On Tuesday, Doug McMillon, Walmart’s President and CEO, announced the company’s next steps in addressing recent shooting at Walmart locations in El Paso, Texas and Southaven, Mississippi. These will include the discontinued sales of ammunition designed for handguns and military-style rifles, such as the AR-15.
But McMillon also said the company would “respectfully request that customers no longer openly carry firearms into their stores” and Sam’s Club locations in states where “open carry” is permitted, unless they are authorized law enforcement officers.
Then on Tuesday evening, Jessica Adelman, the Vice President of Corporate Affairs at Kroger, announced that the grocer is adopting the same policy and “encouraging elected leaders to pass laws that will strengthen background checks,” according to an emailed statement.
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