Walmart To End Sales Of Certain Ammo Following Mass Shootings

By Tom Knighton

Originally, Walmart said they weren’t going to change their policy on firearms after El Paso. The anti-gunners went on the offensive, though, and continued to push for the retail giant to change its policies regarding firearms.

Well, after weeks of pushing, as well as a few other things, the anti-gunners are going to get their way.

Walmart is halting sales of all handgun ammunition as well as .223 and 5.56 ammo.

Walmart says it will discontinue the sale of handgun ammunition and also publicly request that customers refrain from openly carrying firearms in stores even where state laws allow it.

The announcement comes just days after a mass shooting claimed seven lives in Odessa, Texas and follows two other back-to-back shootings last month, one of them at a Walmart store.

The Bentonville, Arkansas-based discounter said Tuesday it will stop selling short-barrel and handgun ammunition after it runs out of its current inventory. It will also discontinue handgun sales in Alaska, marking its complete exit from handguns and allowing it to focus on hunting rifles and related ammunition only.

“We have a long heritage as a company of serving responsible hunters and sportsmen and women, and we’re going to continue doing so,” according …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms