Walmart CEO Doug McMillon said on Thursday that he supports a debate over reauthorizing the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban after a series of mass shootings left more than 30 people dead earlier this month, including an incident at a Walmart store.
In an statement, McMillon said he and his company encourage moves to strengthen background checks and “remove weapons from those who have been determined to pose an imminent danger.”
“We do not sell military-style rifles, and we believe the reauthorization of the Assault Weapons ban should be debated to determine its effectiveness in keeping weapons made for war out of the 3 hands of mass murderers,” the CEO said.
Walmart, which currently sells hunting rifles, used to sell semi-automatic rifles up until 2015.
Under the Federal Assault Weapons Ban, which expired in 2004 under the Bush administration, it was illegal to manufacture certain firearms and supplementary features that could make a firearm into a military-style weapon.
He supports a debate on the topic… How cowardly. Particularly when Walmart customers have been slaughtered by these weapons.
Talk is cheap. Walmart is cheap with its employees. And on and on it goes.
A “Debate” to run out the clock on the issue so the next “Shiny Object” can distract the MSM.
I try not to nitpick typos but can’t resist here. if mass murderers had 3 hands it would be a lot easier to identify them and deny them permission to own firearms.
Unfortunately, that determination is always made after-the-fact and will only stop the next killing spree when we put Peabody’s Wayback Machine into mass production. Until then, try something practical like limiting the capacity of magazines and having a serious discussion about what weapons should not be available to the general public because, in the words of Justice Scalia, “the Second Amendment does not protect those weapons not typically possessed by law-abiding citizens for lawful purposes.”