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Walmart halts sales of guns & ammo, over concern of civil unrest

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Walmart is pulling all guns and ammunition from its store shelves over concerns about civil unrest following the presidential election next Tuesday (November 3). The company said they want to prevent the guns from being stolen if riots and looting break out.

“We have seen some isolated civil unrest, and as we have done on several occasions over the last few years, we have moved our firearms and ammunition off the sales floor as a precaution for the safety of our associates and customers,” Kory Lundberg, a spokesman for Walmart, said in a statement.

Walmart, which sells firearms in about half of its 4,700 stores, said that customers will still be able to purchase guns and ammunition upon request.

This is not the first time that Walmart has pulled weapons from its shelves. They did so in the wake of protests around the death of George Floyd and after other high profile mass shootings. The retailer stopped selling handguns in all states but Alaska in the early 1990s and modern sporting rifles in 2015. In 2018, Walmart announced it was raising the age to purchase firearms from 18 to 21.

Walmart did not say when they would put firearms and ammunition back on the shelves.

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