“We’ve taken this action out of respect for the incidents of the past week, and this action does not reflect a long-term change in our video game assortment,” Walmart spokeswoman Tara House said.
The first funeral in El Paso for a victim of the shooting that killed 22 at a Walmart in the border city was scheduled for Friday morning.
Walmart’s new rules on video games were outlined in a memo distributed to stores entitled “Immediate Action: Remove Signing and Displays Referencing Violence.” The directive also said to: Cancel any in-store events promoting “combat style or third-person shooter games that may be scheduled”Turn off any hunting-season videos that may be playing in the sporting goods department, and remove any monitors that show the videos
Walmart — whose founder, Sam Walton, was an avid hunter — has shifted its gun policies over the years. It stopped selling handguns in 1993, and in 2015 ceased sales of assault-style rifles. Last year the company raised the minimum age to buy a gun to 21 from 18 after the mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida.The Parkland massacre prompted other big gun retailers, like Dick’s Sporting Goods, to also restrict sales.Shares of Walmart fell less than 1% to $107.75 on Friday.
Some Walmart staffers expressed skepticism of the move on a popular employee message board. One posted the following: “But we still sell real actual guns. And we’re getting rid of virtual violence. Like that’s going to help anything.”
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