Wal-Mart to stop selling AR-15s, other semiautomatic rifles

Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the top seller of guns and ammunition in the United States, announced yesterday it will stop carrying the AR-15 and other semiautomatic rifles at its stores because of sluggish demand.

According to Al Jazeera, a company spokesman said low demand was the only reason for the decision, and not recent high-profile incidents involving the rifles, including the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., in 2012.

"We are instead focusing on hunting and sportsman firearms," spokesman Kory Lundberg said.

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