Retailer will stop selling short-barrel rifle ammunition and discontinue handgun sales in Alaska, only state where it sells those gunsSign up to the US briefing and get a new perspective 8.40pm BST Democratic presidential candidates are using Walmart´s announcement that it will stop selling handguns and certain kinds of ammo as an opportunity to pressure Mitch McConnell on taking up gun bills. I applaud the brave Walmart workers who called on the company to stop selling guns. This is a good step, but we still have a gun violence crisis. Mitch McConnell must stop his cowardice, stand up to the NRA and allow Congress to pass common sense gun safety legislation. https://t.co/zC0mZqKdtqFirst @Walmart, next @senatemajldr?We must keep up the pressure, defeat the corporate gun lobby and enact common sense gun safety legislation.Thank you @AMarch4OurLives, @MomsDemand, and @GiffordsCourage for making this progress possible. https://t.co/bTuk6m0CEK 8.09pm BST Another Democratic presidential candidate, Elizabeth Warren, has weighed in on Walmart´s decision to end the sale of handguns and certain kinds of ammunition.But the Massachusetts senator scolded Walmart for not doing more, adding that similar corporate decisions would not be enough on its own to significantly reduce gun violence. This is a good start-but it`s not nearly enough. Walmart can and should do much more. And we need real gun reform, now. https://t.co/3gAZZ5ZxOK Continue reading...
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