Sterling Burnett works for the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA), a conservative think tank. Sterling is a hunting friend of mine and gave me permission to post his letter here on the forum.
My name is Sterling Burnett. I have been a loyal Wal-Mart customer, but no more. When Wal-Mart's merchandise became dominated by Chinese goods, I continued shopping there. When they removed firearms from most of my local stores I still shopped there -- ammo and outdoor clothes were still cheaper or at least competitive and Wal-Mart was convenient. My wife and I have shopped at Wal-Mart for toys, hardware, groceries and auto repair but no more. Your decision to treat lawful gun purchasers as criminals -- taping them, holding information on traces even when you don't, indeed can't, know whether the purchaser is involved in any crime (much less convicted by a jury of his/her peers) and then the audacity to decide on your own whether or not to sell firearms to people who have purchased in the past, but whose guns resulted in a trace (not necessarily a crime but a trace). Teaming up with the most abusive Mayor in the country -- a man who shows no respect for the law or the constitution -- and who has been no friend of Wal-Mart in the past (he and his ilk regularly fight the siting of new Wal-Mart stores in their metropolitan areas) is outrageous and shows a total lack of respect for the views and rights of your core customer base. Neither I, nor my wife, nor my children will ever shop at a Wal-Mart store again.
I can buy my firearms, ammunition and outdoor sports gear and clothing at sporting goods shops and I can certainly by my other goods (groceries, hardware, gardening supplies) elsewhere. I may or may not pay more for these goods but at least I will not be supporting a store that treats me as if I were under suspicion of a crime or, simply because I wish to purchase a gun, a criminal in waiting. I won't be providing money to a corporation actively working to undermine my freedoms, under the guise of working with the government to enhance collective security -- a claim that has always been the cloak for tyranny, but which the founders of this country warned us about.
This policy crosses a line. Sam Walton is turning over in his grave.
Sincerely,
, trying to appease him, but that is not easy and was not successful.
. My Daughter and Son in Law live in a small town and when He was let go from his "temporary" manufacturing job the only place to work was Wallmart 
.Jim. Here is their own page.
I've always hated fighting the crowds at China Mart and this new policy gives me the final boost to stop spending any money there period.
