Walmart, America’s largest retailer, said on Tuesday it would stop selling ammunition that can be used in military-style weapons and asked its customers not to openly carry guns in its stores. /VCG Photo

“It’s clear to us that the status quo is unacceptable,” Walmart CEO Doug McMillon said in an announcement to employees on Tuesday. The decision came a month after 22 people were killed in a mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas. /VCG Photo

Handgun ammunition and “short-barrel rifle ammunition” including the .223 caliber and 5.56 caliber will no longer be sold after the company sells through its current inventory. It will also stop handgun sales in Alaska, the only state where it sells handguns. /VCG Photo

The company also asked customers not to “openly carry” firearms in its stores, or its retail warehouse stores Sam’s Clubs in states where “open carry” is permitted. /VCG Photo