Wal-Mart to stop selling AR-15s, similar weapons

FILE - This May 28, 2013 file photo shows a sign outside a Wal-mart store in Duarte, Calif.
FILE - This May 28, 2013 file photo shows a sign outside a Wal-mart store in Duarte, Calif.

NEW YORK — Wal-Mart says it will stop stocking the AR-15 and some other semi-automatic weapons at its stores because fewer people are buying them.

The retailer said it will replace them with more hunting rifles and shotguns. A Wal-Mart spokesman said the semi-automatic weapons were sold at fewer than a third of its 4,600 U.S. stores.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is removing the semi-automatic weapons this week as it prepares its stores for fall merchandise. The Bentonville company said it made the decision earlier this year.

See Thursday's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.

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