Walmart CEO Offers Support For “Common Sense” Gun Control

By Cam Edwards

AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File

Walmart CEO Doug McMillon says in a new written statement statement it is “encouraged” by support for gun control efforts such as “red flag” laws and “strengthening” background checks, though his comments don’t offer much specifics about any particular policy proposals.

“We’re encouraged that broad support is emerging to strengthen background checks and to remove weapons from those who have been determined to pose an imminent danger,” McMillon said in a statement Thursday. “We believe the reauthorization of the Assault Weapons ban should be debated to determine its effectiveness in keeping weapons made for war out of the hands of mass murderers.”

Note that McMillon doesn’t come out in full support of a ban on the most popular rifle in the country today, though he certainly adopts the language of the gun-banners by referring to semi-automatic rifles as “weapons made for war”. Walmart stopped selling AR-15’s and other semi-automatic rifles in 2015, though at the time McMillon said the decision was based on “sluggish sales” and was not based on support for any gun control laws.

“This is done solely on what customer demand was,” said company spokesman Kory Lundberg. “We are instead …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms