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Dick's Sporting Goods to destroy all unsold firearms pulled from shelves after Parkland shooting
Fox News ^ | Kathleen Joyce

Posted on 04/17/2018 1:23:53 PM PDT by servo1969

Dick’s Sporting Goods announced on Monday it will destroy all of the unsold firearms it pulled off store shelves in February after the deadly Parkland school shooting.

The sports retailer decided to destroy the assault-style rifles instead of returning them to the manufacturer, the Pittsburgh Post Gazette reported. On Feb. 28, 2018, the Pittsburgh-based company announced it would immediately stop selling assault-style rifles and ban the sale of all guns to anyone under 21. It was not immediately clear how many firearms will be destroyed.

“We are in the process of destroying all firearms and accessories that are no longer for sale as a result of our February 28th policy change,” a spokesperson from Dick’s Sporting Goods told the media outlet. “We are destroying the firearms in accordance with federal guidelines and regulations.”

The rifles will be demolished at distribution centers and then delivered to a salvage company to be recycled.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 1moretime; banglist; butts; dicks; retail
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To: servo1969

Oh boy. If there is anyone dumb enough to have not dumped their stock in this company already, this might be the kick in the butt they need.


21 posted on 04/17/2018 1:41:34 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: servo1969

I wonder if they have any idea at all how many pissed off customers will never shop in their stores again. Dick’s was my go to place for golf supplies. No more.


22 posted on 04/17/2018 1:41:58 PM PDT by pgkdan (The Silent Majority STILL Stands With TRUMP!)
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To: servo1969

And pass the loss along to their customers... if there are any customers left.


23 posted on 04/17/2018 1:42:19 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: servo1969

What a bunch of Dicks.............


24 posted on 04/17/2018 1:42:37 PM PDT by Red Badger (Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)
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To: servo1969

Libs are pussys,dont hunt fish shoot or do much else other than whine
DICKS screwed up, again


25 posted on 04/17/2018 1:44:08 PM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: servo1969
Socially Sick. And a management very damaging to the company. ( and destroying inventory ? Very wasteful, illegally so imho, Of shareholders’ assets. Far far far far better to donate it to schools so that More students may get good firearms operating and safety training and participate in shooting sports and competitions 😁and at least get the tax deductions for the merchandise)
26 posted on 04/17/2018 1:44:43 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicans aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
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To: servo1969

Went in one of those stores once a long time ago and didn’t go back. The atmosphere was too queer.


27 posted on 04/17/2018 1:45:11 PM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: Sacajaweau

You bet and that is what I did.


28 posted on 04/17/2018 1:48:00 PM PDT by DarthVader ("The biggeest misconception on Free Republic is that the Deep State is invulnerable")
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To: DariusBane

I’ve already not purchased two items from there. Many more to come. They are dead to me.


29 posted on 04/17/2018 1:48:38 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: servo1969

The guns belong to those people. They are free do what with them as they wish.

And I am free to think those people are ignorant, hypocritical a$$holes for destroying them.


30 posted on 04/17/2018 1:49:20 PM PDT by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill.)
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To: servo1969

It’s a private company. They can run the thing into the ground.


31 posted on 04/17/2018 1:49:34 PM PDT by brownsfan (Behold, the power of government cheese.)
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To: Iron Munro

I’m sure if the government confiscates all citizens’ guns, they will do just as good a job at keeping illegal guns from flooding the border as they did keeping booze out during Prohibition, illegal drugs from crossing the border, and even illegal aliens from crossing.


32 posted on 04/17/2018 1:50:32 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: Luke21
I wandered in to a "Field and Stream" store ... was going to buy some gun stuff until I realized that it was simply an extension of the "Dicks" store next door.

Walked out.

Did not buy.

Eff 'em.

Cabelas and Bass Pro are not coming down with the stupids.

33 posted on 04/17/2018 1:53:35 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: servo1969

I bet the manufacturer refused to take them back.


34 posted on 04/17/2018 1:54:05 PM PDT by Rightwing Conspiratr1
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To: servo1969

I still think some shareholders should file suit to stop them. They’ve destroying profits that would benefit shareholders.


35 posted on 04/17/2018 1:55:04 PM PDT by savedbygrace
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To: EveningStar

We generally don’t consider it duplicate if more than 4 hours have gone by. Especially if there is activity on the thread.

11 posted on 5/7/2013, 11:19:49 AM by Admin Moderator

36 posted on 04/17/2018 2:00:39 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: servo1969

37 posted on 04/17/2018 2:03:56 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: Sacajaweau

Don’t got one, better get one. Won’t take but a couple more incidents and they’ll no longer be available.


38 posted on 04/17/2018 2:05:01 PM PDT by servantboy777
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To: TexasGator

How does a FReeper who just logged on to catch up on the news, search for an article/ news story that they have no prior knowledge of?


39 posted on 04/17/2018 2:05:01 PM PDT by goodtomato (I'm really, really blessed!)
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To: DariusBane

>>>”I wonder how shareholders feel about their investment dollars being destroyed?”

stock is down about $20 to 32 from $52 over last 12 months.

Google NYSE: DKS


40 posted on 04/17/2018 2:06:47 PM PDT by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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