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CEOs Speak Out on Gun Violence, Want Congressional Action

Associated Press

   The CEOs of more than 100 companies are stepping into the nation's gun
   debate, imploring Congress to expand background checks and enact a
   strong "`red flag" law.
   In a letter sent to the Senate on Thursday, CEOs from businesses
   including Airbnb, Twitter and Uber asked Congress to pass a bill to
   require background checks on all gun sales and a strong red flag law
   that would allow courts to issue life-saving extreme risk protection
   orders.
   The country's law on background checks needs to be updated, the CEOs
   argued, saying the current law doesn't reflect how people buy guns
   today.
   The New York Times was first to report on the letter .
   The CEOs' letter comes after shootings at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas,
   as well as those in West Texas and Dayton, Ohio.
   Walmart earlier this month decided to discontinue sales of certain gun
   ammunition and also will discontinue handgun sales in Alaska.
   

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