China News Service, October 30. According to the CBS (CBS) report, on October 29 local time, American retailer giant Walmart (Walmart) stated that the company has withdrawn guns and ammunition from the sales area of its US stores. In case of social disturbances, the guns in the store may be stolen.
According to reports, a Wal-Mart spokesperson said in an email: “We have seen some isolated incidents of riots. As we have done in the past few years, for the safety of employees and customers, we have The ammunition moved out of the sales area." "These items are still available for purchase by customers."
Prior to this, in late May 2020, George Floyd, a black man in Minnesota, was violently executed by white police officers, triggering long-term and large-scale demonstrations against racism and police violent enforcement across the United States.
In June, many of the company's stores were damaged, and the company subsequently evacuated guns and ammunition from the store sales area.
According to reports, Wal-Mart is the main seller of guns and ammunition in the United States.
Although the scale of gun sales has been reduced before, about half of its 4,700 US stores still sell guns.
Wal-Mart has repeatedly halted the sale of some weapons in several years.
In the mid-1990s, except for Alaska, Wal-Mart stopped selling pistols in the United States; in 2015, it stopped selling AR-15 and other semi-automatic rifles in US stores; in February 2018, Wal-Mart stopped selling guns and ammunition to people younger than 21. .
In 2019, a shooting at a Wal-Mart store in El Paso, Texas killed more than 20 people. After that, Wal-Mart stopped selling ammunition that can be used for semi-automatic rifles and pistols.