As of 2019, Walmart was a major retailer of firearms and ammunition.[107] In 2019, after 23 people[108] were killed in a mass shooting at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, Walmart announced that it would stop selling all handgun ammunition and certain short-barreled rifle ammunition.[107] The company also announced that it would stop selling handguns in Alaska, the only state where the company still sold handguns.[3] The move was expected to reduce Walmart's U.S. market share in ammunition from around 20% to around 6–9%.[106] Walmart also stated that it was "respectfully requesting" that customers not openly carry weapons in Walmart stores, except for authorized law enforcement officers.[107][106]