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Walmart raising age to buy guns to 21 after Florida high school shooting

Walmart Raises Age To Purchase Guns To 21
By Shelby Lin Erdman, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
Feb 28, 2018

Walmart is changing its gun-purchasing policy in the wake of the deadly school shooting on Valentine’s Day in Parkland, Florida, following the lead of Dick’s Sporting Goods, which did the same thing earlier Wednesday.

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