Now slightly dinged and worn, and with 65,000 miles on the odometer, the Ford F-150 Custom was purchased new by Walton in 1979, and he drove it until he died in 1992. It is now in the Walmart Museum in Bentonville, Arkansas, where Sam decided to move to for quail hunting
An avid outdoorsman and hunter, Walton had dog boxes installed in the truck bed, though occasionally his dogs rode in the cab with him.
Recently, the Walmart Heritage Museum had an exact replica of the truck made. It’s accurate down to the dents, missing sections of trim, even Ol’ Roy’s bite marks. For those unable to visit the Walmart Museum in Bentonville, the Walmart Digital Museum online features a detailed exhibit on Sam’s iconic F-150.
I think it's clear that Walmart's recent decision to stop selling guns was clearly hypocritical, they sell alcohol, and cigarettes, and those kill a lot more people than all the guns and ammo ever sold at Walmart.
All the people that have driven drunk on alcohol sold at Walmart, and who will continue to do so... and the number of people that those drunk drivers will kill? It's about 500 to 1 ratio of death by drunk driver to death by gun in the USA. But they aren't going to stop selling alcohol. And how many people die from cigarette smoke caused cancer every year? The CDC says about 1300 a day. I shit you not. https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/fast_facts/index.htm
So, if Walmart were to actually stop selling anything based on it's lethal effects? They'd start with cigarettes. Then they'd stop selling alcohol, beer, wine.... so, let's just be honest about things happening around the country. Just because there are problems, doesn't mean anyone takes any logical actions to prevent them from re-occurring, and what you hear about is usually nothing but virtue signalling for publicity purposes in order to increase profits - while not actually affecting the outcome of the problems they are making noise about
https://walmartmuseum.auth.cap-hosting.com/tour/exhibits/sams-truck/
https://social.ford.com/en_US/story/vehicle-type/truck/sam-waltons-iconic-1979-ford-f-150-custom.html
Sam Walton didn’t move to Bentonville for quail hunting, he lived there - in the same house - from 1959 until his death. His first store was in nearby Rogers. Also, Walmart didn’t stop selling guns. Alaskan stores stopped selling handguns - the only state where they were still sold - and all stores are set to stop selling handgun ammunition and certain calibers of rifle cartridges once the supply has been exhausted.
ReplyDeleteKinda like how you feel about your blog - they can do whatever they like and take whatever kind of stand they want, if you don’t like it you’re welcome to stay away
where was he born, raised, lived while getting his business going? Oklahoma, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma again, Bentonville Arkansas, Missouri again, and then? So, don't tell me that he didn't move to Bentonvile from Missouri because you don't know that. He'd lived there before, he knew why he was moving back.
DeleteAS for all the rest, they can be hypocrits to the very shotgun in the truck in the museum that Sam owned and used, where as I am not a hypocrit. And Walmart is showing off the truck, and it's heritage, where they are also virtue signalling that they are against gun violence, but hey, they're cool with selling cigarettes and alcohol.
So, what's your attitude toward them about contributing to drunk driving and lung cancer?
Please explain how they are being hypocrites. The company has always supported the outdoor sportsman and continue to offer a broad assortment of hunting firearms in rimfire, centerfire, muzzleloader and shotgun. As far as your alcohol and tobacco argument, those categories are heavily regulated and death rates for both have been declining for years - exactly the opposite of what’s been happening with guns. Will the company’s direction have an impact? That’s doubtful, but it’s encouraging that that they taken a stand at internally regulating what our government has failed to do. They have done such things before in relation to firearms such as removing non-sporting arms from their assortment and imposing stricter guidelines on gun sales than required by ATF. I find it hilarious that you rail against them for stopping gun sales (which you were wrong about) and question why they they sell alcohol and tobacco when you would be just as critical if they decided to stop sales of those products as well. You state that you’re not a hypocrite, but I know that to be false as well - I’ve been exposed to enough of your opinions to see the numerous times you’ve contradicted yourself. You should know by now that anyone with a public forum lays themselves wide open to scrutiny and frankly, you just don’t stand up
ReplyDelete" and question why they they sell alcohol and tobacco when you would be just as critical if they decided to stop sales of those products "
DeleteAccording to... you? Lol, you're obviously no mind reader.
Tell ya what, how about you just look a the pretty pictures, read the funny stories, and don't worry your gray matter about it.
If ya don't like what I gots to say, then there's the buttons to change the page, move along. I didn't get ahold of you to ask for your attention, and I won't miss it when it's gone.
So... swish swish, move along.