Walmart Removes Violent Game Images as Pressure Mounts on Gun Sales
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Walmart Inc. is removing displays of violent video games and movies in its stores as pressure mounts for the world’s largest retailer to act in the wake of two deadly shootings at its locations in Texas and Mississippi in recent weeks.
Chief Executive Officer Doug McMillon this week said that the company will be “thoughtful and deliberate in our responses” to the shootings, which left 22 people dead in El Paso, and killed two employees at a store in Southaven, Mississippi.