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While I am glad that Fred Meyer will begin (again) to sell ammo/guns and I plan to support them (looking at the list of locations that will only be when I am on the road), I was SHOCKED to see some of the people on this thread who say they will support Freddies.
On other threads, these folks have represented themselves to be very conservative and intolerant of those that don't stay 100% true to the cause. So....I hate to be the one to mention this, but....Fred Meyer employees are.......GASP!!!!.....UNION! I don't know how this fits in with right wing dogma and I am not sure which takes precedence: the hate of unions or the love of guns. But, I do know that many of you are probably conflicted. Who wants to buy ammo at a store where employees are fairly paid and are able to bargain for better working conditions?
My suggestion: Buy your ammo at Wal-Mart where employees are underpaid and exploited. That way you know that you are supporting a true union busting red-state conservative corporation instead of a liberal (aka unionized) store when you buy your ammo.
As one of a handful of this forum's resident gun-totin' lefties and an organized labor advocate, I am going to give three cheers to Fred Meyer and continue spending money in their stores. It is nice to support a store who supports my causes.
Sounds to me that you sir have the Walmart customer mentality. I myself do not support Walmart per their firearm buying policies, I do NO shopping at Walmart because of it. I do however shop at BiMart as it is employee owned and you can see who your purchases are benefiting. I have a sister and a brother that work for Fred Meyer/Kroeger but that does not mean I support their store. I do my shopping where it benefits the employees and not the union upper class. Maybe, just maybe this is why Freddy's is so high on prices that the majority of the employees shop at K-Mart and BiMart and even Walmart. That was more like 4cents.
Now back to the actual topic at hand. Freddy's when selling firearms before had a fair selection but they were just like BiMart in only carring belly button guns. I thought they're prices were high at the time because BiMart had the same guns usually 10-25 dollars cheaper. Of course that was when BiMart sold handguns too. At least they are back on the band wagon of supporting the second ammendment.