not sell pistol ammo or 7.62/.223/.556

[noseyparker2u]

Yea, it's funny. They walk me to the door with my new, empty .22 rifle while I'm open carrying a P320. Ya just gotta laugh.

[kevman0154]

the walmarts in NM and Texas never stopped selling .308. I would just buy the bricks of *** .22lr. They best palces to buy Ammo out there was Academy, at least til the pandemic.

[sigstroker]

Geebuz, did you get a belt-fed machine gun? I haven't fired that many rounds in ten lifetimes. I haven't fired any .22 since the 80's. I bought 3 22's last year, so that might change this year.

[stormvet]

Geebuz, did you get a belt-fed machine gun? I haven't fired that many rounds in ten lifetimes. I haven't fired any .22 since the 80's. I bought 3 22's last year, so that might change this year.

[Quiet]

From what I'm able to look up, Walmart first came to California in 1990/1991. The gun laws in CA were not as stringent back in the 90's as they are today. (Even NICS wasn't a thing until 1998). From what I gather on this page, they sold firearms back in the early 2000's but by the 2010's they stopped selling firearms in their stores (in CA at least)

If I remember correctly...

They stopped selling in CA in 2005, after the BATFE pulled their FFLs from several of their stores due to violating Federal laws/regulations and being fined $14.5 million by CA DOJ for violating CA laws/regulations.

From 2000-2003, Wal-Marts throughout CA amassed 2891 violations, in which they failed to comply with Federal & CA legal requirements (no ATF 4473 forms and no CA DROS submitted) and illegally transferred firearms (no waiting periods, cash & carry).
^BATFE prosecuted and convicted 20 people for being straw purchasers for prohibited persons.

[Killer Bee]

Gemco, Sears, Kmart...

how about some Coast to Coast before they became True Value