joether -> RE: Ohio walmart shooting (10/1/2014 3:53:29 PM)
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ORIGINAL: eulero83 FR for the off topic discussion ok there are air guns in the power range of .22lr round like this but are them sold at the toy department of walmart? I don't know how it works there, as it seems in some part of usa they give .22lr carabines to 5 year olds as birthday present, but I suppose those air guns sold in toy department are under the 7.5 joules limit. No the pellet rifles sold here are not sold as toys, for example Walmart has them in the sporting goods, (outdoor, camping, etc) section and carefully delineated from toys. They are kept in boxes near the firearms section. They even put the bb guns there. i took this picture in a walmart one week after the shooting I haven't told you what they do with them there. What your Walmart does has little bearing to what mine does. And all of them in your pictures each pellet rifle has a box, in fact none are just lying there without a box, so he should have had the box to carry it in. There were many mistakes made that day and someone paid a heavy toll for those mistakes. Yet, the person that paid that toll, made the greatest number and depth of those mistakes. We can sit here and argue the fine points; splitting hairs to our heart's content. The fact remains that events and mistakes drove events to the outcome that took place. In my state, there is a ban on ANYTHING that looks like a firearm in a 'brick and mortar' store; unless its an actual firearm dealer. And those dealers are VERY careful on who is allowed to touch the product. In other states, the practice is allowed. Maybe we should count ourselves lucky its taken this long to have this sort of incident play out due to not considering possible outcomes with bad or ineffective firearm coverage. Stuff like this has placed liability in Wal-Mart's hands. And who wouldn't want to sue a business that makes tens of billions in a year when you have the company dead to rights?
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