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Walmart will bar shoppers from openly carrying guns in its stores and stop selling some ammunition i
Source: Business Insider
Walmart will bar shoppers from openly carrying guns in its stores and stop selling some ammunition in response to 2 deadly shootings
Hayley Peterson 5h
Walmart is barring shoppers from openly carrying guns in its stores and ending the sale of some types of ammunition in response to two deadly shootings at its stores, the company said on Tuesday.
"After selling through our current inventory commitments, we will discontinue sales of short-barrel rifle ammunition such as the .223 caliber and 5.56 caliber that, while commonly used in some hunting rifles, can also be used in large capacity clips on military-style weapons," Walmart CEO Doug McMillon said in a memo to employees on Tuesday.
He said the company would also end the sale of handguns in Alaska — the only state where Walmart sells handguns — and stop selling ammunition for all handguns nationwide.
"We know these decisions will inconvenience some of our customers, and we hope they will understand," McMillon said. "As a company, we experienced two horrific events in one week, and we will never be the same."
Recent shootings at Walmart stores in El Paso, Texas, and Southaven, Mississippi, killed 24 people.
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Hayley Peterson 5h
Walmart is barring shoppers from openly carrying guns in its stores and ending the sale of some types of ammunition in response to two deadly shootings at its stores, the company said on Tuesday.
"After selling through our current inventory commitments, we will discontinue sales of short-barrel rifle ammunition such as the .223 caliber and 5.56 caliber that, while commonly used in some hunting rifles, can also be used in large capacity clips on military-style weapons," Walmart CEO Doug McMillon said in a memo to employees on Tuesday.
He said the company would also end the sale of handguns in Alaska — the only state where Walmart sells handguns — and stop selling ammunition for all handguns nationwide.
"We know these decisions will inconvenience some of our customers, and we hope they will understand," McMillon said. "As a company, we experienced two horrific events in one week, and we will never be the same."
Recent shootings at Walmart stores in El Paso, Texas, and Southaven, Mississippi, killed 24 people.
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Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/walmart-bans-open-carry-guns-stops-selling-some-ammunition-2019-9
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Related: Read the full memo from Walmart’s CEO about pulling back on ammunition sales, asking the government to act (CNBC)
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I'll bet the Walton clan will still sell .308. They don't want to piss off too many deer hunters.
That's a .308 on the left and a .223 on the right. And yes, there are detachable-magazine semi-auto rifles that shoot it. There's even an AR: the AR-10.
The .308 is considerably more destructive. Forget the claptrap about "tumbling bullets," etc. Nobody hunts moose with a .223.
Public relations and security theater: nothing to see here.
