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Walmart says gun-sales change is not a concession to Second Amendment foes – Fox News, Fox News

Walmart says gun-sales change is not a concession to Second Amendment foes – Fox News, Fox News


Walmartrejected claims by Second Amendment advocates that it was giving in to antigun lobbyists when it announced Tuesday that the super chain would discontinue handgun sales inAlaskaand the sale of short-barrel rifle and handgun ammunition nationwide.

In a statement to Fox News, Walmart spokesman Randy Hargrove said the store was bringing its “ammunition offerings in line with our firearms assortment.”

He added, “We’re focusing on the hunters and sports shooting enthusiasts that we’ve always served.”

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Company CEO Doug McMillon wrote in a memo earlier Tuesday that Walmart will shift its focus toward long-barrel deer rifles and shotguns, supplying much of the ammunition they require and providing hunting and sporting accessories and apparel.

“We have a long heritage as a company of serving responsible hunters and sportsmen and women, and we’re going to continue doing so, “McMillon said.

On the day of the announcement, the embattled National Rifle Association (NRA) released a statement saying the “strongest defense of freedom has always been our free-market economy” and that “is shameful to see Walmart succumb to the pressure of the antigun elites.”

The NRA said the firearms sale policy would force customers to go to competing retailers “who are more supportive of America’s fundamental freedoms.”

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The change came days after a mass shooting that killed seven people inOdessa, Texas, and weeks after mass shootings inDayton, Ohio, and a Walmart in El Paso, Texas.

Walmart also asked customers to stop openly carrying firearms in its stores unless law enforcement autho rized it.

Fox News’ Stephen Sorace contributed to this report.

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