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Walmart introduces new gun restrictions

But will they help?

A customer pushes a shopping cart Tuesday outside a Walmart store, in Walpole, Mass. Walmart is going back to its folksy hunting heritage and getting rid of anything that's not related to a hunting rifle after two mass shootings in its stores in one week left 24 people dead in August of 2019. - photo by Associated Press

walmart — A customer pushes a shopping cart Tuesday outside a Walmart store, in Walpole, Mass. Walmart is going back to its folksy hunting heritage and getting rid of anything that's not related to a hunting rifle after two mass shootings in its stores in one week left 24 people dead in August of 2019. - photo by Associated Press

NEW YORK — Walmart has won praise from gun control advocates for its decision to discontinue sales of certain gun ammunition and request that customers no longer openly carry firearms in its stores. But whether the moves will translate into fewer guns on the street remains an open question.

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