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Remember, there's much less demand for guns here and ~20% less GDP per capita, plus those areas of manchester are particularly poor and the bullets are much mor
by ktizo 14y ago
Remember, there's much less demand for guns here and ~20% less GDP per capita, plus those areas of manchester are particularly poor and the bullets are much more expensive as we don't stock them in the supermarket.
- learc83 14y agoNot sure if you're joking or not, but someone will take it at face value even if you are. We don't actually stock bullets in the supermarket. Some Walmart stores do carry them, but you have to remember that Walmart is not a supermarket. They started out as a discount store and about 15 years ago they also started selling food. Walmart sold guns long before they sold groceries.
- maxerickson 14y agoIf you want to quibble about it, it's probably best to say that we don't stock bullets in every supermarket. Plenty of other super stores stock guns and ammunition, as do many country grocery stores (which are often a grocery store and a hardware store and a sporting goods store, and maybe even a gas station).
- saalweachter 14y agoI guess in the Walmart case it'd also be more accurate to say we stock groceries in our gun stores, since as the gp said Walmart sold guns and ammo before groceries. So now we're back to Americans all being fat as opposed to gun-crazed.
- learc83 14y agoWhat other super stores sell groceries and guns? K-mart probably, but according to Wikipedia they only have 29 super stores. Target doesn't sell guns/ammo, and they are the only other retail chain with super stores that I'm aware of. Also the combo grocery store/hardware store gas station thing is pretty much dead. I'm sure you could find a few, but I've traveled extensively in rural areas, and almost every small town has a proper grocery store these days.
- maxerickson 14y agoMeijer and Fred Meyer. That pretty much leaves Costco and Target not selling ammunition. I agree that rural outposts are going away, but I would guess there are still hundreds and hundreds of them.
- saalweachter 14y agoI don't know if you were joking, but I'd like to point out that at a Super Walmart in the US you can buy both ammunition and a gallon of milk.