Chief executives from over 100 companies including Airbnb, Twitter and Uber ask Congress to require background checks on all gun sales and enact a strong 'red-flag' law.
The chief executives of more than 100 companies are stepping into the nation’s gun debate, imploring Congress to expand background checks and enact a strong “red-flag” law.
In a letter sent to the Senate on Thursday, chief executives from businesses including Airbnb, Twitter and Uber asked Congress to pass a bill to require background checks on all gun sales and a strong red-flag law that would allow courts to issue life-saving extreme risk protection orders. The country’s law on background checks needs to be updated, the chief executives argued, saying the current law doesn’t reflect how people buy guns today.The chief executives’ letter comes after a shooting at a Walmart in El Paso as well as shootings in West Texas and Dayton, Ohio.earlier this month decided to discontinue sales of certain gun ammunition and also will discontinue handgun sales in Alaska.
The retailer is further requesting that customers refrain from openly carrying firearms at its Walmart and Sam’s Club stores unless they are law enforcement officers. However, it said that it won’t be changing its policy for customers who have permits for concealed-carry. Walmart says it will be adding signage in stores to inform customers of those changes.
Other retailers including Walgreens and Kroger have followed suit, with Publix — Florida’s largest supermarket chain — announcing Thursday it is also asking customers not to openly carry firearms in its stores.Senators, who returned from recess this week, are pushing to require background checks for private gun sales and made a
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