Walmart ends all handgun ammunition sales and asks customers not to carry guns into stores

[underpants]

https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/03/business/walmart-ends-handgun-ammo-sales/index.html

New York(CNN Business) Walmart on Tuesday announced it will reduce its gun and ammunition sales, one month after more than 20 people were killed in a mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas. Walmart also pressured Congress to enact gun safety measures.

The company, America's largest retailer, said it will stop selling handgun ammunition and ammunition for short-barrel rifles after selling all of its current inventory. Walmart (WMT) will also stop selling handguns in Alaska, the only state where it still sells handguns. And Walmart will request that customers no longer openly carry guns into its 4,700 US stores, or its Sam's Club stores, in states that allow open carry.

However, Walmart will continue to sell long barrel deer rifles and shotguns and much of the ammunition for those guns. Walmart will also continue to allow concealed carry by customers with permits in its stores.

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1. K&R...

[TheBlackAdder]

23. I guess they'll just have to go back to walking around the store with a stuffed sock in their pants.

[Shell_Seas]

2. This is huge!

[panader0]

3. Thank you Walmart---the largest gun seller in the country.

The gunners around here are going to go nuts.

[durablend]

8. Off to Tractor Supply for them I guess...

"Dam libs taking away muh god given right to buy guns and shoot people up!"

[Amishman]

16. Tractor supply doesn't even sell guns or ammo

This will push them towards independent gun shops.

[malaise]

20. After El Paso people must have stopped shopping at Walmarts across the US

They had to do something - about time.

[NickB79]

32. Why? This supports dedicated gun stores

Who have been struggling since Trump was elected, what with the fear of Obama receding.

Now instead of going out of business, a ton of gun stores will have millions in new business.

[Hekate]

4. This counts as progress

[malaise]

21. Or

Self preservation

[Hekate]

24. Whatever it takes my friend

[Initech]

5. Excellent! A definite step in the right direction!

[dlk]

6. Baby Steps...

[aikoaiko]

7. I'll be looking for that sale price.

score!

[TDale313]

9. This is a really big deal.

And the right decision.

[benld74]

10. after selling all of its current inventory

So NOT immediately

[Amishman]

17. And not much of their inventory at that

The Walmarts near me mostly sell hunting guns and ammo anyway. Like Dick's, they haven't sold hand guns at all for as long as I can remember, nor do I recall ever seeing an assault rifle in the case.

Easy to give up something that they hardly do.

[dalton99a]

11. About damn time.

[mapol]

30. Yup! It's about time!

It's definitely not a be-all/end-all regarding the problem of gun violence here in the United States as a whole, but it's a big step in the right direction.

[Runningdawg]

12. Nothing more than a cover their ass move to keep liberal customers

But it's going to have the opposite effect because I know I just heard every gun freak in Tulsa yell "hold my beer".

[Wellstone ruled]

13. Ah,the real reason was,

lost sales in the weeks following El Paso. If you had been in a Wally Fart Store after El Paso,you would have notice a major drop in Hispanic,African American and Asian Shoppers.

Store Employees were instructed to not mention anything about El Paso or answer any type of question in regards to lack of store traffic.

[Delmette2.0]

14. Bingo!

I never shop at Wally World but I wouldn't be surprised that their bottom line is the real reason.

[Wellstone ruled]

15. We have two items that we purchase at

Wally,and that is because our other retailers don't stock them. And yes it was very obvious it was lost sales.

You can try to fool a old Grocery Guy about lost sales,but to many decades make him more than aware.

[yaesu]

19. I went in a walmart last week while on vacation, picked up a few items, a salad, went to check out

and they had just 2 lines open, I seen I would need to wait about 20 min so I returned the stuff and went elsewhere. Self checkout BS will be the death of stores like walmart.

[at140]

27. I never shop at Wally World after 9am

like you, I hate long checkout lines and self-check-outs.

[malaise]

22. Self preservation

They're not stupid

[Kaleva]

25. It's human nature to see what one wants to see even if it isn't real.

There isn't much difference between seeing a major drop in Hispanic, African Americans and Asian shoppers at Wal-Mart and seeing the likeness of Jesus Christ in a piece of toast.

Humans are not rational creatures and we view the world in a way that supports our biases. Even if there is no evidence to support such biases.

[FakeNoose]

18. Walmart probably found out they can't get the liability insurance they need

... as long as ammo is in their stores.

[sarisataka]

29. Except they still will sell ammo

Just not handgun ammo.

Ironically it appears this new policy will still allow the ammo used in the El Paso shooting to be sold

[Gothmog]

26. This is a great move by Walmart

Link to tweet

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EDjwQsVWwAEJWBt?format=jpg&name=medium

[Liberal In Texas]

28. Good. But ASKS? REQUESTS?

...not to carry guns into the store?

They should have a policy and signage saying NO GUNS. Period.

(And I still won't shop there.)

[mapol]

31. I've never shopped at a Wal*Mart anyhow,

and, for a number of reasons, I have never wanted to shop there, but I definitely agree that there should be a No Guns policy in the store. Period!