Um, Radar… I’m not sure what you’re trying to say.
Cut what out?
Small? Yes
Very Explosive? No.
What do you think the presumably well trained members of the public are going to do? Hit the rounds with a hammer to see if they go off? See if they can use a can of smokeless powder as an ashtray?
Sorry, I just don’t see a LEGITIMATE safety issue here.
So what?
I am having trouble understanding your concern. What are you afraid might happen?
The ammo is a threat. How hard would it be for a kid to find a piece of ammo that has been mishandled by a highly trained person (or anyone else over the age of 18) and to bring it home to experiment with later?
Yes, unlikely, but possible. There would be less of a chance for this to happen if the toy section was not near the firearm section.
Clay, one reason they might put the two departments right next to each other is so Little Timmy can look at toys while Papa Bear can look at his firearms and whatnot. It’s just good ol’ capitalism at work. Putting the toy section there might be a way for parents to get the kids out of their hair for a few minutes, that’s all. It’s not as if Little Timmy is gonna tire of Ninja Turtles and start playing with guns in the gun section.
My local supermarket has the audacity to put wholesome food products like fresh bread right near dangerous poisons like bleach and Drano. Children walk down those aisles, filled with a variety poisons, they could easily open the bottles and drink down a deadly dose. The bottles are right near the ground too, what are they thinking?
We need to shut these places down!
I’m not calling for the end of Wal Mart, no matter how much I’d like to see that. I’m just calling for a change in safety.
And Papa Bear can look at all the camping gear that currently borders both the gun section and the toy section or the auto supply section not far from that.
Papa Bear doesn’t want to look at the camping gear. Papa Bear wants to look at guns.
Do not presume to tell Papa Bear what to look at!
Sure, it is possible. But what if the toy section was located near the hardware department, then you’ll have kids taking home hammers and nails and playing “jesus”, or something. :eek:
Unlikely, but possible.
Point being, where ever you decide put the toy section, the threat will be the same for all sections of the store. Toys & Paint section, Toys & Hardware, Toys & Sports, etc…
Toys and T-Shirts…
clayton, you’re being a bit too overprotective here. If anything, the gun section is safer than many other sections. The kitchen section has knives, the stationary section has scissors, the hardware section has hammers and screwdrivers, the grocery section has bleach and ammonia, the pharmacy has drugs, all of which are dangerous and NOT locked safely away in cases.
Individual bullets without guns to go in are not all that dangerous.
Yes, they are. If anything, they’re the single most dangerous gun related object and should be treated with the same respect and safety measures that one would have while handling a firearm.
Very very unlikely.
Is that seriously what you are worried about happening? Has it ever happened before?
I odn’t know if it ever has happened before but with more than thirty-two hundred outlets in the U.S. alone (link), all with the same toy/gun layout, there’s bound to be a situation eventually.
Well, like, these kids could knock over a clerk, steal the keys, break into the gun cabinet, somehow match up a rifle with a box of ammunition, load it, and then hurt themselves in some way.
C’mon, people! WON’T SOMEONE THINK OF THE CHILDREN?!
If you read even the post before yours you would know we’re theorizing about a scenario that doesn’t include a firearm.
Simply not true. A loaded firearm is many orders of magnitude more “risky” than loose ammo.
I have lots of ammo in the house, none of which is locked up. I have young children who (gasp!) handle it all the time. It’s much safer than a lot of my tools.
Suffice to say, your fear of ammunition is without justification.
I gotta agree with crafter_man. . . I’d be much more worried about kids getting hurt with a much more volitile product found in many more sheds, garages and households called GASOLINE. Nobody locks that stuff up. . . and I don’t know about you but I played with matches when I was young.
Growing up I was tought to have a healthy respect for guns and the like. . . they were not hidden in a way to make us curious but explained to us so we understood their uses and dangers. I think that Wal-Mart sells guns right where they should be, along with sporting goods. . . which is one of their intended uses.
I’m not overly fond of guns, but as long as they’re in their proper place and well monitored, I’m all for people enjoying them. I can’t see any real reason why the gun section shouldn’t be near the toy section. It’s far more dangerous for us to try to pretend to our kids that guns don’t exist than to live safely with them.
-Lil
Ok, I was talking about any single gun related object, I wasn’t thinking about the possibility of a loaded firearm.
Yeah, I grew up in a household that didn’t mind ammo at all, although I wish it had. For a couple of years I even had a collection of different types of small ammo. No, I never hurt myself or others with it, but I think that I shouldn’t have been allowed to have ammo because what could have happened. I wised up around 13 or so and got rid of it all.
And you should lock up your ammo, Crater_Man. Yes, it is pretty safe, more safe than say, gasoline, but why have something around your home that your kids could take and experiment with their friend’s dad’s gun that isn’t locked up like yours? That isn’t the topic of the thread, though, so I won’t expand much on it.
And Sar, yes, gasoline can be much more dangerous. So are a lot of things around the house, I’m sure a knife could do a lot more damage than a single .22 round in little Jimmy’s hands. But why have one more psudo-dangerous thing around to worry about?