The National Rifle Association slammed retail giant Walmart after the company announced that it would end sales of handgun ammunition in its stores.
on Tuesday after the company announced it would end sales of handgun ammunition in its stores.
"The strongest defense of freedom has always been our free market economy. It is shameful to see Walmart to succumb to the pressure of the anti-gun elites," the powerful interest group wrote in a statement. "Lines at Walmart will soon be replaced by lines at other retailers who are more supportive of America's fundamental freedoms," the statement said.Earlier Tuesday, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon announced that the companyIn a memo distributed to employees, McMillon said the company will also discourage customers from openly brandishing firearms in its stores. It will no longer sell handguns in Alaska, the last place the company still sold them.
Walmart's moves follow two mass shootings at the retailer's stores in recent weeks, including one in Odessa, Texas on Saturday that left seven people dead. Twenty-two people were killed during a shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas in early August.— as well as the employees and activists who pushed for the change — for Tuesday's action.
"This is an important step by Walmart, but we must go further. If we want to end our gun violence epidemic, we must start by passing universal background checks and banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines," Joe Biden, the Democratic primary frontrunner, wrote in a post on Twitter.
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