October 16th, 2006, 21:45 | #1 |
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Walmart... and SoftAir... 56k Warning.
Look what I found last weekend when I went to visit my local Walmart. (Markville Mall)
A bunch of SoftAir guns. All of them were electric blow backs + a few non-blowback mini electrics. There was a few tubs of crappy 6mm bb's left though. Theres no age requirement in purchasing them. I saw them nearly next to the kids toys section. I saw a group of I'm guessing around 12 year old kids buying A STACK LOAD. They took all of the springer shotguns + several EBB's + tubs of those crappy softair bbs. As you can see the p226 is out of stock same with many of the other EBB's walmart had. I over heard them talking about how they were going to shoot cars and have a "team deathmatch" guessing they mean team skirmish. No age requirement AT ALL. I was suprised. No wonder we have kids running around parks playing with softair and shooting each other without wearing proper eye gear. Pictures below. The shotguns were all sold out. It looked like a M3 shorty from what the kids were carrying. What do you guys think about this? Should Walmart have put these behind their cages or freely let kids buy softair without their parents knowing? Update: Last week at Markville Walmart, me and my buddy were going to buy some Propane and we encountered 2 teenaged kids(brothers), if I were to guess their age they were around 13-14 years old. We saw them buying the shotgun, and they tried purchasing it by themselves however the cashier prompted the 18+ question. They ended up calling their mom and begging her to buy the shotty for them. I'm not sure if they ended up picking up the shotgun however, they sure begged their mom for it. Another group of skateboarding dickheads came into walmart and were trashing up the place, they were yelling out loud talking to each other saying, O HEY LETS HAVE SPRINGER WARS OUTSIDE! Man markville mall is full of those skateboarding teens! Last edited by Identity; January 9th, 2007 at 18:17.. |
October 16th, 2006, 21:47 | #2 |
In the wal-mart I work at they are behind glass and its 18+ to buy, I don't know if they enforce it because I work nights.
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October 16th, 2006, 21:56 | #3 |
at one walmart here in london they are much like the pics above, totally exposed and usually sold out, but at another across town they are all behind the glass wall.
dont know if they enforce the 18+ rules at either, i've never been carded buying them...
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October 16th, 2006, 21:56 | #4 |
did you see how much one of them targets costed haha ??
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October 16th, 2006, 21:58 | #5 |
Locked up. Hell on the back of the crappy crosman guns It says must be 16 yrs or older to use.
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October 16th, 2006, 22:09 | #6 |
Banned
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October 16th, 2006, 22:10 | #7 |
The paper target in the top right comes with a spring gun...
They dont check ID at the store in Barrie south end. Atleast not from what I have seen. Besides... the kids at the cash arent even over 18.. so it isnt like they are going to ask if the buyer is over 18 ... |
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October 16th, 2006, 22:14 | #8 |
It's 18+ here for WalMart and Canadian Tire. Strange that some stores go against policy?
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October 16th, 2006, 22:18 | #9 |
Stores that are caught doing that can be "coached" so you should complain. Coaching is having to talk to your head boss.
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October 16th, 2006, 22:26 | #10 |
Ministry of Peace
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October 16th, 2006, 22:33 | #11 |
Official ASC Bladesmith
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Reminds me I need to buy more red 0.12g BBs for next season. Seriously, I use them! Cuts down wear on my mechbox.
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October 16th, 2006, 22:35 | #12 |
hahaha They tried to make me do that on orientation day, but I was like screw you I work nights don't push your cult on me!
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October 16th, 2006, 22:37 | #13 |
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at the canadian tire near my place theyre behind the glass, but theyre also stored with the real steal shotgun buckshot.
id imagine the press will get a hold of this "Team deathmatch" stuff after one of the kids loses an eye, and the soccer moms will win again. |
October 16th, 2006, 22:39 | #14 |
At my local Walmart the softair guns are in the same section of paintball and firearms stuff, near the toys section, locked up though. I don't know if they enforce the 18+ to buy such things I should check some how.
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October 16th, 2006, 22:42 | #15 | |
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Yeah It's pretty stupid how they don't keep the stuff in the cages. They keep GPS systems the cages but not the softair that could potentially take out a persons eye. I can buy airguns at Canadian Tire. The staff do not even bother carding or even asking how old I am. Last time I asked to take a look at those crappy Softair AEGs. I just wanted to see the internals and the guy opened the cage and asked if I wanted it. The whole 18+ doesn't apply at many stores. People dont really care to bother carding or even asking. Last edited by Identity; October 16th, 2006 at 22:44.. |
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