Walmart To Halt Gun Sales In New Mexico Over Background Check Law

By Tom Knighton

Walmart is probably the largest retailer on the planet. They also sell guns in a significant number of their stores. Not all, mind you, but most of them have a firearm section. I don’t know what it’s like to actually shop in one of these sections since my local Walmart never has anyone there, but I figure someone’s got to buy guns from them, right?

However, if any of those folks are in New Mexico, I hope they have another gun store they can hit up.

Walmart will reportedly stop selling guns at its New Mexico stores later this month.

The retailer’s decision came after the state passed a new law expanding background checks, which was put into effect on July 1, CBS News reported.

The new legislation would make it so that people could register guns at Walmart that they had bought somewhere else. That would include handguns or assault rifles, which Walmart does not sell — with the exception of selling handguns in Alaska, according to the outlet.

The company stopped selling AR-15 rifles and other semi-automatic weapons back in 2015 due to sluggish demand.

Just a quick note here. I don’t care what Walmart says, I find …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms