Wal-Mart to phase out assault weapons like AR-15 within a week

The decision of Wal-Mart to phase out sales of assault rifles in its fleet of big-box stores is a timely one in view of increase in the number of gun related violence and death. The company has indicated that the decision to start taking modern sporting rifles, or "MSRs," off its shelves was not in response to political clashes about gun violence but it was actually a reflection on lack of customer interest in these products.
This has been reported in nzherald.co.nz dated 29 August 2015.

Wal-Mart has revealed that it would be focusing on other hunting and sportsman firearms like shotguns and rifles, based on customer demand.
The Bentonville, Arkansas-based Wal-Mart chain had MSRs in one-third of its 4,588 stores all across the country. This MSR category of weapon, which includes items such as AR-15s, will be fully phased out of its stores within a week.
It may be recalled that gun activists were especially critical of MSR-style weapons following the 2012 shooting incident in a school in Newtown, Connecticut. In that incident, 26 teachers and students died and the school was the Sandy Hook Elementary School. The shooter had used an AR-15 rifle.
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