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Walmart Announces The End Of All Handgun & Ammunition Sales

<p>After a string of deadly mass shootings&comma; popular retailer <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;boycottwalmart-starts-to-trend-after-the-company-announces-they-will-remove-violent-video-game-displays-from-its-stores-but-they-will-reportedly-still-sell-guns&sol;">Walmart<&sol;a> is making a decision that many believe should have occurred years ago&period; The discount chain has officially decided to end all sales of handguns and ammunition&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Despite there being many instances of mass shooters obtaining their firearms from Walmart&comma; as well as openly brandishing the weapons while inside stores&comma; Walmart has never moved to stop selling firearms or ammunition…until now&period; As reported by &commat;CNN&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;cnn&period;com&sol;2019&sol;09&sol;03&sol;business&sol;walmart-ends-handgun-ammo-sales&sol;index&period;html&quest;utm&lowbar;content&equals;2019-09-03T17&percnt;3A10&percnt;3A11&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;term&equals;link&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;social&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;twCNN">the decision<&sol;a> comes one month after the deadly mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso&comma; Texas that left 20 people dead&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Walmart&comma; America&&num;8217&semi;s largest retailer&comma; said it will completely stop the sale of handgun ammunition and ammunition commonly used in assault-style weapons after selling all of its current inventory&period; Additionally&comma; the company is also terminating the sale of handguns in all Alaska stores&comma; the only state where it actually still sells handguns&period; Walmart customers without permits will also be forbidden to openly carry guns&comma; even in states where open carry laws are legal&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Walmart CEO Doug McMillon had this to say regarding the new decision&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We encourage our nation&&num;8217&semi;s leaders to move forward and strengthen background checks and to remove weapons from those who have been determined to pose an imminent danger&period; Congress and the administration should act&period; Given our decades of experience selling firearms&comma; we are also offering to serve as a resource in the national debate on responsible gun sales&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>It&&num;8217&semi;s clear to us that the status quo is unacceptable&period; We will treat law-abiding customers with respect&comma; and we will have a very non-confrontational approach&period; Our remaining assortment will be even more focused on the needs of hunting and sport shooting enthusiasts&period; We understand that heritage&comma; our deeply rooted place in America and our influence as the world&&num;8217&semi;s largest retailer&period; And we understand the responsibility that comes with it&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It’s important to note that Walmart will still continue to sell long barrel deer rifles&comma; shotguns and the ammunition for those guns&period; Customers with permits for concealed carry will also still be welcomed inside stores&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Roommates&comma; what are your thoughts on this&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine; 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