{"id":3923,"date":"2011-05-02T12:40:17","date_gmt":"2011-05-02T16:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=3923"},"modified":"2011-05-03T11:04:44","modified_gmt":"2011-05-03T15:04:44","slug":"walmart-produly-supports-maig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=3923","title":{"rendered":"Walmart proudly supports MAIG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0PolitickerNY has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.observer.com\/2011\/politics\/stringer-de-blasio-anti-gun-advocates-call-bloomberg-reject-walmart\" target=\"_blank\">updated their story on Walmart selling guns<\/a> with a position statement from a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.walmart.com\" target=\"_blank\">Walmart<\/a> spokesman:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;&#8230; Steve Restivo, the director of community affaris for the big box retailer, points out that <\/em><em>Walmart<\/em><em> will not sell any guns or ammunition should they open a store in the five boroughs. \u00a0&#8220;Walmart will not sell firearms in any future New York City store. \u00a0<strong>We&#8217;re proud of our participation in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;Mayors Against Illegal Guns&#8217;<\/a><\/strong> and will remain committed to the safe and responsible sale of firearms in areas of the country where they are sold.&#8221; &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t like shopping at Walmart before and this statement is another reason to avoid the chain.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D3923&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=3923\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=3923\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=3923\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0PolitickerNY has updated their story on Walmart selling guns with a position statement from a Walmart spokesman: &#8220;&#8230; 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