Two managers were fired for a similar incident at the Parker walmart a couple of months ago. It was a knife though. SOP for the company. Walmart would rather have to defend the company with the "wasn't my fault" defense other than the "we tried to do the right thing" defense. You can take that stance when you are on top and each store typically nets a million annually. The words money and morals get switched around.
In addition to the above, it's a employers market right now. It's easier and (wait for it) cheaper to just fire people that cost a lot in salary and hire new employees at a lower pay rate too.
Mom's comin' 'round to put it back the way it ought to be.
Anyone that thinks war is good is ignorant. Anyone that thinks war isn't needed is stupid.