WalMart refuses to sell Playboy or Maxim but sells guns

[John Dibble]

They can sell and not sell whatever legal goods they want.

[John Dibble]

This hypocrisy is ridiculous.

Note: I am not asking about rights here, just what you would do if you ran a WalMart.

I vote Yes/No.

By the way, where's the "I don't give a rat's ass" option? As I said, they can sell whatever legal goods they want to sell, and not sell any goods they don't want to sell.

Also, I'm not seeing the hypocrisy - gun shops sell guns but not porn, are they hypocrites? Guns and porn are completely unrelated, so selling one and not the other is not even close to hypocrisy.

[John Dibble]

I believed that Wal-Mart was in the business of selling the necessities and incidentals of life (food, clothing, hardware, etc.) at bargain basement prices. In some parts, a gun qualifies as a necessity; in others parts, a nice incidental piece of hardware used for sport and recreation. I see no harm in it.

That goes for the sex recreation as well: Wal-Mart sells lubricants and such as well, in addition to condoms.

So I don't see what you're complaining about, unless your imagination is so impoverished that you cannot use the sex items Wal-Mart offers without printed stimulation.

word.

By the way, I had been under the impression that Wal-mart offers guns through mail order only and not off the shelves. At least this was the case several years ago. Is this no longer the case?

I don't imagine federal law allows that anymore, especially with background check requirements and all.