you call, you know, doug mcmillon cowardly when he doesn't act and courageous when he does.'s own personal viewpoint is that he wants to discriminate against a whole group of the population, would you call him courageous by taking that tack or let's say someone is pro life, jeff. let's say someone is rapidly pro-life and decides that everything he does in his corporation is against -- suddenly you're on the wrong side of the elitists' take on all of these issues, jeff, and, you know, suddenly you probably wouldn't call those ceos that courageous. >> no, i have served chick-fil-a in my classes and i get reaction when we have a late class. >> but okay, answer my point though my point is that as long as they come down on the right side, the politically correct side that you decide on -- >> no no this is not that at all, joe. >> you're deciding which side the culture wars are correct and deciding which are not correct you're self-anointed i didn't anoint you. >> what the american public wants. now an issue of store hours like chick-fil-a or hobby lobby as private companies they

doug mcmillon referenced these tragedies as he announced sweeping changes to the retail giant's ammunition and gun sales. in a memo he writes, "it's clear to us that the status quo is unacceptable." the company plans to discontinue sales of short-barrel rifle and handgun ammunition and stop handgun sales in alaska, the last state where they still sold those weapons. they'll request customers no longer openly carry firearms into stores in states where open carry is permitted, but they can still buy deer rifles and ammo. within hours of making the announcement, the n.r.a. tweeted, "it is shameful to see walmart succumb to the pressures of the antigun elites. lines at walmart will soon be replaced by lines at other retailers who are more supportive of america's fundamental freedoms." >> when you get the bad guys in there, they're not going to follow the rules. >> reporter: roy gillean owns the barn door steakhouse in odessa. the rise in mass shootings across the country prompted him to get a concealed handgun license. walmart is now saying, "we're going to scale back on ammunition. we're goin

doug mcmillon referenced these tragedies as he announced sweeping changes to the retail giants ammunition and gun sales. in a memo he writes, it's clear to us that the status quo is unacceptable. the company plans to discontinue sales of short barrel rifle and hand gun ammunition and stop hand gun sales in alaska. the last state where they still sold those weapons. they'll request customers no longer openly carry firearms into stores in states where open carry is permitted, but they can still buy deer rifles and ammo. within hours of making the announcement, the n rorks a tweeted, it is shameful to see walmart succumb to the pressures of the anti-gun elites. lines at walmart will soon be replaced by lines at other retailers who are supportive of america's fundamental freedoms. >> emily: when you get the bad guys in there, they're not going to follow the rules. >> reporter: roy owns the bar steak house in odessa. the rise in mass shootings prompted him to get a conceal hand gun license. >> walmart is now saying we're going to scale back on ammunition. we're going to scale back on handguns.

. >> in a memo to employees, doug mcmillon saying we have been listening to a lot of people inside andany as we think about the role to play to make the country safer. it is clear to us that the status quo is unacceptable former walmart u.s. ceo bill simon joins us now on the phone. bill, thanks very much for joining us quite a significant retailer particularly of ammunition that walmart is do you think that ammunition sales in the u.s. will fall as a result of this or those ammunition sales move elsewhere? >> no. unfortunately -- i think walmart has to do what they think is the right thing to do. they have had horrible tragedies in the stores and needed to take some sort of action. unfortunately, it's kind of unreasonable to ask -- to solve a problem that washington can't seem to solve. while i would hope that this would make things safer, unfortunately, there's plenty of places to buy ammunition. >> bill, when you see a major retailer like walmart take a move like this, though, do you think it adds pressure to lawmakers to try tocome to the table for discussions? >> i think that's th

doug mcmillon, the ceo, issued a statement calling on congress to ban many semiautomatic rifles and americansas as well as to seize firearms from some americans who have not been convicted of a crime or even charged with anything. for a company that operates primarily in rural america, all of this was a big step. how do rural americans feel about it? we can only guess at that, there's not a lot of polling going on in montana or roxbury, maine. but in the most expensive parts of new york and los angeles all the smart people were deeply impressed and they love walmart now. >> you know, good for walmart for doing this. these are weapons of war. >> may be what's happening as walmart is listening to its own customers and the american people, not only in stores but in society. >> you have businesses being able to enact in a more enlightened than government way than walmart does. >> walmart announced the status quo is unacceptable. >> i was happily surprised, i think it's a momentous decision, a watershed moment. >> tucker: so now walmart is now more "enlightened than government is" as liberals. and

doug mcmillon sending a letter to congress saying there are multiple bills that address the issue ofworth examining. he specifically cites stronger background checks and a reauthorization of the assault weapons ban. but mitch mcconnell doesn't seem to be motivated to take action. >> if the president took a position on a bill. so that we knew we would actually be making a law and not just having serial votes, i'd be happy to put it on the floor. >> on a conference call with house democrats, speaker nancy pelosi urged her caucus to keep the pressure up on mcconnell to introduce gun legislation. also on tuesday, the grocery chain kroger asked its customers also, please don't open carry guns in those stores even in open carry states. kroger stopped selling guns last year. while walmart is ending all handgun ammunition sales, it will continue to sell long barrelled deer rifles and ammunition for those guns. it talks about its history as a sportsman's retailer. they will allow concealed carries in its stores. but imagine the position wal ma rt is in. it is likely the largest ammunition ret

. >> look what doug mcmillon, the ceo of walmart did. he said enough is enough., and he didn't really care about the political ramifications. he didn't care about a letter from the nra. >> that's a moral compass thus far in a lot of these policies. >> one thing we're seeing with a question here, politicians ultimately respond to perceived political incentives. and the fact that background checks, the last time came to the senate was fill buibustered that was the end of it. nobody who was part of that filibuster paid a political price the next year. if something changes in 2020, i wonder if that's the sort of thing that scrambles the calculus on these. christina greer, noelle nikpour, thank you so much. >>> a day of unbelievable political drama. britain's new prime minister going to war with his own parliament, and right now it looks like parliament may be winning. you're watching "hardball." oh! oh! oh! ♪ ozempic®! ♪ (announcer) people with type 2 diabetes are excited about the potential of once-weekly ozempic®. in a study with ozempic®, a majority of adults lowe