Walmart Bans Violent Imagery, But Not Gun Sales

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Walmart has instructed employees to remove marketing material that displays violent imagery and to unplug or turn off video game consoles that show violent games.

AP

Updated at 3:37 p.m. ET

After a mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, that left 22 people dead, the company said it would remove from its stores all signs, displays or videos that depict violence in an internal memo.

However, the chain did not say it would stop selling firearms despite pressure from progressives and gun control advocates.

The memo instructed employees to remove marketing material that displays violent imagery and to unplug or turn off video game consoles that show violent games. It also instructed employees to make sure that screens in its electronic departments don’t display violence, like hunting videos.

Under the heading: “Immediate Action,” employees were instructed to “Review your store for any…

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