WORLD NEWS – Two major US retailers, Walmart and Dicks Sporting Goods, took bold steps yesterday to curb gun sales on their own.

Walmart Inc, the largest U.S. retailer, says it will raise the minimum age to purchase firearms to 21 after the massacre at a Florida high school that has reopened a fierce debate over gun control in America.

Ryan Brooks has more details in this Reuters News video report.

Dick’s Sporting Goods said it will permanently stop selling assault-style rifles after a massacre at a Florida high school.

Aleksandra Michalska, of Reuters News, has more in this video report.