I'm sure we'll all sleep more soundly...

Finally, some corporate responsibility. Walmart, in response to last weekend's mass shooting at one of their stores in El Paso, Texas, by a white nationalist with mental issues, is going to make sure nothing like this ever happens again by going right to the root of the problem. Which again, to be clear, is violent white nationalists with access to firearms. Yup, Walmart is halting sales of and pulling in-store ads and demos for guns.

Above: people walking outdoors and enjoying life without the fear that a
white nationalist might have a bad day, drive to Walmart and go on a rampage.

Pictured: The effective range of
firearms when James Madison
wrote the Second Amendment. 

Wait, did I say guns? I meant video games. They're pulling violent video game displays (and maybe the games themselves? It's fuzzy), despite the complete absence of any evidence whatsoever of a relationship between video game violence and real life gun violence. Oh, and sure, Walmart will continue to sell guns. Pulling guns from the stores would mean repudiating the nonsense and patently false link between video games and mass shootings and maybe even calling in to question the interpretation of the Second Amendment that insists that everyone should have assault rifles.

Anyway, here's what Walmart's CEO has to say on last weeks shootings:

Pictured: Doug McMillon resolving to 

work to understand the issues that arise.

"As it becomes clearer that the shooting in El Paso was motivated by hate, we are more resolved than ever to foster an inclusive environment where all people are valued and welcomed...we will work to understand the many important issues that arise from El Paso and Southaven, as well as those that have been raised in the broader national discussion around gun violence."

-Doug McMillon, CEO and master of

the vague, noncommittal public statement

I mean at this point,
why even have a dog?

Motivated by hate? Like, I'm not proud of it, but I hate things. Black olives, dogs in strollers, Mitch McConnell's smug turtle face. The specific hate behind the El Paso shooting is the hatred of non-white people by white people who love guns. So it's a little weird that Walmart is talking about video games. I guess I get it if it's a move born out of sensitivity to the victims. Like, take the new Wolfenstein ads down for a while. Fine. But why are they still selling actual, real guns?

Oh, right, because blaming violent video games doesn't require anyone to reevaluate their worldview or accept responsibility for contributing to a culture of violence and racism, it doesn't upset the average Walmart customer or shareholder and most importantly it doesn't offend the gun lobby. Fortunately for Walmart there is no video game lobby to organize a boycott. Theirs is a move designed for maximum placation with minimum action.

I know I feel safer knowing that radicalized white nationalists
can't get their hands on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.