Walmart Halts Most Game Sales Following Shootings (UP: Denies Earlier Statement, Says it was Miscommunication)

[ManaByte]

https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/0...-game-sales-following-shootings?sf107003352=1

IGN reached out to Walmart for confirmation, and received the following response from LeMia Jenkins, director of national media relations:

"We've taken this action out of respect for the incidents of the past week, and it does not reflect a long-term change in our video game assortment. We are focused on assisting our associates and their families, as well as supporting the community, as we continue a thoughtful and thorough review of our policies."

Jenkins added, "Our statement stands company wide."

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UPDATE:

Walmart now denies their earlier statement:

Shortly after the posting of this story, we were contacted by a Walmart representative who apologized for what was apparently a miscommunication on their behalf. We have since clarified with the aforementioned Walmart representative that the company has "not given any directive to remove video games from the shelves."

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[zedox]

fuck yourselves walmart.

Oh but they still sell guns.

 

[giancarlo123x]

What a fucking joke. Get your gun 2 aisles over.

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

Absolute bullshit.

 

[HououinKyouma]

....good lord, they're doubling down. Pathetic.

 

[It’s Time To Go]

Wait what. What the fuck?

 

[KoolAid]

Well, since I can't buy videogames guess I'll buy a gun to enjoy myself, since those are still available

 

[Magic-Man]

Absolute horse shit.

 

[MasterChumly]

Remove games but keep guns and ammo. How fucking stupid can people get

 

[GranddadFreeman]

I would have not even noticed if I didn't have to walk past the electronics section to buy my shotguns. Thanks walmart for protecting my family *inspects barrel* from the violence that is video games.

 

[Toumari]

More aisle space for their guns.

 

[maks]

Gamestop is saved!

 

[fluffydelusions]

Target has a good opportunity to cash in on this stupidity.

 

[Governergrimm]

They are trying to hasten the digital future. Well done doubling down Walmart.

 

[lowhighkang_LHK]

Up is down
And down is up

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

But they're still selling guns? Honestly one of the fucking dumbest things I've honestly ever seen. I can't even comprehend how someone made this decision.

 

[KillLaCam]

Walmart is like the largest gun retailer or something. They're gonna do all of the dumb stuff they can before they ever stop selling guns

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...with-complex-history-gun-sales/?noredirect=on

 

[Friskykillface]

What the fuck
So backwards
You can legit buy a gun and bullets and shoot up the store in a Walmart but games are the problem?

 

[Deleted member 56752]

All hail GameStop and digital stores

 

[Dalek]

As George Carlin once said:
"And now they're going to get rid of fake guns...and they're going to keep the fucking real ones!"

 

[Brotherhood93]

The US will surely see mass shootings stop now, right? Right...?

 

[adj_noun]

We've taken this action out of respect for the incidents of the past week

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All those poor people killed by copies of Call of Duty can rest a little easier now.

 

[EJS]

Damn. All that real-life violence prevented!!

 

[defaltoption]

What a broken ass country I live in, the hundreds of millions of guns on the street aren't the real problem here. Id still never trade my country for another but our priorities are so fucked.

 

[Deleted member 1635]

So glad I have never needed to buy anything from a Wal Mart. What a monumental display of ignorance.

 

[Lant_War]

Could America try blaming guns for once?

 

[Raider34]

did they halt the guns they sale :) ?

 

[CountAntonio]

Thanks goodness for digital.

 

[ckareset]

I can't buy games, but I can buy guns. America.

 

[Yams]

As George Carlin once said:
"And now they're going to get rid of fake guns...and they're going to keep the fucking real ones!"

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I was just about to ask who said this.

That man predicted America lol

 

[Daniel Westlake]

lol. Fucking ridiculous Onion article tier move.

 

[DeliciousSunnyD!]

What in the fuck. This is how they respond to mass-murders committed by firearms? Taking toys off of the shelves instead of, I don't know, deadly weapons? We're doomed.

 

[Soupman Prime]

Feels like I'm taking crazy pills or maybe it's Walmart. What about movies or books, have those been halted too?

 

[AndrewDean84]

So selling guns is safer than selling games?

Seriously?

 

[Tom Nook]

JC!

GOP: Problem solved!

 

[Ragnarok Flames]

fucking conservatives and centrists.

 

[SJRB]

Holy shit, this is crazy.

 

[asmith906]

This has got to be the dumbest shit I've ever seen. Yet they still sell ammo

 

[saenima]

Shit's broken. This is just so stupid and hypocritical.

 

[GlitchyDegree]

Hey Walmart how about you stop selling guns instead!

 

[adj_noun]

Feels like I'm taking crazy pills or maybe it's Walmart. What about movies or books, have those been halted too?

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Video games are still the zeitgeist "won't somebody think of the children" boogeyman.

Used to be comic books.

 

[EJS]

This seriously reads like an Onion article.

 

[Soap]

Wow, America. Wow.

 

[Nameless]

Thank you Wal-Mart for taking this bold step towards fixing gun violence and White Supremacy.

 

[Deleted member 8861]

But they're still selling guns? Honestly one of the fucking dumbest things I've honestly ever seen. I can't even comprehend how someone made this decision.

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It's a way to lend credence to the "hurrr blame videya gaemz" argument in order to distract the public from the fact that they sell the very guns that people use to shoot up innocent people and ruin many lives in other places

frankly the headlines here shouldn't be "walmart doubles down on video games are violent argument", it should be "walmart doubles down on continuing to sell guns"

 

[fluffydelusions]

Thanks goodness for digital.

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Same

 

[GillianSeed79]

Holy shit this is stupid. I guess this is good news for Gamestop? Either that or everything is going digital next gen.

 

[It’s Time To Go]

Meanwhile Walmart

 

[The_hypocrite]

Finally, America is saved, but where are the sidewalks?

 

[Nevermeltice]

Disgusting.