Kind of surprised at most of the responses regarding Academy. Academy, a southern chain, apparently catered to the whims and political pressure of anti-gun lefties. They were the worst of the worst. Walmart decided to remove ARs altogether. So be it. To remove the most popular selling item at least shows your conviction to the cause (even if we disagree) and it even hurt their sales to do so. But Academy tried to have their cake and eat it too. They took the guns down because they're "bad" and some tree huggers probably protested them. But they'd secretly sell them to you behind closed doors as if it was some contraband.
You (we) gun advocates should vote with our dollars. Don't buy the ARs from them even if they put them back out. They are the worst kind of gun store.
We have a winner!
While I agree in general, the guns are back on the shelves in many locations. I will give them the benefit of the doubt on this one as I don't know who made the decision to pull them or put them back out. If they do something like that again they are dead to me.
Maybe it was dollars, maybe it was a corporate decision based on customer complaints, maybe it was due to their stores relating stories back to them. I don't know but we all have temporary lapses in judgement.
I have said I would never go back but I will allow them one strike.