Coalition Of Walmart Workers Calling For Walkout Over Gun Sales

[cynatnite]

PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) — A coalition of Walmart employees is calling for a nationwide walkout today after Saturday’s mass shooting at a store in El Paso, Texas.

The employees are demanding the chain stop selling firearms and ammunition in stores.

Twenty-two people were killed over the weekend when a gunman opened fire at the store in El Paso as people were back to school shopping.

Last month, someone gunned down two people at a Walmart in Mississippi.

Also in July, a woman pulled out a gun and opened fire at the Walmart here in North Versailles. The incident was caught on surveillance video, and the woman is facing aggravated assault charges in the case.

And, in early November 2017, three customers were killed at a Walmart in Colorado in a random shooting by a lone gunman.

https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2019/08/07/walmart-walkout-firearms-ammunition-sales/

[CatMor]

1. I don't shop at Wal-Mart and after reading this ..

I never will. Kudos to the workers calling for a walkout.

[rurallib]

2. I'd be real concerned about the damned open carry laws that let

folks walk into the store with fully loaded firearms.
As a customer I can walk out, but as an employee they have to stay. Gawd that is scary.

I am now retired now. If open carry had been a law when I was working, I probably couldn't have kept a job.

[Kaleva]

3. Will be as effective as sending thoughts and prayers.

A useless, feel good action.

Why not work to renew the assault weapons ban and prohibit the sale of magazines that carry more then 10 rounds?