Joe Biden Muscles Walmart Into Gun Talks
Giant retailer Walmart which sells guns in 1650 of its 4000 stores, initially turned down a White House invitation to send a representative to a meeting with Mr Biden. But the store changed its mind on Wednesday.
Walmart's vice-president of corporate communications David Tovar said the company was ''sending an appropriate representative to participate''.
''We take this issue very seriously and are committed to staying engaged in this discussion as the administration and Congress work towards a consensus on the right path forward,'' he said.
Mr Tovar said Walmart had ''underestimated the expectation to attend the meeting on Thursday in person'' after having had ''ongoing conversations'' with officials in the administration, Congress and others with a stake in the gun control debate.
Referring to the Newtown shootings, Mr Biden told the group: ''I don't think anything has touched the heart of the American people so profoundly as seeing those - learning of those young children not only being shot but riddled with bullets. Every once in a while there's something that awakens the conscience of the country, and that tragic event did in a way like nothing I've seen in my career.''
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