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Wal-Mart Inundated With Calls, Facebook Posts Urging Retailer to Stop Selling Assault Weapons and Ammunition

January 18, 2013
Gun Control

Lisa Lederer, 202-371-1996

Following Protest at Connecticut Wal-Mart, Progressive Groups Escalate Call for Common Sense Gun Regulations
WASHINGTON, DC - In the past few days, Wal-Mart has been flooded with hundreds of calls from concerned citizens, and Facebook posts by thousands of Americans urging the retailer to stand up for common sense gun regulations and stop selling assault weapons and ammunition in their stores. The intensifying action comes after a rally and the delivery of more than 300,000 signatures to a Wal-Mart store in Danbury, Connecticut on Tuesday, January 15, at which gun violence survivors were joined by progressive organizations and consumer watchdogs in demanding that the retailer take action.
 
Since the petition delivery on Tuesday, more than 10,000 people have taken to Walmart’s Facebook page to register their concern and urge Wal-Mart executives to honor their 2004 pledge and stop selling assault weapons and ammunition.
 
 
Additionally, organizers from SumofUs.org, MomsRising and Courage Campaign report that more than 2,500 Walmart customers have placed calls to Walmart corporate headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas, urging the company to stop selling assault weapons in all of their stores.
 
 
SumOfUs.org is a global movement of consumers, investors, and workers all around the world, standing together to hold corporations accountable for their actions and forge a new, sustainable and just path for our global economy.
 
SignOn.org is the non-profit, online campaign platform from MoveOn.org that lets anyone start and run their own online campaigns.
 
Courage Campaign is an online organizing network that empowers more than 750,000 grassroots and netroots activists to push for progressive change and full equality in California and across the country. As a leading multi-issue advocacy organization, Courage Campaign's work is supported by thousands of small donations from our diverse community.  For more information, please visit http://www.couragecampaign.org.
 

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MomsRising.org is an on-the-ground and online grassroots organization of more than a million people who are working to increase family economic security, decrease discrimination against women and moms, and to build a nation where businesses and families can thrive. Established in 2006, MomsRising and its members are organizing and speaking out to improve public policy and to change the national dialogue on issues that are critically important to America’s families, including criminal justice reform, immigration policy reform, and gun safety. MomsRising is working for paid family and medical leave, affordable, high quality childcare and early learning, and for an end to the wage and hiring discrimination which penalizes women — particularly moms and women of color — and so many others. MomsRising advocates for access to healthy food for all kids, health care for all, earned sick days, and breastfeeding rights so that all children can have a healthy start. MomsRising maintains a Spanish language website: MamásConPoder.org. Sign up online at www.MomsRising.org — and follow us on our blog, and on Twitter and Facebook.