01 Dick’s Sporting Goods ended sales of all assault-style rifles in its stores in 2018, would no longer sell high-capacity Companies magazines, and would require any gun buyer to be at least 21 years of age, regardless of local laws. Dick’s also announced it will remove firearms from many of its stores. Have Taken 02 Walmartdoes not sell any firearm to anyone under 21 years of age and no longer sells assault-style rifles. After the Action To Keep shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, the company announced additional measures to keep its associates and employees safe, including discontinuing sales of short-barrel rifle ammunition, discontinuing handgun ammunition, and Communities discontinuing handgun sales in Alaska, marking a complete exit from handguns. 03 Levi Strauss & Co. established The Safer Tomorrow Fund to direct philanthropic grants to nonprofits and youth Safe (1/2) activists who are working to end gun violence in America and partners with Everytown for Gun Safety and executives from the business community. Levi’s also made a request to customers not to bring guns into stores and pledged CEO support for H.R. 8 to require background checks on all gun sales. Everytown For Gun Safety (2018) 04 L.L. Bean no longer sells guns or ammunition to anyone under the age of 21 (firearms specific to hunting and target shooting are only sold at its flagship store in Maine). 05 Kroger announced that it will not sell guns at its stores to people under 21. 06 REI, which does not sell guns, said it will stop ordering brands owned by Vista Outdoor until Vista Outdoor reconsiders its policies for its firearm brands. 07 Citibank released a U.S. commercial firearms policy that requires retail sector clients or partners to abide by several best practices prohibiting the sale of firearms without a completed background check, high-capacity magazines, and firearms to purchasers under the age of 21. 08 Bank of America stopped lending money to gun manufacturers that make military-style firearms for civilian use.
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