I live in the NY/NJ/PA tri-state area in sussex county, and Wal-mart in Milford PA is where I do a lot of shopping. Yeah, it's wal-mart, I know.
I usually buy ammo there without a problem. But lately one employee has been asking for my FID and comparing both the DL and FID before he sells me the (pistol) ammo. Wal-Mart asks for your DL, and this policy I know. But I've never been asked for a FID card until recently. I asked if it was a policy, and he said, "yes, anything pistol."
Here's the interesting part. Another friend who also lives in NJ (the same town as me actually) goes and buys pistol ammo and is never asked for his FID. Yet another from NJ goes there, deals with the same employee behind the gun counter and never gets asked for his FID when buying pistol ammo.
I bought ammo in other states, and apart from CT I've never been asked for anything other than a driver license (which I know is the Wal-Mart policy).
So I have to ask you guys, have you ever been asked for your FID when buying ammo at Wal-Mart?
I don't mind showing it but since my two friends aren't asked for it, I am wondering why they are singling me out. I hate to scream "discrimination" but the fact is that my two friends are white and I am not. It may or may not be discrimination, but everything seems to add up. If it is, then I don't know how I would feel about that. I'm a tax paying, law abiding US citizen that just wants to be treated equally.
I don't always carry my FID with me as I don't want to dog ear it (even though it's laminated) and it's too big to fit in my wallet. Sometimes I go with the family shopping and I might see some ammo and want to pick up a box... if I don't have a FID then I can't buy the ammo. It just seems wrong that my friends are not asked and I am.