Walmart has curbed the sale of high powered assault rifles in-store due to a lack of demand.
Making the announcement before Wednesday’s tragic Virginia shooting in which a “disgruntled” gunman used a handgun to shoot two of his former colleagues, the US’s largest retailer stated that it would instead shift its offerings to rifles and shotguns.
A Walmart spokesman told the New York Times that the retailer was moving away from weapons which could carry large quantities of ammunition in the one clip. He said: “It was done purely based on customer demand.”
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Source: The Drum
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