But there are well-intentioned customers acting lawfully who have also inadvertently caused a store to be evacuated and local law enforcement to be called to respond.
He says Walmart will continue to treat "law-abiding customers with respect" and will take a "nonconfrontational approach. Walmart says it hopes to use its weight to help other retailers by sharing its best practices, such as the software it uses for background checks.
And the company, which in stopped selling assault rifles like the AR-rifles used in several mass shootings, urged more debate on the reauthorization of the assault weapons ban. McMillon says Walmart will send a letter to the White House and congressional leadership that calls for action on these "common sense" measures.
Over the past 15 years, Walmart had expanded beyond its hunting and fishing roots, carrying items like assault rifles in response to increasing demand. But particularly since , often coinciding with major public mass shootings, the company has made moves to curb the sale of ammunition and guns.
Walmart announced in February that it would no longer sell firearms and ammunition to people younger than 21 and also removed items resembling assault-style rifles from its website. Those moves were prompted by the mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Fla. In , Walmart stopped selling semi-automatic weapons such as the ARstyle rifle , the type used in the Dayton shooting.
The retailer also doesn't sell large-capacity magazines, handguns except in Alaska or bump stocks, or the AK-style firearm used by the El Paso shooter. The Associated Press. Get the latest on openings, closings and trends of the D-FW retail scene.
By signing up you agree to our privacy policy. Stand with us in our mission to discover and uncover the story of North Texas. More from Homepage. Irving police looking for year-old who ran away from home early Sunday. What happened to the Superconducting Super Collider site near Waxahachie? McMillon on Tuesday resisted calls from some quarters that the world's biggest retailer get out of the gun-selling business altogether, saying its remaining assortment of firearms will focus on hunting and sport shooting.
Walmart will continue selling long-barrel deer rifles and shotguns, much of the ammunition they require, as well as hunting and sporting accessories and apparel. The CEO, who described himself as a gun owner, also reiterated his recent call for U.
We should not allow that to happen. Congress and the administration should act," McMillon said. Walmart's moves drew praise from some quarters and criticism from others, including the National Rifle Association, which blasted Walmart's steps as "shameful," and predicted the company would see a backlash in the form of fewer customers.
Read NRA 's statement on Walmart's decision here: pic. New Jersey Democrat Cory Booker applauded Walmart's new policy, with the presidential contender crediting efforts by employees at the retailer and gun-safety proponents for helping bring about change. Kroger, the nation's biggest supermarket chain, joined Walmart on Tuesday in calling for action from politicians to curtail mass shootings, while saying it, too, is "respectfully asking that customers no longer carry firearms" into its stores, other than authorized law enforcement officials.
The company stopped selling firearms and ammunition more than a year ago after offering them at its Fred Meyer stores in the Pacific Northwest. For much of our history, some Americans have believed that the right to keep and bear arms is what ensures their freedom. As the old maxim goes, God made Man, but Sam Colt made him equal ; private firearms ownership is said to have democratized to some people law enforcement in early America and supposedly allowed those who could obtain and effectively use guns to live without fear of being victimized by others who could obtain and effectively use guns.
There are real problems with this view, starting with the fact that the old maxim about Sam Colt started as an ad to sell Colt revolvers, to the truth of who was allowed to own guns and when they were allowed to actually carry them , to the historical context about firearms, technology, property rights and the development of urban society. And every concept of property rights, freedom and society are far different today from what they once were, let alone what so many people erroneously believe they were.
At some point, our relationship with guns today has to change, too. There was a time in my life, about 15 years ago, when I regularly carried a firearm for protection.
My friend and client, Brenda Paz, had been murdered for helping law enforcement prosecute MS, and apparently I was next on their list. When the judge overseeing the case ordered that the U. Attorney, the FBI and the U. Marshals Service do everything appropriate to ensure my safety, the first thing I did on their advice was get myself a gun.
Within a few hours, I had a concealed handgun permit and my first handgun — a Sig Sauer P compact. Carrying that gun was a tremendous blessing for me, because it allowed me to go about my life almost just like I had before, with the confidence that I had deadly force at hand if I needed it.
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