We recognize and applaud Walmart for taking significant steps to limit the availability of firearms in its store... In fact, Walmart’s consistent leadership on this issue and its willingness to go beyond existing federal law governing firearm sales suggests that the company is truly committed to, as Walmart SVP Katherine Neebe put it, “foster an inclusive environment where all people are valued and welcomed.”... Walmart should go further because it has an obligation to keep its workers -- and its customers -- safe... Walmart has a responsibility to ensure that its business practices are not a threat to public safety. That means it must take basic steps like outlawing open carry in its stores while also ending gun sales until we raise the standard for gun ownership in America, re-evaluate political giving to lawmakers and candidates who take money from the NRA, and use its lobbying clout and political relationships to actively advocate for gun reform... Retail experts estimate that Walmart’s existing business relationships with the gun industry earns the corporation at least $220 million a year in gun sales. These relationships also enrich the very same gun manufacturers that are producing firearms of ever increasing lethality... While Walmart rightly doesn’t sell these most lethal firearms, it does continue to engage in business relationships that help those companies prosper. That must end.