Walmart

===Sales of guns and ammunition===
Walmart stopped selling handguns in all U.S. states, except for [[Alaska]], in 1993.<ref name="Bhattarai">Abha Bhattarai, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/09/03/status-quo-is-unacceptable-walmart-will-stop-selling-some-ammunition-exit-handgun-market/ 'The status quo is unacceptable': Walmart will stop selling some ammunition and exit the handgun market] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119115916/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/09/03/status-quo-is-unacceptable-walmart-will-stop-selling-some-ammunition-exit-handgun-market/ |date=November 19, 2020 }}, ''The Washington Post'' (September 3, 2019).</ref>

In 2018, Walmart stopped selling guns and ammunition to persons younger than 21, following a similar move by [[Dick's Sporting Goods]] on the same day.<ref name="Curbs">{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2019/09/03/757170753/walmart-curbs-ammunition-sales-calls-for-stronger-background-checks|title=Walmart Curbs Ammunition Sales, Calls For Stronger Background Checks|work=Morning Edition|publisher=NPR|date=September 4, 2019|access-date=September 4, 2019|archive-date=October 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024073658/https://www.npr.org/2019/09/03/757170753/walmart-curbs-ammunition-sales-calls-for-stronger-background-checks|url-status=live}}</ref> In the same year, Walmart stopped selling [[Assault weapon|military-style rifles]] that were commonly used in [[Mass shootings in the United States|mass shootings]].<ref name="Bhattarai"/>

As of 2019, Walmart was a major retailer of firearms and ammunition.<ref name="Corkery">Michael Corkery, [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/03/business/walmart-guns-ammunition-sales.html Walmart to Limit Ammunition Sales and Discourage 'Open Carry' of Guns in Stores] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125030030/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/03/business/walmart-guns-ammunition-sales.html |date=November 25, 2020 }}, ''The New York Times'' (September 3, 2019).</ref> In 2019, after 23 people<ref name="NYT23">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/04/26/business/ap-mass-shooting-texas.html|title=El Paso Shooting Victim Dies Months Later, Death Toll Now 23|work=The New York Times|date=April 26, 2020|access-date=April 26, 2020|archive-date=April 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200427072535/https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/04/26/business/ap-mass-shooting-texas.html|url-status=live}}</ref> were killed in a [[2019 El Paso shooting|mass shooting at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas]], Walmart announced that it would stop selling all handgun ammunition and certain [[short-barreled rifle]] ammunition.<ref name="Corkery"/> The company also announced that it would stop selling handguns in Alaska, the only state where the company still sold handguns.<ref name="Curbs"/> The move was expected to reduce Walmart's U.S. market share in ammunition from around 20% to around 6–9%.<ref name="Curbs"/> Walmart also stated that it was "respectfully requesting" that customers not [[Open carry in the United States|openly carry]] weapons in Walmart stores, except for authorized law enforcement officers.<ref name="Corkery"/><ref name="Curbs"/>

Following the [[Killing of Walter Wallace|fatal police shooting of Walter Wallace Jr.]] in October 2020, Walmart temporarily removed gun and ammunition displays in thousands of stores across the U.S. from sales floors, grounding their reason in concerns of civil unrest. Company spokesman Kory Lundberg said in a statement that "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." Firearms and ammunition will still be available for purchase on request, but the duration of the removal of both from the sales floor remains undetermined.<ref>{{Cite news|date=October 30, 2020|title=Walmart pulls guns from display over 'civil unrest' concerns|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54738047|access-date=October 30, 2020|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115174139/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54738047|url-status=live}}</ref>