Posted on 03/18/2018 11:08:23 AM PDT by Simon Green
U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., this week met with Dick’s Sporting Goods CEO Ed Stack and came away impressed with his moves to change store policy on gun sales.
The former San Francisco mayor and author of the long-expired federal assault weapon ban visited with Stack in the aftermath of the big box retailer’s adoption of a controversial policy banning gun sales to those under age 21 across their 700 locations nationwide, including 26 Field & Stream stores.
“I was delighted to meet Ed Stack, who I think is a great American,” Feinstein said. “He’s a supporter of the Second Amendment and a gun owner, but also understands that we need reasonable controls on who can buy guns and what guns they can buy.”
In addition to barring sales to adults under 21 — which has drawn at least two lawsuits and driven some employees away in protest– Stack solidified an earlier decision to stock modern sporting rifles such as AR-15s and magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds.
“We’ve promised that we’ll never put the assault-style weapon back in the Field and Stream stores or the Dick’s stores,” said Stack after his meeting with the California Democrat, before advocating to “fix” background checks and bring back one of Feinstein’s favored proposals.
“We feel that we should have high-capacity magazines banned,” Stack said.
Dick’s predicts this year could see a decrease in store sales as a result of the company’s new firearm policies.
Does this company do any business with the federal government, anything at all? Cut them off if so.
She shouldn’t be holding one.
Just got my Turner’s Outdoorsman 2018 Spring Flyer.
It’s chocked full of Rifles that resemble those Military Select Fire “Assault” (cough, cough) Rifles that I can’t buy without permission from BATF and fat Wallet.
What’s this Dick for Dicks talking about? They never sold Military Select Fire Rifles in his Stores, ever.
Never have been and never will in one of those stores. He came out as a liberal years ago!!!
F&S is a dick(less) sporting goods holding?
Damn, I like(d) that store... But no more.
We really need a Cabela’s around here.
I did the same. I go to other stores that do not trample on my values.
They probably have Ed by the boys
Dicks CEO thinks 20 and 30 round magazines are high capacity. Idiot.
Very well done. Any American would call someone who spoke your modified line a fascist.
Dick’s shareholders btw should be calling him a Dick. Gonna lose business to more sensible establishments.
You got that right.
Like to see if we can drive Dicks out of business.
To all that replied. IT WILL HURT THEM.
They sell nothing to me. Academy Sports Cabellas and Bass Pro shops didn’t go there.
So long Dicks. Let Feinstein pay your way. Idiots.
“He’s a supporter of the Second Amendment and a gun owner, but also understands that we need reasonable controls on who can buy guns and what guns they can buy.”
Restricting which guns one can buy does
not a 2ND amendment supporter make.
This Dick has just said goodbye to
half his former business. I wonder
if there are any NRA signs predominantly
displayed on any of their storefronts?
Or have they been taken down, replaced with Chea Cravera (sp?) posters?
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