NEW YORK — Wal-Mart says it will stop stocking the AR-15 and some other semi-automatic weapons at its stores because fewer people are buying them.
The retailer said it will replace them with more hunting rifles and shotguns. A Wal-Mart spokesman said the semi-automatic weapons were sold at fewer than a third of its 4,600 U.S. stores.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is removing the semi-automatic weapons this week as it prepares its stores for fall merchandise. The Bentonville company said it made the decision earlier this year.
See Thursday's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.