tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42011731944901847892024-03-12T21:40:52.397-07:00Walmart ShootingsBaldr Odinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11818934498607763309noreply@blogger.comBlogger492125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201173194490184789.post-14625159400765120862019-09-03T10:43:00.000-07:002019-09-03T10:43:08.438-07:00Walmart halts sales of handgun ammo, handguns, and open carry<div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="5o8oi" data-offset-key="c1pc1-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; white-space: pre-wrap;">
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<span data-offset-key="k70k-0-0"><span style="font-family: inherit;">After all the pressure, particularly after the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_El_Paso_shooting">El Paso mass shooting at their store</a> on August 4 of this year, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/03/business/walmart-ends-handgun-ammo-sales/index.html">Walmart has finally agreed to stop selling</a> ammo for handguns and short-barrel rifles, stopped selling handguns in all stores, including in Alaska, and no longer open carrying of guns in their stores.</span></span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="c8tcc-0-0"><span style="font-family: inherit;">From <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/03/business/walmart-ends-handgun-ammo-sales/index.html">the article</a>:</span></span></div>
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Walmart represents about 2% of the market for guns today, the <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/04/business/walmart-gun-safety/index.html" style="box-shadow: rgb(0, 197, 158) 0px -1px 0px inset, rgb(0, 197, 158) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-sizing: border-box; color: #262626; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s;" target="_blank">company said</a> for the first time recently. Walmart believes it is not among the top three gun sellers in the industry, but it estimates it has about a <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/15/business/walmart-gun-control/index.html" style="box-shadow: rgb(0, 197, 158) 0px -1px 0px inset, rgb(0, 197, 158) 0px -1px 0px inset; box-sizing: border-box; color: #262626; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s;" target="_blank">20% market share of ammunition sales</a>.</div>
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On Tuesday, [CEO Doug] McMillon said that Walmart's changes to ammunition policies will reduce its market share from around 20% to between 6% and 9%. "We believe it will likely drift toward the lower end of that range, over time, given the combination of these changes," he said. ....</blockquote>
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Surprisingly, he also called on legislative changes:</div>
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In addition, McMillon said that he would send letters to the White House and congressional leaders that "call for action" on "common sense" gun safety measures. McMillon said Congress should debate re-authorizing the assault weapons ban and expand background checks.<br />"We encourage our nation's leaders to move forward and strengthen background checks and to remove weapons from those who have been determined to pose an imminent danger," he said. "Congress and the administration should act. Given our decades of experience selling firearms, we are also offering to serve as a resource in the national debate on responsible gun sales."</blockquote>
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Baldr Odinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11818934498607763309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201173194490184789.post-21185670176890995752015-08-26T14:25:00.001-07:002015-08-28T11:53:49.617-07:00Walmart halts sale of assault rifles and sniper rifles!After years of pressure by gun violence prevention groups and victims, not to mention increases in <a href="http://www.walmartshootings.blogspot.com/2015/01/walmart-stores-see-increase-in.html">at least the last three years</a>, Walmart has announced that it is <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/walmart-halts-sale-of-assault-weapons-20150826">discontinuing sales of assault rifles and sniper rifles in its stores</a>. This is a tremendous success for common sense!<br />
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gun crimes and shootings at its stores for <br />
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Up until this, Walmart had sold <a href="http://walmartshootings.blogspot.com/2012/12/five-assault-weapons-you-can-pick-up-at.html">five different models of assault rifle</a>s. <a href="http://walmartshootings.blogspot.com/search/label/assault%20rifles">Some of these</a> have been used in shootings on Walmart property or have been stolen from the store counters. <br />
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Walmart continues to sell shotguns, hunting rifles, and ammunition, as well as realistic-looking airguns, and they still allow people <a href="http://walmartshootings.blogspot.com/search/label/conceal%20carry">to carry concealed handguns in their stores</a>. <br />
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From <a href="http://qz.com/488639/walmart-is-going-to-stop-selling-ar-15s-and-other-assault-rifles/">an article</a>:<br />
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The world’s largest retailer will stop stocking <a href="http://qz.com/37541/how-guns-became-gadgets-lightweight-easy-to-use-and-more-effective-than-ever/">AR-15s and other modern sporting rifles</a>
(MSRs) as it resets its stores with fall merchandise, a Walmart
spokesman confirmed to Quartz on Wednesday. The company will replace the
rifles (carried in less than a third of its stores) with shotguns and
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The move comes in the midst of a national gun
debate fueled by high-profile shootings involving the weapon, including
Adam Lanza in the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, James Holmes
in the Colorado theater shooting, and the Los Angeles Airport shooting
where a Transportation Security Administration officer was shot and
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The <a href="http://www.nssf.org/msr/facts.cfm#item11">National Shooting Sports Foundation says</a> modern sporting rifles are among the most popular firearms being sold in America.</blockquote>
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Walmart claims the move was a "business decision" and not due to pressure, but assault rifles <a href="http://newtrajectory.blogspot.com/2013/03/gun-sales-boom-but-whos-buying.html">continue to be a hot commodity with the gun guys</a>, so I think we all know what the truth is here. There has been a lot of outcry, including petitions like <a href="http://walmartshootings.blogspot.com/2012/12/visit-your-walmart-and-demand-end-to.html">HERE </a>and <a href="http://walmartshootings.blogspot.com/2012/12/petition-demands-walmart-remove-assault.html">HERE</a>.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; line-height: 16.36px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><b>Addendum (8/28/15):</b> </i><a href="http://nyagv.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/NYAGV-Walmart-statement-1.pdf">A statement of support</a> from New Yorkers Against Gun Violence.</span></span>Baldr Odinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11818934498607763309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201173194490184789.post-17624712119899159502015-03-16T23:28:00.003-07:002015-03-16T23:29:53.887-07:00Felons steal ammunition from Louisiana Walmart and use it to shoot a cop<b>Occurred January 21, 2015.</b><br />
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Two men and a woman entered a Walmart store in Donaldsonville, Louisiana, and stole ammunition.<br />
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Deputies responded, and when they pulled over the car with the suspects, one of the men, 27-year-old Chadwick Schwender, bailed out of the car and started shooting with a "high powered rifle" (most likely an assault rifle), hitting the squad car and striking one of the deputies in the hand.<br />
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All three were arrested after they tried to get away. All three were felons.<br />
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From <a href="http://www.wafb.com/story/27906341/investigation-reveals-gunman-in-deputy-shooting-was-not-mcmullen?clienttype=generic&mobilecgbypass">an article and news video</a>:<br />
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At around 3 p.m. Deputy Atkins conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle
that matched the description of a vehicle that was occupied by two men
and a woman who stole ammunition from Wal-Mart in Donaldsonville earlier
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When Deputy Atkins stopped the vehicle, the passenger of the vehicle opened fire on him. </blockquote>
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hitting his sheriff's office cruiser, and another struck Deputy Atkins
in the hand. Deputy Atkins ran to at a nearby house where the resident
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Deputy Atkins was rushed to a local hospital where he
was released on Wednesday, January 21 and is expected to make a full
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The two accomplices, a man and a woman, were arrested
shortly after the shooting after trying to drive away, but crashing
their vehicle. They were later identified as 27-year-old Jennifer McGhee
and 27-year-old Chadwick Schwender. They attempted to break into a
house by kicking in the door and forcing the homeowner to give up the
keys to the vehicle. Deputies recovered the stolen vehicle in a ditch
and McGhee and Schwender were arrested on scene.</blockquote>
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An "accidental discharge" of a gun occurred at a Walmart store in Osage Beach, Missouri.<br />
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No details have been revealed. <br />
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From <a href="http://www.connectmidmissouri.com/news/story.aspx?id=1152271">an article</a>:<br />
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<span><span style="font-size: small;">Osage Beach police believe there was an "accidental
discharge" of a firearm in Walmart Tuesday evening. According to a
spokeswoman, the Walmart corporate office is working alongside Osage
Beach police to further review surveillance footage and there is no
cause for alarm.</span></span></blockquote>
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A woman had just gotten back to her car with her groceries, at a Walmart store in Lynn Haven, Florida, when a man pulled out a gun and robbed her. He then kidnapped her in her own car, forced her to withdraw money at a local bank, then brought her back to the Walmart before fleeing.<br />
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He has since been arrested.<br />
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From <a href="http://www.wjhg.com/home/headlines/Police-Searching-for-Suspect-in-Armed-Robbery-Near-Wal-Mart-289238461.html">an article and news video</a>:<br />
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Authorities say numerous callers identified the man as 56-year-old Timothy Keller.<br />
Keller is facing armed robbery, armed carjacking and kidnapping charges.<br />
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It happened around noon Tuesday in the Wal-Mart parking lot in Lynn Haven. </blockquote>
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Police say a female victim was putting groceries in her car when the suspect demanded cash and robbed her at gunpoint. </blockquote>
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The suspect forced the victim to drive to a bank
and withdraw more money. He drove her back to the Wal-Mart, where police
say he may have gotten into an older model red truck, with unknown
plates.</blockquote>
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Two men got into an argument in the parking lot of a Walmart store in St. Joseph, Missouri, when one of them pulled out a gun and shot the other, then fled.<br />
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From <a href="http://www.newspressnow.com/news/local_news/article_bee5222b-59d9-5f5c-9942-6fe57ac8db09.html">an article</a>:<br />
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“Apparently, two white males
got into an altercation here by the north doors and one of them did fire
a weapon at another one,” Capt. Richard Eaton said.
The victim was struck in the
upper torso and was transported to Mosaic Life Care by a personal
vehicle. Police didn’t know if the injuries were life-threatening, but
Mr. Eaton said the injuries appeared to be serious.</blockquote>
According to <a href="http://www.stjoechannel.com/story/d/story/one-person-shot-at-north-belt-walmart-investigatio/20682/TChj5yXTpkin5U8DQasR1A">another article and news video</a>, a 56-year old man was arrested for the shooting, and the victim is a 29-year old man shot in the torso.<br />
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21-year old Angelo Martinez was leaving a Walmart store in Albuquerque, New Mexico, when he met a group of people entering the store. An argument broke out between the groups, then someone in the group pulled out a gun and fired shots, hitting several cars in the parking lot and hitting Martinez. Martinez later died from the wounds.<br />
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From <a href="http://www.abqjournal.com/528350/news/one-person-shot-at-walmart-at-coors-and-i-40.html">an article</a>:<br />
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Police say the 21-year-old was gunned down around 9 p.m. in a busy
Walmart parking lot near Coors and Interstate 40 on Sunday. He died at
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Police were called to the Walmart at 2550 Coors NW after receiving
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While they were en route, callers reported that
shots were fired and someone was hit. </blockquote>
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Police haven’t said if the shooting happened inside or outside the
store, but the victim’s father, Melvin Martinez, said witnesses told him
the fight was in the doorway of the store. Angelo Martinez was walking
in while another group was walking out and words were exchanged, Melvin
Martinez said. The other group knocked off Angelo Martinez’s hat, then
punches were thrown and someone shot him. </blockquote>
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Melvin Martinez said the witnesses he talked to didn’t know if the two groups knew each other or if it was a random interaction. .... </blockquote>
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There was still blood on the Walmart parking lot’s asphalt Monday
morning and employees had blocked four parking spots with caution tape
while they tried to get it cleaned up. A Walmart employee said two
people came into the store Monday because their cars had been hit by
bullets and they were trying to get reimbursed for the damage. </blockquote>
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Albuquerque Police Department spokesman Tanner Tixier said nobody in
the parking lot or store had a description of the suspect to give to
police.</blockquote>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Scene of shooting at Montgomery Walmart (<a href="http://www.wsfa.com/story/27853611/2-injured-in-shooting-at-montgomery-walmart-where-mpd-officer-was-shot-in-oct">source</a>)</b></td></tr>
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An argument between two men inside of a Walmart store in Montgomery, Alabama, was taken outside into the parking lot, at which time the two men pulled out guns and began shooting at each other. Several cars were hit. A little girl was almost hit.<br />
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A female bystander was shot in the back with a non-life-threatening injury.<br />
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The shooting ended when one of the men, 21-year-old Carlton Webb, was injured with a life-threatening wound. He was later upgraded to stable before being released and charged.<br />
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From <a href="http://www.wsfa.com/story/27853611/2-injured-in-shooting-at-montgomery-walmart-where-mpd-officer-was-shot-in-oct">an article</a>:<br />
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Webb was arrested and charged Monday after being released from an
area hospital, authorities say. He was recovering from a gunshot wound
sustained in the incident. Court documents indicate Webb was released on
$45,000 bond. </blockquote>
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Police say an uninvolved adult female who was in her vehicle during the dispute sustained a non-life-threatening injury. .... </blockquote>
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Montgomery Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Martha Earnhardt
says the shooting happened after a dispute inside the store that
involved several people. The fight was carried out into the parking lot
where the shooting took place. </blockquote>
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Stunned shoppers stood with their
carts and bags as police cars filled the parking lot and a large crime
scene area was roped off. </blockquote>
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For Anna Leonard, an expectant mother,
her trip to pick up some groceries at the store Wednesday evening turned
into a scary ordeal. </blockquote>
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“I have my 3-year-old with me and I'm due
Tuesday," Leonard explained. "Who wants to be going through all of this?
It's just crazy. I've never been through anything like this,” she said. </blockquote>
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Shantana
Jones says many customers ran for cover when they heard the gunfire out
in the front parking lot. She believed the female victim was walking
out to her car and was caught in the crossfire. </blockquote>
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“Two guys were
shooting and she ended up getting shot in the back in the process,”
Jones said. “There was a lot of people in the back of the store. We were
still walking around because I didn't know what was going on so then
they came on the intercom and told everyone to go to the back of the
store.” </blockquote>
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As gunfire erupted in the parking lot, John Parks'
granddaughter was waiting for him in the car when it was hit by a
bullet. Windows on other vehicles in the parking lot appeared to have
been shattered in the melee. </blockquote>
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“She was sitting in the back seat and
the back glass, the door, got shot out right beside her. Luckily, the
bullet didn't hit her. The glass was completely out and she was all
nervous and upset,” Parks said.</blockquote>
This is not the first shooting at this Walmart. Last October, <a href="http://walmartshootings.blogspot.com/2014/11/officer-shot-by-shoplifter-inside.html">a shoplifter shot a police officer</a> at that store and was captured after a long manhunt.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; line-height: 16.36px;">Walmart. Save money. Die faster.</i></span></span></span></span>Baldr Odinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11818934498607763309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201173194490184789.post-44938983132805394262015-03-15T21:31:00.001-07:002015-03-15T21:31:40.910-07:00Shoplifter threatens California Walmart employees with a gun<b>Occurred January 13, 2015.</b><br />
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A man attempted to shoplift a large number of items from a Walmart store in Clovis, California, when loss prevention employees tried to stop him. The man then threatened them with a handgun and fled with the help of an accomplice. Luckily, no one was injured.<br />
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From <a href="http://www.fresnobee.com/2015/01/13/4329229_police-investigating-armed-robbery.html?rh=1">an article</a>:<br />
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Clovis police are searching for two suspects who stole $800
worth of merchandise at gunpoint Tuesday night from the Walmart located
at 323 West Shaw Ave. </blockquote>
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Sgt. Lonnie Amerjan said that one of the
men entered the Walmart just before 5:30 p.m. and began to load a
shopping cart with expensive items from different areas of the store. </blockquote>
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Loss prevention officers grew suspicious of the man and stopped him as
he tried to leave. </blockquote>
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The man then drew what was described as a black,
semi-automatic handgun and pointed it at the two loss prevention
personnel, who allowed him to pass with the cart. </blockquote>
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The man then
pushed the cart out to a small, silver compact car with paper license
plates driven by an unknown person. He loaded the stolen goods, and the
car exited the shopping center onto westbound Shaw Avenue. </blockquote>
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A man who was legally carrying a concealed handgun unintentionally shot himself while in a Walmart store in Athens, Tennessee. <br />
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Luckily, this time, the wound was not serious and no one else was injured. No charges were pressed.<br />
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From <a href="http://www.dailypostathenian.com/news/article_0e2117a7-460f-50b6-b93a-a21de15aabfd.html">an article</a>:<br />
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At around 1 p.m. Monday, an unidentified
man was going through the men's clothing department at Walmart when he
decided to reach for a handkerchief in his pocket. When he did, a gun in
that pocket went off and the bullet cut through his leg. <br />
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The man was taken to the University of Tennessee Medical Center to be treated for his injury.<br />
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No charges will be brought as
authorities with the Athens Police Department deemed the shooting
accidental. Also, the man was carrying the weapon legally.</blockquote>
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Walmart allows the carrying of concealed handguns in its stores.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; line-height: 16.36px;">Walmart. Save money. Die faster.</i></span></span> </span></span>Baldr Odinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11818934498607763309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201173194490184789.post-43395314430794844972015-03-15T20:21:00.001-07:002015-03-15T20:21:36.858-07:00Gunman robs Walmart Neighborhood Market in Connecticut<b>Occurred January 10, 2015.</b><br />
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A man with a handgun entered a Walmart Neighborhood Market in Bristol, Connecticut, and fled with money.<br />
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From <a href="http://www.courant.com/community/bristol/hc-bristol-walmart-robbery-20150110-story.html">an article</a>:<br />
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A man armed with a handgun robbed the Walmart Neighborhood Market
Saturday and made off with an undetermined amount of cash, police said.
No injuries were reported. </blockquote>
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Police
said the robber entered the store at 325 Oakland St. about 5:30 p.m.,
and approached a clerk. He displayed the gun and demanded money, police
said.</blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; line-height: 16.36px;">Walmart. Save money. Die faster.</i></span></span></span></span>Baldr Odinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11818934498607763309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201173194490184789.post-49242641836478188982015-01-11T00:28:00.004-08:002019-07-30T19:45:11.698-07:00Walmart stores see an increase in shootings for at least the third year in a rowShootings at Walmart stores have increased for at least the third year in a row.<br />
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Here at the Walmart Shootings blog, I have dutifully chronicled every media report of gun crimes committed at Walmart properties. <a href="http://walmartshootings.blogspot.com/p/running-list-of-2014-walmart-shootings.html">In 2014</a>, there were at least 92 shooting incidents, leaving 16 people dead and 42 injured. This is <a href="http://walmartshootings.blogspot.com/p/running-list-of-2013-walmart-shooting.html">up from 2013</a>, where there were 83 shootings, leaving 24 killed and 42 injured -- an increase of over 10%. <a href="http://newtrajectory.blogspot.com/2012/09/walmart-shootings.html">In 2012</a>, there were "only" 53 shootings.<br />
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There are entire countries that have fewer shootings than just Walmart stores in America!<br />
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Of course, these represent only those shooting incidents which were reported to the police, then reported by the media in a way that it was caught by Google Alerts or to friends who alerted me. Likely there were some that slipped through. <br />
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See the graph, to the right, which shows the shooting reports in a cumulative fashion over the course of all three years.<br />
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But there were also plenty of gun crimes where shots weren't fired. There were 78 armed <a href="http://walmartshootings.blogspot.com/search/label/robbery">robberies </a>and <a href="http://walmartshootings.blogspot.com/search/label/shoplifting">shopliftings </a>by gunmen at Walmart properties. Gunmen <a href="http://walmartshootings.blogspot.com/search/label/threat">threatened </a>shoppers and employees with guns, <a href="http://walmartshootings.blogspot.com/search/label/carjacking">carjacked </a>shoppers, and had <a href="http://walmartshootings.blogspot.com/search/label/accident">accidents </a>with their guns.<br />
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Walmart remains the largest retail seller of civilian guns in the world. But in at least 19 incidents this year, <a href="http://walmartshootings.blogspot.com/search/label/accident">guns were stolen</a> from their display cases at Walmart stores, <a href="http://walmartshootings.blogspot.com/search/label/assault%20rifles">including assault rifles</a>, like <a href="http://walmartshootings.blogspot.com/2014/03/nine-assault-rifles-stolen-from-memphis.html">this case in Memphis</a> where nine assault rifles were stolen, or <a href="http://walmartshootings.blogspot.com/2014/02/six-assault-rifles-and-another-weapon.html">this case in Tennessee</a> where six assault rifles and another gun were stolen.<br />
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Walmart continues to allow customers to carry concealed or openly-displayed guns in their stores. Does this make customers and employees safer? Not at all. In 2014, <a href="http://walmartshootings.blogspot.com/search/label/conceal%20carry">people with conceal carry permits</a> <i>caused </i>11 incidents, including many shootings of themselves and others, including the most recent case of <a href="http://walmartshootings.blogspot.com/2014/12/conceal-carry-permit-holder-shot-to.html">a very pro-gun mother who allowed her two year old to get into her special gun-purse</a> and fire the unsecured weapon, killing the mother in front of the toddler and three of her other children. <br />
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There <i>were </i>four cases <a href="http://walmartshootings.blogspot.com/search/label/defensive">ruled as self-defense</a> at Walmart stores. But before the gun guys jump on these as evidence of making us "safer," consider that one of these cases was <a href="http://walmartshootings.blogspot.com/2014/11/marijuana-heist-in-washington-walmart.html">during an illegal drug sale</a>. Another was by a man who got into an argument and <a href="http://walmartshootings.blogspot.com/2014/07/man-shot-and-killed-at-florida-walmart.html">shot the unarmed victim</a> as he walked to the car, fearing that the other man was going for a gun. He got off by using Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law, which only requires a person to claim they were afraid. In <a href="http://walmartshootings.blogspot.com/2014/02/fight-at-arizona-walmart-leads-to-man.html">a third case</a>, the victim was also unarmed, and the two men had gotten into a fight, and the shooter had continued the confrontation prior to shooting the other man. Only one case involved a man who was simply minding his own business and shot at an armed robber, <a href="http://walmartshootings.blogspot.com/2014/06/gunman-robs-elderly-man-at-south.html">after the robber was fleeing</a>.<br />
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And it's not just Walmart shoppers who are endangered, threatened, and killed by gunmen at their stores. <a href="http://walmartshootings.blogspot.com/search/label/Walmart%20employee%20victim">Walmart employees have been the victims of incidents</a> in at least 14 incidents in 2014, plus many other robberies. In at least three incidents, Walmart employees <a href="http://walmartshootings.blogspot.com/search/label/Walmart%20employee%20shooter">were the suspects</a> in shootings!<br />
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Where are Walmart's priorities? Is it gun sales? Or is it the protection of their shoppers and employees? Clearly, they aren't interested in the safety of those who are in their stores!<br />
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Walmart <a href="http://walmartshootings.blogspot.com/2013/01/walmart-bans-lots-of-things-from-books.html">bans all sorts of things in their stores that they deem "dangerous,"</a> including pregnant Barbie dolls, CDs with unwanted lyrics, and various books. They <a href="http://walmartshootings.blogspot.com/2013/03/walmart-bans-all-knives-in-bakeries-but.html">stopped allowing paring knives in their bakeries</a> after a single incident. This Christmas,<a href="http://www.8newsnow.com/story/27672425/high-schoolers-kicked-out-of-walmart-for-singing-carols"> they even kicked out some high schoolers who were caroling in the store</a>! But Walmart has no problem continuing to sell guns, including <a href="http://walmartshootings.blogspot.com/2012/12/five-assault-weapons-you-can-pick-up-at.html">five different models of assault rifles</a>, and allowing people to carry guns through their stores.<br />
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Perhaps thinking about all of this, one sensitive Walmart employee <a href="http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/local/dallas-county/2015/01/08/store-declines-to-print-engagement-photo-with-shotgun/21429959/">refused to process a wedding photo for a couple posing with their shotgun</a>. Oh, never mind.... A Walmart spokesman quickly told media that the employee had been "misinformed."<br />
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With so many shootings and other gun crimes at their stores, it's not surprising they are trying to hide it from stockholders, refusing to bring up the issue in any official manner or at stockholder meetings. We wouldn't want to allow blood on the store floors to distract from gun profits, would we? Little wonder, then, that <a href="http://walmartshootings.blogspot.com/2014/11/judge-orders-walmart-to-let-nyc-church.html">a major stockholder had to sue Walmart for the right to bring up the gun issue</a> at stockholder meetings. If the deaths of shoppers and employees aren't enough to convince the Waltons to change their pro-gun policies, perhaps money will?<br />
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This is why Walmart's motto "Save money. Live better" isn't appropriate. Instead, it should be.....<br />
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<br />Baldr Odinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11818934498607763309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201173194490184789.post-24538219636612180222015-01-10T23:17:00.000-08:002015-01-10T23:17:02.643-08:00Shoplifter threatens Walmart security guard with gun in Philadelphia<b>Occurred January 10, 2015.</b><br />
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A man went into a Walmart store in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and shoplifted a 50" TV. When security confronted him, he threatened them with a gun, then fled.<br />
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From <a href="http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/shoplifter-armed-men-Steals-TV-from-South-Philly-Wal-Mart-288137901.html">an article</a>:<br />
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In a brazen armed robbery, a suspect walked into a 24-hour Wal-Mart
located at 1675 S. Christopher Columbus Blvd. in the city's Pennsport
neighborhood around 1:55 a.m., grabbed a 50-inch television and headed
for the exit, police said. </blockquote>
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A store security guard stopped the
suspect before he left the store, which is just north of Pier 70, but
the man pulled back his shirt to reveal a weapon tucked into his
waistband -- all while other shoppers were nearby, authorities said. </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><i style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; line-height: 16.36px;">Walmart. Save money. Die faster.</i></span></span></span>Baldr Odinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11818934498607763309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201173194490184789.post-25040973016906127462015-01-10T22:49:00.002-08:002015-01-10T22:49:26.653-08:00Man shot and injured in homicide attempt at Philadelphia Walmart store<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Occurred January 9, 2015.<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">A man and his brother had arranged to meet another person in the parking lot of a Walmart store in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. When the other person arrived, he exited his car, walked to the passenger side of the waiting men, and opened fire, hitting the passenger multiple times in the chest, arm, and leg, before fleeing.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">From <a href="http://6abc.com/news/gunman-at-large-after-man-shot-outside-ne-phila-walmart/468125/">an article and news video</a>:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">The 26-year-old victim was shot about 75 feet from the front door of the
Walmart. The store was open at the time, and police say it's lucky
there weren't more injuries.<br /><br />"When the shooting took place, this
Walmart was open for business," said Chief Inspector Scott Small.
"There were customer cars in the parking lot, there were several
customers in the Walmart, there were about 20 employees in the Walmart."<br /><br />"We're very fortunate there was no one else injured and no one was struck by stray gunfire," Small continued.<br /><br />Small said the shooting was recorded by store surveillance cameras. <br /><br />He
said it shows the gunman getting out of the driver's side of his
vehicle and walking to the passenger side of another car, where the
victim was sitting. <br /><br />"Somehow the door opened on the victim's
vehicle - the passenger front door - and shots were fired," Small said.
"You can see the flash of the weapon and the shots being fired and then
the victim's vehicle fleeing the scene."<br /><br />Investigators say the victim had arranged to meet a person who may have owed him some money. <br /><br />Because
this was a pre-arranged meeting, and because it was all caught on
surveillance video, police are pretty confident they know who they're
looking for. <br /><br />The victim had been shot in the chest, arm, and leg. <br /><br />Police
say the victim's vehicle was being driven by his brother, who drove the
victim to Holy Redeemer Hospital in Abington Township after the
shooting.<br /><br />That's where police first learned of the shooting, after hospital workers alerted police about a gunshot victim.<br /><br />The victim was later transferred to Temple University Hospital in guarded condition.</span></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><i style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; line-height: 16.36px;">Walmart. Save money. Die faster.</i></span></span></span></span>Baldr Odinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11818934498607763309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201173194490184789.post-61619160906553724852015-01-08T22:38:00.002-08:002015-01-08T22:38:38.136-08:00Man threatens Walmart security with handgun in Florida<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Occurred January 6, 2015.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">54-year old Stephen Bruno was seen putting a set of bed sheets into his cart at a Walmart store in Ocala, Florida. Loss prevention employees followed him as his shoplifted them out of the store to his vehicle in the parking lot. When they confronted Bruno, the man showed them a handgun he had tucked into his waist, with his hand on the weapon. The employees then backed away and he pushed the cart with the sheets at them, then drove away.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">After his later arrest, Bruno claimed that he had been replacing the sheets with others and didn't want to wait in the customer service line, and that he "the wind" had inadvertently exposed his gun.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">From <a href="http://www.ocala.com/article/20150107/articles/150109774?tc=ar">an article</a>:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Two loss prevention officers
at the store at 2600 SE 19th Ave. Road, Ocala, told Ocala police officer
Andrew Ritz on Tuesday they saw a man with a receipt in his hand pick
up a tan sheet set and place it in a cart, which contained other items.
He pushed the cart to customer service and waited about a minute and
left the store with the sheet set, which they thought he taken without
paying for it, a report states. </span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Store
officials followed the man, Stephen Bruno, 54, outside and identified
themselves as loss prevention officers and asked him to come inside.
They said Bruno ignored them and began loading items from the shopping
cart into a green Honda minivan, the report notes. </span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">They
said they insisted Bruno accompany them inside and he pulled his shirt
back and they could see a firearm in his waistband. They said he put his
hand over the firearm and told them he was not going with them and
threw the sheet set into the shopping cart and pushed it toward them,
the report states. </span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Fearing
Bruno might use the weapon, the loss prevention officers said, they
left the parking lot and he got into the vehicle and drove away. ....</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bruno said the wind was
blowing his shirt around so he held his shirt down next to the firearm.
He said he wasn’t sure if his hand was over his firearm or not, but he
did tell them he was not going inside. </span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bruno was arrested and taken to the Marion County Jail, from which he has since been released on $60,000 bond.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhncc3wJ5ZK3fy1V11i74Ai45t8ZZMOiWyGwyYP6O4RXCFdde3vI91qeGonjiBIJ6ALhymoV3oF0SLuV4I2F-FOd4-66ogc7rSmD6sau698nltGJtNudASsrpx_KsVTczwLC3O8AmB_GW2a/s1600/010815+Chicago+a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhncc3wJ5ZK3fy1V11i74Ai45t8ZZMOiWyGwyYP6O4RXCFdde3vI91qeGonjiBIJ6ALhymoV3oF0SLuV4I2F-FOd4-66ogc7rSmD6sau698nltGJtNudASsrpx_KsVTczwLC3O8AmB_GW2a/s1600/010815+Chicago+a.jpg" height="179" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Scene of fatal shooting at Chicago Walmart (<a href="http://abc7chicago.com/467672/">source</a>)</b></td></tr>
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A male employee of a Walmart store in Chicago, Illinois, was found shot several times in his car, in the parking lot. No suspect has yet been caught.<br />
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From <a href="http://abc7chicago.com/467672/">an article</a>:<br />
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Police are investigating a fatal shooting in the parking lot of a Walmart in Bedford Park, near the border with Chicago. <br />
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Bedford
Park police said they responded to a 911 call and found an unresponsive
male shot several times in the front seat of a vehicle. A Walmart
spokesperson said the victim is a Walmart associate. <br />
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The victim was taken to Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn, where he died. <br />
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The parking lot is cordoned off, but the Walmart at 7050 S. Cicero remains open. <br />
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Bedford Park police and the South Suburban Major Crimes Task Force are investigating. There is no suspect in custody. </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; line-height: 16.36px;"><b>UPDATE (1/10/15)</b>: The <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-man-fatally-shot-outside-bedford-park-walmart-20150108-story.html">victim has been identifi</a><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-man-fatally-shot-outside-bedford-park-walmart-20150108-story.html">ed</a> as Stephen Sims, age 20.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; line-height: 16.36px;"><b>UPDATE (3/15/15):</b> The victim, Stephen Sims, had previously lost his mother, <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-shots-and-then-a-gunman-enters-the-boys-room-20130628-story.html">5 year old stepbrother, and stepmother</a> in two other incidents of gun violence. From <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-man-who-was-killed-outside-bedford-park-walmart-latest-death-for-family-20150110-story.html">an article</a>:</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; line-height: 16.36px;">In 1998, Stephen Sims, 20, lost his mother to gun violence in Roseland.
In 2013, he lost his 5-year-old brother, Sterling, and his stepmother to
an armed robbery after the family refused to hand over their
belongings. </span></span></span></blockquote>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbMjJeJWzPyN7J9PmOMY-2TFweGu2SZzMcjjb1r4Hl1ZaJL0nstuhN0Uqp5VIGj6uhQ3V7HTCELQULnTFQB5DEf4GlGNObAPUkBKAB7S5MmLgcJ7F_paPR7c-HI3iZ1XhPejPGqwUHzSi4/s1600/010415+Westwood+a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbMjJeJWzPyN7J9PmOMY-2TFweGu2SZzMcjjb1r4Hl1ZaJL0nstuhN0Uqp5VIGj6uhQ3V7HTCELQULnTFQB5DEf4GlGNObAPUkBKAB7S5MmLgcJ7F_paPR7c-HI3iZ1XhPejPGqwUHzSi4/s1600/010415+Westwood+a.jpg" height="178" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>(<a href="http://www.kctv5.com/story/27755839/armed-robbery-reported-at-westwood-walmart">source</a>)</b></td></tr>
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A man entered the Walmart store in Westwood, Kansas, presented a gun, and robbed money from a checker before fleeing.<br />
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From <a href="http://www.kctv5.com/story/27755839/armed-robbery-reported-at-westwood-walmart">an article</a>:<br />
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Westwood police say the suspect was armed when he robbed the store at 4701 Mission Road about 6 a.m. Sunday. </blockquote>
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Officers said the man made a small purchase and demanded money with a gun. No one was hurt, but the man did get away with cash. </blockquote>
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He left the scene in a small, silver SUV.</blockquote>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Scene of stolen guns at Helena Walmart (<a href="http://wreg.com/2015/01/01/thieves-hit-helena-west-helena-ark-walmart-one-day-after-christmas/">source</a>)</b></td></tr>
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On the day after Christmas, thieves entered the Walmart store in Helena-West Helena, Arkansas (Walmart's home state), while the store was closed for business. There they smashed a display case with a hammer and stole four guns, as well as some electronic goods, and fled.<br />
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The article does not state what kind of guns were stolen. Walmart sells assault rifles and hunting rifles.<br />
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From <a href="http://wreg.com/2015/01/01/thieves-hit-helena-west-helena-ark-walmart-one-day-after-christmas/">an article and news video</a>:<br />
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Police report several guns were taken as well as a number of iPods, iPads and iPhones. </blockquote>
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The store, on Shelia Street in Helena-West Helena, is usually opened
24-hours but it was closed Christmas and wasn’t scheduled to re-open
till 9 a.m. the following day. </blockquote>
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It’s believed the break-in happened just after 2:00 a.m. on the 26th. </blockquote>
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Eli Moore, who shops at the Walmart regularly, is very concerned even though the burglary happened while the store was closed. </blockquote>
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“I come out here and shop at Walmart all the time, you know. My wife
told me, ‘you don’t need to go out there at night.’ So, with this
happening here it’s got me scared to come out here now,” said Eli Moore. </blockquote>
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According to Helena-West Helena Police, a glass display case in the sporting goods section was smashed and four guns were taken. </blockquote>
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In the electronics section two cases were broken, and police
reportedly found a hammer and drops of blood near the shattered glass.</blockquote>
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A man was shopping at a Walmart store in Maryville, Tennessee, when he had an argument with a female shopper who accused him of intentionally bumping into her daughter. The man continued shopping, but upon leaving the store, the woman drove up to him, brandished a handgun, and threatened him with it before fleeing.<br />
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From <a href="http://www.thedailytimes.com/news/gun-pulled-in-walmart-parking-lot/article_9c740ac7-4b47-5017-8faf-4df27c0db1ee.html#.VKXFyBUq8tZ.facebook">an article</a>:<br />
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The 33-year-old man told police
that he became embroiled in an argument with another patron near the
general merchandise entrance of the store. </blockquote>
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He described the person with whom
he quarreled as “a short blond woman with a tattoo somewhere on the
left side of her body.” He said the woman accused him of intentionally
bumping into one of her daughters. </div>
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A Walmart employee overheard a
portion of the exchange, and told police she heard the tattooed woman
yell, “Let’s take it outside,” at the man. </div>
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After the quarrel, the man
returned to his shopping errand with his female friend. They were soon
joined by one of her family members, who served as a witness to the rest
of the evening’s events. </div>
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Upon departing the store, the
trio were approached by the tattooed woman once again. This time, she
drove up in a black Toyota RG4 SUV (license plate: M75 82B), according
to reports, and brandished a handgun in the direction of her perceived
nemeses. </div>
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Witnesses said the woman yelled
at the threesome as she wielded the gun, “I don’t call the cops; I take
care of my own problems!” And with that, she drove away, reports said.</blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; line-height: 16.36px;">Walmart. Save money. Die faster.</i></span></span>Baldr Odinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11818934498607763309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201173194490184789.post-12949283647182100722015-01-01T13:50:00.000-08:002015-01-01T13:50:19.377-08:00Man robbed at gunpoint of expensive diamond ring at North Carolina Walmart<b>Occurred December 30, 2014.</b><br />
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A man had arranged on Craigslist to sell a very expensive diamond ring and meet the buyers in the parking lot of a Walmart store in Spring Lake, North Carolina. He was waiting for them in the parking lot when two men arrived and robbed him of the ring, at gunpoint, then fled.<br />
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One of the robbers, Patrick Dewayne Flanagan, 19, who is also a felon, was captured, along with the ring and a 9mm handgun. The other robber, Tony D.L. Adams, 20, is still on the run.<br />
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From <a href="http://abc11.com/news/2-charged-with-robbing-victim-of-engagement-ring/455279/">an article</a>:<br />
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The holdup occurred in the parking lot of the Spring Lake Walmart around
1:15 p.m. Monday. Authorities said the victim agreed to meet two other
men to sell a diamond engagement ring, valued around $3,200.<br /><br />As
the man waited for the pair to show up, police say Patrick Dewayne
Flanagan, 19, opened the passenger door, held the man at gunpoint and
took off with the ring.<br /><br />Police said the driver, 20-year-old Tony
DL Adams, dropped Flanagan off prior to the meeting. Adams drove away
in a gold Ford car.<br /><br />Police found Flanagan nearby, off Pinetree
Lane. They said they recovered the ring and a 9mm handgun from him.
Flanagan was arrested and charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon,
conspiracy and possession of a firearm by a felon. He is currently in
the Cumberland County Detention Center under a $75,000 bond.<br /><br />Police
are still searching for Adams, who is a person of interest in several
other recent Spring Lake robberies, including another Craigslist meet up
that occurred on Friday afternoon along Main Street. Adams is also
facing robbery with a dangerous weapon and conspiracy charges.<br /><br />Spring
Lake Police Chief Troy McDuffie reminded residents to use caution in
performing online transactions. Although the victim met the suspects in a
public area, during daylight hours, there are some other precautions to
take, said McDuffie.<br /><br />"It's probably also good to bring somebody
with you and always watch your surroundings," he said. "I think this
particular person was sitting in his vehicle waiting for someone to show
up and before he knows it, the person opens up the door and holds him
at gunpoint. So you have to watch your surroundings."<br />
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You might also want to avoid Walmart stores.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; line-height: 16.36px;">Walmart. Save money. Die faster.</i></span></span>Baldr Odinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11818934498607763309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201173194490184789.post-49512378425528183552015-01-01T12:57:00.002-08:002015-01-01T12:57:18.893-08:00Gunman robs Walmart in North Carolina<b>Occurred December 30, 2014.</b><br />
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A man entered a Walmart store in Greensboro, North Carolina, armed with a gun, and robbed the money center there, then fled.<br />
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Luckily, no one was harmed.<br />
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From <a href="http://www.news-record.com/news/police-investigate-reported-armed-robbery-at-greensboro-walmart/article_0cdae424-9044-11e4-854b-d7423c026b19.html">an article</a>:<br />
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A man walked into the business,
located at 121 W. Elmsley St., about 11:20 a.m. today armed with a gun
and handed a note to an employee, said Susan Danielsen, police
spokeswoman.<br />
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The man got an undisclosed amount of money and fled through the grocery side of the store, she said.</blockquote>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; line-height: 16.36px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Since 2013, Gre<span style="font-family: inherit;">ensboro has seen two other <span style="font-family: inherit;">arme<span style="font-family: inherit;">d robberies by gunmen <span style="font-family: inherit;">at Walmart stores. See <a href="http://walmartshootings.blogspot.com/2013/05/gunman-robs-bank-in-north-carolina.html">HERE </a>and <a href="http://walmartshootings.blogspot.com/2013/12/armed-robbery-by-gunmen-in-north.html">HERE</a>.</span></span></span></span></span></span><i style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; line-height: 16.36px;"><br /></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; line-height: 16.36px;">Walmart. Save money. Die faster.</i></span></span>Baldr Odinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11818934498607763309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201173194490184789.post-76762101772151559752014-12-31T00:30:00.001-08:002014-12-31T00:30:49.065-08:00Two teens rob, carjack, and kidnap man in Florida Walmart parking lot<b>Occurred December 26, 2014.<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>(screenpic <a href="http://www.clickorlando.com/news/2-men-attack-kidnap-victim-winter-springs-walmart-parking-lot/30444868">source</a>)</b></td></tr>
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A customer had just left a Walmart Neighborhood Market in Winter Springs, Florida, and was getting into his car when he was accosted by two 18-year old boys armed with handguns. They stole his wallet and keys and forced him into the car, drove him to an ATM to force him to retrieve money, kidnapped him in the back of his car, then left him at a facility before fleeing.<br />
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The two were caught soon after by police. Luckily the victim was not seriously injured.<br />
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From <a href="http://www.clickorlando.com/news/2-men-attack-kidnap-victim-winter-springs-walmart-parking-lot/30444868">an article</a>:<br />
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A trip to the grocery store would take 28-year-old Jardin Delman on another trip that would include being duct taped. </blockquote>
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Early
Monday morning, Seminole County deputies responded to a robbery and
kidnapping. Delman reported that around 12:30 a.m. two men armed with
handguns confronted him in the parking lot of Walmart Neighborhood
Market on Red Bug Lake Road. </blockquote>
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The men demanded the Delman's wallet and car keys and then forced him
into the backseat of his black 2011 Mercedes-Benz. The pair then drove
the stolen vehicle to a nearby bank and forced the victim to withdraw
$240 from his account. </blockquote>
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The men then drove to a residential care
facility, Impower, at 3800 Dike Road in Winter Park. Once there, they
duct taped Delman's eyes and hands, placed him in the trunk of the
vehicle and drove around for several hours. </blockquote>
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Shortly after 4 a.m.,
the men returned to the residential care facility, removed Delman from
the trunk, placed him in a rolling chair and locked him in the bathroom.
The men then fled in the stolen Mercedes-Benz. </blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
Two other men who live in the facility were able to free Delman and called 911. He did not sustain any physical injuries. </blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
Deputies
in the area quickly spotted the stolen vehicle and conducted a traffic
stop. The driver, James Burgado, 18, of Winter Park, was taken into
custody. The passenger, Jayland Harrison, 18, of Winter Park, fled on
foot and was apprehended a short time later by an SCSO K-9 Unit. </blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
Burgado
and Harrison were charged with kidnapping, armed robbery, carjacking
and assault. They were booked into the John E. Polk Correctional
Facility on no bond, but leaving shoppers questioning their safety at
their neighborhood market. </blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
"For something like that to happen to someone, that's scary," said shopper Steven Huff.<br />
"You wouldn't think that you would need to be aware of your surroundings like that," said shopper Nicole Small. </blockquote>
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The pair are scheduled to be in court for their first appearance hearing at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday.</blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; line-height: 16.36px;">Walmart. Save money. Die faster.</i></span></span>Baldr Odinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11818934498607763309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201173194490184789.post-89595047145312708542014-12-30T22:43:00.000-08:002014-12-30T22:43:15.499-08:00Three boys caught stealing guns from Florida Walmart store<b>Occurred December 24, 2014.<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4eKPFS6nF17S5sM4Yk2AtX0cdzpWV4Q8_7j5-qfYuOfqO8Fwk3csyPj1OfunVhM9-U2aNTseVd0IWsVk20C6BNx3emCXqjxwui51qPnuWZB2Zmx9fX67bFkLNFW-cbKn9WI0H9ioCiZzG/s1600/122414+Royal+Palm+Beach+b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4eKPFS6nF17S5sM4Yk2AtX0cdzpWV4Q8_7j5-qfYuOfqO8Fwk3csyPj1OfunVhM9-U2aNTseVd0IWsVk20C6BNx3emCXqjxwui51qPnuWZB2Zmx9fX67bFkLNFW-cbKn9WI0H9ioCiZzG/s1600/122414+Royal+Palm+Beach+b.jpg" height="208" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Scene of children stealing guns at Florida Walmart (<a href="http://www.wptv.com/news/region-c-palm-beach-county/royal-palm-beach/1-adult-2-children-arrested-after-trying-to-steal-guns-at-royal-palm-beach-walmart-pbso-says">source</a>)</b></td></tr>
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On Christmas Eve, three boys, ages 12, 13, and 16, entered a Walmart store in Royal Palm Beach, Florida, and drew the attention of security as they "cased the store." The three boys then shoplifted a number of items, including three handguns and part of a rifle. When they tried to leave the store, security and police confronted the boys and arrested the two youngest immediately and the oldest after he tried to flee.<br />
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From the look of the picture to the right, from the link below, at least one of the handguns may have been a realistic-looking Airsoft pellet gun.<br />
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From <a href="http://www.wptv.com/news/region-c-palm-beach-county/royal-palm-beach/1-adult-2-children-arrested-after-trying-to-steal-guns-at-royal-palm-beach-walmart-pbso-says">an article and news video</a>:<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0jyD5aElbFqCzWV2cN6mHnZEbLWSTTELmLvjyLMlwnz1x-f7t0TtQGBrj_qGtBxcDvc5s0Y8nd6qtgjPQE2CXcE2vLHs93W2aGc3A8D_ze7AlbKV65cV-kqB72393o7GRz7fnPIEh9te1/s1600/122414+Royal+Palm+Beach+a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0jyD5aElbFqCzWV2cN6mHnZEbLWSTTELmLvjyLMlwnz1x-f7t0TtQGBrj_qGtBxcDvc5s0Y8nd6qtgjPQE2CXcE2vLHs93W2aGc3A8D_ze7AlbKV65cV-kqB72393o7GRz7fnPIEh9te1/s1600/122414+Royal+Palm+Beach+a.jpg" height="150" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Guns stolen by the boys</td></tr>
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Three juveniles were arrested Saturday at the Walmart store on
Belvedere Road in Royal Palm Beach after they attempted to steal
weapons, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office. </blockquote>
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The trio were met by PBSO deputies as they left the store. </blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
Walmart's
loss prevention staff noticed the 12, 13 and 16-year-olds "casing" the
store, according to PBSO, notified the sheriff's office and locked down
the store. </blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
Officials say all three juveniles fled from the store with deputies awaiting them around the perimeter of the building. </blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
The 16-year-old fled on foot and was quickly captured
by a K-9 officer. PBSO says the other two juveniles were captured
without incident. </blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
All three suspects have been transported to JAC
unit and will be charged with Retail Grand Theft. The 16-year-old will
also be charged with Resisting Arrest.</blockquote>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; line-height: 16.36px;">Every gun in the hands of a child must first pass through the hands of an adult. </span><i style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; line-height: 16.36px;"><br /></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; line-height: 16.36px;">Walmart. Save money. Die faster.</i></span></span>Baldr Odinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11818934498607763309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201173194490184789.post-38801011051764683732014-12-30T19:42:00.000-08:002015-01-01T12:21:45.201-08:00Conceal carry permit holder shot to death by her 2-year old in Idaho Walmart<b>Occurred December 30, 2014.<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghNKXv2NlzkEfz-Qw0VDQ45QuYKCIiGxiMQ_nKPTg7ELxwCWq_rUiZ0hak48_PtTSi3cgKrHr5ckIlNMF4uNYyP9X8hHfKdkg4lMy61vBgmPBnWer4e24BMkzidrtnfpY7i1zikciJ3e5s/s1600/123014+Hayden+a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghNKXv2NlzkEfz-Qw0VDQ45QuYKCIiGxiMQ_nKPTg7ELxwCWq_rUiZ0hak48_PtTSi3cgKrHr5ckIlNMF4uNYyP9X8hHfKdkg4lMy61vBgmPBnWer4e24BMkzidrtnfpY7i1zikciJ3e5s/s1600/123014+Hayden+a.jpg" height="213" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Scene of fatal shooting at Hayden Walmart (<a href="http://www.nola.com/traffic/index.ssf/2014/12/2-year-old_accidentally_kills.html">source</a>)</b></td></tr>
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(<i>UPDATED - See below</i>)<br />
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A 29-year old woman, Veronica J. Rutledge, was shopping with her four children in a Walmart store in Hayden, Idaho, when her 2-year old boy reached into her purse, grabbed a loaded, unsecured handgun, and shot her to death with it.<br />
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The woman had a conceal carry permit. This is at least the 11th incident this year caused by a conceal carry permit holder in Walmart stores, and at least the 30th since I've started keeping track. See <a href="http://walmartshootings.blogspot.com/search/label/conceal%20carry">HERE</a>. And I only know of one incident were a concealed carry permit shooting at a Walmart store was actually deemed as self defense. So, Walmart, why do you still allow this dangerous practice in your stores?<br />
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From <a href="http://www.nola.com/traffic/index.ssf/2014/12/2-year-old_accidentally_kills.html">an article</a>:<br />
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Veronica J. Rutledge, 29, was shopping with her son and three other
children, Kootenai County sheriff's spokesman Stu Miller said. Rutledge
was from Blackfoot in southeastern Idaho, and her family had come to the
area to visit relatives. </blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
She had a concealed weapons permit. Miller said the young boy was
left in a shopping cart, reached into his mother's purse and grabbed a
small-caliber handgun, which discharged one time. </blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
Deputies who responded to the Wal-Mart found Rutledge dead, the sheriff's office said.<br />
"It appears to be a pretty tragic accident," Miller said. </blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
The victim's father-in-law, Terry Rutledge, told The Associated Press
that Veronica Rutledge "was a beautiful, young, loving mother." </blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
"She was not the least bit irresponsible," Terry Rutledge said. "She was taken much too soon." </blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
The woman's husband was not in the store when the shooting happened
at about 10:20 a.m. Miller said the man arrived shortly after the
shooting. All the children were taken to a relative's house. </blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
The shooting occurred in the Wal-Mart in Hayden, Idaho, a town about
40 miles northeast of Spokane, Washington. The store closed and was not
expected to reopen until Wednesday morning. </blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
Brooke Buchanan, a spokeswoman for Wal-Mart, said in a statement the shooting was a "very sad and tragic accident."</blockquote>
It is very sad and tragic, and unintentional, but it wasn't an "accident" as I define it since it was completely avoidable. There are a lot of lessons to be learned here. The gun wasn't secured. It was around children. It was loaded. And Walmart didn't have to allow the carrying of guns in their stores. All of these factors increase the risk.<br />
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Every gun in the hands of a child must first pass through the hands of an adult.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; line-height: 16.36px;">Walmart. Save money. Die faster.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; line-height: 16.36px;"><b>UPDATE (12/31/14): </b> The<span style="font-family: inherit;"> purse where the<span style="font-family: inherit;"> gun had been stored was <span style="font-family: inherit;">specially made for storing a concealed handgun<span style="font-family: inherit;"> and was given to her this Christmas by her <span style="font-family: inherit;">h<span style="font-family: inherit;">usband. Both<span style="font-family: inherit;"> the woman and her husba<span style="font-family: inherit;">n<span style="font-family: inherit;">d <span style="font-family: inherit;">were very expe<span style="font-family: inherit;">rienced with guns and guns played a bi<span style="font-family: inherit;">g part in their lives. From <a href="http://www.kval.com/news/national/287251741.html">an article</a>:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<blockquote class="tr_bq">
Terry Rutledge, Veronica's father-in-law, told The Spokesman-Review
that the boy unzipped the special gun compartment in the woman's purse
where the weapon was kept while she was looking at clothing. </blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
Terry Rutledge said his 29-year-old daughter-in-law did not put the weapon "loosely into her purse." </blockquote>
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Victoria Rutledge had a concealed weapons permit, and guns were a big part of Rutledge's life, her father-in-law said. .... </blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
Terry Rutledge told The Washington Post that Veronica Rutledge and
her husband practiced at shooting ranges and each had a concealed
weapons permit. He said for Christmas this year, her husband gave her
the purse with a special zippered pocket for a concealed weapon. </blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
About 7 percent of adults in Idaho had concealed weapons permits at
the end of 2012, according to the Crime Prevention Research Center in
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. That ranked Idaho among the top third of
states.</blockquote>
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<b>UPDATE (1/1/15):</b> <a href="http://www.liberalamerica.org/2015/01/01/death-and-denial-in-idaho-how-gun-culture-killed-a-mother/">A good article</a> on the local gun culture that contributed to this tragedy.<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; line-height: 16.36px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">.</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> Baldr Odinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11818934498607763309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201173194490184789.post-239212136430625992014-12-27T19:26:00.001-08:002014-12-30T20:07:32.538-08:00Shoplifter threatens Walmart employee with gun in Washington state<b>Occurred December 26, 2014.<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Scene of armed shoplifting at Lacey Walmart (screenshot <a href="http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/shoplifter-pulls-gun-walmart-security-guard/njbbR/">source</a>)</b></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></td></tr>
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A man by the name of Jonathan Langford entered a Walmart store in Lacey, Washington, and tried to shoplift a Dyson vacuum cleaner. When a security guard confronted him and took him to the security office, Langford pulled out a handgun and threatened him with it, then fled through the store waving the gun, sending shoppers running in panic. <br />
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After a "small tussle," Langford fled with the help of a getaway driver.<br />
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Luckily, no shots were fired. <br />
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He is still at large.<br />
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From <span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/shoplifter-pulls-gun-walmart-security-guard/njbbR/">an article and news video</a>:</span><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
Langford had people running for the doors on one of the busiest shopping days of the year. </blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
He
was pulled into the security office for attempting to steal a Dyson
vacuum Friday afternoon. That’s when he pulled out the handgun and ran
from the store. </blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<br />
"He pulled the gun from his waistband, a small
tussle ensued, and from there -- he fled the building,” said Detective
Miguel Stansberry with the Lacey Police Department. </blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
Customers saw Langford with that gun as he left the Walmart. </blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
"We
heard a lady come screaming, and then we saw a whole bunch of people
coming toward the back of the store,” said Nathaniel Hemby, a shopper. </blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
No shots were fired. </blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
Lacey Police Department says Langford got into a car and drove out of the lot. </blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
Detectives are investigating the store.</blockquote>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i style="background-color: #fefdfa; line-height: 16.36px;">Walmart. Save money. Die faster.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; line-height: 16.36px;"><b>UPDATED (12/30/14): </b> The suspect, </span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; line-height: 16.36px;"><span style="color: black;">Jonathan Langford, <a href="http://www.theolympian.com/2014/12/27/3497759_police-still-searching-for-suspect.html?rh=1">was arrested in Astoria</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.theolympian.com/2014/12/27/3497759_police-still-searching-for-suspect.html?rh=1">, Oregon</a>, and will be extradited.</span></span></span></span></span>Baldr Odinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11818934498607763309noreply@blogger.com