Posted on 04/17/2018 1:23:53 PM PDT by servo1969
Dicks 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 Dicks 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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Gun sales at Dick’s had slowed down due primarily their gun prices. Note too that only the “semi-automatic” assault type rifles are when they are supposedly going to destroy. (Read that in another article earlier), so the author used the headline to indicate ALL weapons, not JUST semi-auto. I never cared to do business with them anyway.
It looks like Dick’s Sporting Goods is going down the same path as Kmart did. Reactionary, and without much thought, they are limiting one of the draws to get some people into their stores. A lot of men will go to the gun display just to look around while their wives shop. They may not buy anything, but they are there and so are their wives. I started to notice a drop in the amount of people in the Kmart stores when they started dropping gun sales. Over the years, it got progressively worse. I don’t suppose Dick’s Sporting Goods will rethink their actions though.
“Im curious. Is this meant to say I shouldnt have posted this article?”
Never once have I thought, “gosh, it’s the same subject I read about this morning. Somebody needs to stop this duplication!” Not once. Most times, even if it was a duplication, I never saw the first article so it is all new to me. Thanks for posting and don’t let self-appointed internet cops stop you. (Same thing with blogs. If it was worth reading I don’t care if it was a self-posting. Life is too short to be concerned with somebody else may be making a buck...this must stop!) Sigh.
I was going to say
What A Bunch Of Sporting Goods
but what you said fits better.
Don't worry about it. All the posting police here are self-appointed. You're fine.
Theres always some little twat who feels tgey have to be duplicate post police. Maybe they should get real jobs instead of poliving posts.
Uh... Yeah boss, I destroyed all of them.
Bass Pro
I’m in!
One has to ask...”What’s the big deal?” The firearms have already been paid for... the manufacturer’s got their money... and it created a need to make more firearms to be sold by a respectable sporting goods store or firearms dealership. Sounds like a win-win situation to me. For Dick’s, it accomplished lower profits, less floor traffic, and a certain disdain for their business by former customers.
NOTICE: All wanna be robber types you will find a safe working environment inside a Dicks store. They chopped up all their guns. All the God Fearin, honest people who are allowed to buy and own weapons are out shopping someplace else.
We understand why you wear a hoodie when you come in here. It’s chilly due to all the snowflakes.
If I were a shareholder Id sue... but I knew better years ago.
That’s on DICKS!
I quit shopping at Dicks when they did the 1st phony “assault weapons” ban. All of my shopping will be at Cabelas or Outdoor Warehouse. Dickies and the rest of their politically correct ilk can cater to their gay millennial clientel!
Academy has better selection and prices anyway. They also aren’t cratering to lib hand wringers. Dicks didn’t last long in my town either.
Stupid is as stupid does....
Just plain silly. I don’t shop at Dick’s but won’t ever do business with stupid.
They should stop carrying knives, too, since humans in the UK are being killed with them.
We’ll make more.
Just like Sports Authority, Dicks will go out of bidness over this.
After Sports Authority stopped dealing with firearms I NEVER went in one again.
Dicks will NEVER see me cross their threshold again and they can kiss my rear.
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