Walmart and other stores react at last to the Newtown tragedy

It seems like it has been a long time coming, but several of the big stores in the US are starting to react to the weapons used in the tragic events in Connecticut.

This may be a case of taking a short term hit in sales and profit for a long term retention of loyal customers. Perhaps social responsibility in action. There may have been a boycott of these stores if they didn’t take a stand. An example, perhaps, that customers have more influence over stores than voters do over politicians?

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http://money.cnn.com/2012/12/18/news/wal-mart-dicks-guns-connecticut/index.html