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Wal-Mart OKs Plan to Film Gun Buyers

Execs accept 10-point deal to curb illegal sales

By Zach Samalin, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 14, 2008 8:12 PM CDT

(Newser) – Wal-Mart approved a plan today to videotape gun-buyers and curb illegal firearm sales in other ways, the New York Daily News reports. The 10-point deal with the bipartisan group Mayors Against Illegal Guns, helmed by New York's Michael Bloomberg, includes inventory controls and a log... Read full story »

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