California Walmarts briefly halt selling ammo due to state snafu

By Chris Eger

The retail powerhouse was forced to stop sales of ammunition at 131 discount department stores across the state due to administrative delays with new regulatory requirements.
Signs greeted would-be Walmart ammo buyers this week advising the halt in sales as new regulations took effect at the beginning of the year. The root of the problem? Walmart officials said they only received their new ammunition vendor licenses from the California Department of Justice late Tuesday, The Sacramento Bee reported.
It’s not just the big retailer that felt the pinch.
Foothill Ammo in Cameron Park was left without a license but opened anyway on Tuesday, even if it meant ignoring the new regulations.
“I did all my paperwork. I paid the fees. They’ve had time to figure this out. This is not my problem,” said owner Chris Puehse, though he did later post on social media that his license was finally emailed late Tuesday.
On behalf of Puehse and others, El Dorado County Sheriff John D’Agostino requested Attorney General Becerra issue a stay on enforcement on the regulations until DOJ had completed issuing licenses, arguing the state’s suggestion that vendors waiting for their paperwork should close their doors would “force law-abiding citizens to choose between being criminals

Source: Guns.com