Wal-Mart restocks guns, ammo at many stores.

Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, stopped selling hunting rifles, shotguns and ammunition at all but a third of its U.S. stores five years ago, citing diminishing sales. It is now restoring them to hundreds of locations, bringing the total to nearly half of its more than 3,600 U.S. locations, as part of a larger push to restore "heritage categories" of merchandise.

http://www.outdoorpressroom.com/outdoorpressroom/2011/04/wal-mart-resumes-gun-ammo-sales-at-stores.html

I guess they can see a market trend where people are getting sick of depending on police to protect them when they always arrive after the fact of a crime.

So when will the police admit they can't do it all for us?

Andy, I lived in LA 15 years ago and the police wouldn't go near WATTS or Compton then.
I'm sure, they haven't grown a pair since then.
Yep, folks need to be able to protect themselves.

well ------never mind lol


money talks i guess

I think it took them this long to realize how much money they were missing out on! "Heritage categories" my ***!

Cops:

Minuets away when seconds count!

I want to buy a gun and learn to shoot it.

I kind of like exploiting the gun show loopholes myself..

I hate walmart so I don't care if they sell anti-personnel mines I still wouldn't shop there..

Well... On second thought.. That might be the only way I would shop there.

Any local shooting range will usually have rental guns and even offer to teach you how to use and operate a gun! Some police forces even offer classes in gun safety, shooting and proper care for your hand gun. Now one thing you must ask yourself before you buy, what are you planning on doing with that gun? Hunting guns make lousy home defenders but CAN do the job as long as you work within its limitations. They are usually too powerful. Also you cannot take many to local shooting ranges. You can target shoot with a home defender and I would insist on doing just that to be familiar with your weapon. Short barreled shotguns with pistol grips are excellent home defenders but lousy for hunting and also illegal to hunt with because they hold too much ammo.

On an entry level I would recommend a rimfire .22cal rifle for target shooting and light varminting. Also I would likewise recommend a .38 six gun single action as a home defender. YOU HAVE TO COCK THE HAMMER YOURSELF TO FIRE IT and it will not kick like hell in your hand. A .357 Magnum is a serious wake up call when you fire one. Also a .38 is a decent home defense pistol. If you go right to an automatic 9mm chances are in a panic situation you won't hit your target. AS you get more familiar with these two guns step up to larger. The Ruger 10-22 is an awesome all around .22 caliber. Ammo is cheap, and rabbits and turkeys don't stand a chance if you get good at hitting your mark. Heck, I have heard of people smoking coyotes with them. Being a clip fed weapon you an buy large capacity ammo mags for it to. Now with pistols for the most part most manufacturers produce quality products but I tend to favor Ruger. S & W are decent guns but Ruger is heftier and also has a transverse bar so that if you drop your gun it does not stand a chance of accidentally going off! Very important consideration when owning a gun. Another thing is your hand size! AS you get more familiar with shooting the size of the grip of YOUR gun will matter! A weapon you can't hold on to especially when firing is useless to you!

But if you really do want to be a gun owner and have no real experience with them look into lessons. Some times they are free.

And Chicks with guns are OH SO SEXY!

And if they are good shots?

Speaking of guns people cannot hold on to...

Here is a video of the .577 T Rex. This is one gun I would call a waste of money!

http://youtu.be/CQJSZs-euZU

Are you telling us that you are a felon, or are you just sick of waiting 3 days to pick up the gun you own?

Myself I do not consider it exploitation to be able to take home what I own when I purchase it.

I would not want one of those .577 T Rex rifles. I want to remain standing after I shoot.


I want a hand gun for protection. Preferably one with a clip, easy to shoot, but not too easy. One that fits well in my hand.

Why would buy a gun at Walmart? They probably, jam, lock, misfire, fall apart etc.

I am not a felon, however, I am a resident of the state of Maryland.

We can only buy handguns that have had the ballistics test done by the state police. The state police has 1 person that does this testing. To say we are very limited in the number of choices we have in available handguns is an understatement.

They treat law abiding citizens as if they were felons.

If you are under 5'6" then a small frame semi auto would be perfect for you like a Walthers P or PK variant 9mm. If you are closer to 6' then opt for a Ruger P95 9mm. Either should serve you well. Glocks are decent but they are not small frame weapons and their handles are larger to accommodate high capacity. The .40 caliber does not offer very much more bump than a 9mm. Where the .40 offers a slightly larger projectile the 9mm hits harder with a smaller round. Damage between the two is comparable. The 9mm will give you the best all around cost for performance and ammo is not quite the a$$ rape it is with other calibers.

Now if you need to have some real HP in your hand the .357 magnum with a 6" barrel will give you that feeling you have Gods thunderbolts in your hand. That is a pistol that makes watermelons explode!

Now if you want to carry in the field and you have bears around, .357 magnum is the smallest gun I would recommend but really the .44 Magnum or Long Colt .45 is what I would prefer in hand gun. In Alaska and Canada there are places where the bears are SO large anything smaller just serves to annoy the bear. Really I would be packing a .454 Casule which makes a .44 Magnum feel tame. That is a beefy pistol that would make Dirty Harry's day!