{"id":12049,"date":"2019-09-05T11:15:46","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T11:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=12049"},"modified":"2019-09-05T11:15:48","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T11:15:48","slug":"perceptive-comment-on-walmart-ammo-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=12049","title":{"rendered":"Perceptive Comment On Walmart Ammo Decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:5678,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.theoutdoorwire.com\\\/features\\\/5104f9f1-9120-471a-81ac-6f5428b5498c&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.theoutdoorwire.com\\\/features\\\/5104f9f1-9120-471a-81ac-6f5428b5498c\\\/&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>If anyone knows the small firearms retailer, it would be Brownells. They have worked with gunsmiths since time immemorial. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theoutdoorwire.com\/features\/5104f9f1-9120-471a-81ac-6f5428b5498c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim Shepherd of the Outdoor Wires had an editorial today<\/a> on the implications of the Walmart decision which is well worth a read. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the editorial, he quoted Pete Brownell regarding Walmart&#8217;s move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p> \u201cIt\u2019s really a time of opportunity for small retailers,\u201d Pete Brownell of the eponymous <em>Brownells <\/em>told  me yesterday, \u201cthe core of our industry, small retailers are going to  have an opportunity to get back some of the business lost by a retailer  that focuses on squeezing the margins, not selling based on knowledge,  experience and affinity.\u201d<\/p><p><br> \u201cTo me,\u201d he says, \u201cit\u2019s  actually good news, although it\u2019s never all good news when any company  starts to give in to social pressure.\u201d<\/p><p><br> He\u2019s right on both points.  Granted, some consumers will lose the ability to hit a Walmart for a box  of rifle shells, diapers, orange juice and sodas. But they\u2019ll now have a  valid reason to go back to the stores where the shelves and displays  are full of products they actually enjoy. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Brownell is correct. This is an opportunity for the Mom and Pop gun stores. That is, if they play it right. By right, I mean have deals on bulk ammo and reasonable prices on the rest.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If anyone knows the small firearms retailer, it would be Brownells. They have worked with gunsmiths since time immemorial.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1496,362,3884,4769,2426],"class_list":["post-12049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-ammunition","tag-brownells","tag-gun-shops","tag-pete-brownell","tag-walmart"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12049"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12050,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12049\/revisions\/12050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}