Chalk it up to corporate geniuses and bureaucrats that feel they have to protect us from ourselves.
It's not to protect the customer, it's to limit the company's legal liability. These policies are not developed arbitrarily by some bureaucrat, they're on the advice of corporate legal counsel. The one policy issue that lawyers drive home to their corporate clients is consistency. They are scared to death that a witness will get on the stand and admit to deviating from the policy.
Thus, the rigidity of such policies.
Paul
Exactly, its Wal-Marts way of making sure everyone of their low level cashiers is following the law. There is a difference between law and store policy as well, so many don't understand that. The law is 21 for pistol, the policy is to ask every gray bearded, cane using old guy what their intended use is.
My answer to the rifle/pistol question: "It depends." That usually gets a confused look, then they enter rifle just to get me out of their line.
