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Went to walmart tonite........

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rugermanx:
And noticed a few boxes of some of the ammo on the shelf that was lacking in my collection. I asked the guy (not sure how old but couldn't have been more than 21-22 maybe) for 6 boxes of .223 and 1 box of 40S&W. The reply I got was

"Uh..... I don't know if its state or federal but there is a limit on buying ammunition you can buy only 6 boxes at a time."


My question is: Has anyone ever heard of this? If so who is making this stupid law? And what about when I go in to buy a flat of shells for trap/skeet/sporting clays? Is that going to count as one box? or am I going to have to go in and buy a few each time I go in?

RLMoeller:
That is a Walmart policy started when the supply got so tight.  The CB store has a limit of 2 boxes. 

armed and humorous:
I've never heard of that one, but who knows.  There's lots of laws out there people don't know about.  My guess is though, that the store told the clerk not to sell more than a certain amount to any one customer.  Then, they blame it on a law that doesn't exist so they don't look bad.

FarmerRick:
It's not a law of any kind, just a policy that Walmart came up with once people started clearing their shelves around election time.  6 boxes per person at most stores that I've been to.  Some may not enforce the policy very strictly.

rugermanx:
The reason I asked is because shortly after the election I was in a walmart and wanted to buy some .223 and there was a huge pallet sitting in the aisle. So I found an associate to see if they would open it up and give me a few boxes. When we got back there I had to beg a guy to let me have a few because he had another associate ready to load pretty much the entire pallet up. I saw this happen again later, and have heard of friends seeing the same thing. Now I understand limits if you aren't getting something in to pacify people so one person walks out with all of it, and then you put up with a hundred pissed off people seeing the shelves empty. However he expressly told me It was a law. Which I wanted to chalk up to the gun/legislative knowledge of some walmart employees. But figured I would give him the benefit of a doubt.

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