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<blockquote data-quote="DavidMcmillan" data-source="post: 3267537" data-attributes="member: 11749">Here&#039;s the thing with business decisions and Walmart.&nbsp; The Walmart story is one of fantastic growth.&nbsp; That only comes from making more good decisions than bad ones.It would appear that McMILLAN and his Board studied all the conflicting data, some valid and some not, and made the decision that this would be advantageous to their business.It is easy for us to forget that currently, it seems, there are fairly equal numbers of customers, voters, etc. on either side of the firearm issues of today.They probably do a better job of knowing their customer base than we do, and they would not make a decision to anger the majority of that base.The objective of any &quot;for profit&quot; business is to determine the wants, needs, and desires of their customers.&nbsp; If a rival business cannot compete in the area of those requirements, they must find another way to compete.&nbsp; Many of the &quot;mom &amp; pop&quot; stores we want to worry about, failed because they could not give want the customer wanted.&nbsp; Playing fields are not level, and it is not the responsibility of Walmart, or any other enterprise, to give up the advantages they built in a free market arena.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DavidMcmillan, post: 3267537, member: 11749"] Here's the thing with business decisions and Walmart. The Walmart story is one of fantastic growth. That only comes from making more good decisions than bad ones. It would appear that McMILLAN and his Board studied all the conflicting data, some valid and some not, and made the decision that this would be advantageous to their business. It is easy for us to forget that currently, it seems, there are fairly equal numbers of customers, voters, etc. on either side of the firearm issues of today. They probably do a better job of knowing their customer base than we do, and they would not make a decision to anger the majority of that base. The objective of any "for profit" business is to determine the wants, needs, and desires of their customers. If a rival business cannot compete in the area of those requirements, they must find another way to compete. Many of the "mom & pop" stores we want to worry about, failed because they could not give want the customer wanted. Playing fields are not level, and it is not the responsibility of Walmart, or any other enterprise, to give up the advantages they built in a free market arena. [/QUOTE]

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