WALMART TO STOP SELLING ASSAULT RIFLES

Walmart, the single largest seller of guns and ammunition, will stop selling AR-15 assault rifles – the gun used in the 2012 massacre of school children in Newtown, Connecticut – as well as other modern sporting rifles over the next two weeks. But not because they’re bending to pressure from gun control advocates – it’s just business. “There wasn’t a whole lot of demand for those products so we replaced them with products we have seen customers coming in to purchase,” said Walmart spokesman Kory Lundberg. The rifles being pulled from shelves will be replaced with shotguns and other hunting weapons. The move by Walmart comes as firearms makers struggle with declining sales: Remington Outdoor Group last week reported that its sale of firearms fell 13.3% in the first half of the year, while Smith & Wesson’s overall sales saw a 12% drop.
* Walmart: Save money. Live Better. DUCK!
* Relax. The snacks they sell kill more people than the guns.
* Maybe the reason these guns aren’t selling is everyone already has one.
* Wait, how are we expected to hunt an elk without an AR-15 assault rifle?
* I think I know where the market is heading now: flamethrowers. (See other story today.)
* Forget this. I’m saving up for an armored drone.
* Wow, how bad is the economy when even gun sales get hurt?