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Walmart’s Small Move on Guns Could Have a Big Impact
By pledging to curtail sales of ammunition, America’s largest retailer is walking a fine line.
Thoughts, prayers and less ammunition.
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Days after a mass shooting at one of Walmart Inc.’s stores in El Paso last month, the nation’s largest retailer offered a cautious and decorous response. CEO Doug McMillon offered prayers for the families of those affected and pledged the company would be “thoughtful” about how it responded.
Now, a month later, the CEO’s thoughts have morphed into company policy — and that policy promises to enmesh Walmart ever more deeply into America’s politics of guns.