The two pistols were found inside the school and a .223-caliber Bushmaster rifle was found in the back of his mother's car in the parking lot.
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Posted on 12/18/2012 4:56:56 AM PST by John W
NEWTOWN, Conn. (CNN) – Dick’s Sporting Goods, one of the largest sporting goods retailers in the world, says it has removed all guns from its store nearest to Newtown, Connecticut, and is suspending the sale of certain kinds of semi-automatic rifles from its chains nationwide.
The move was made out of respect for the victims and families of last week’s Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting “during this time of national mourning,” the store said in a statement Tuesday morning.
“We continue to extend our deepest sympathies to those affected by this terrible tragedy,” the statement said.
It was unclear how long the store will keep the suspension in place for the guns, known as ‘modern sporting rifles.’
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The left is trying to employ the same tactic used to pass Obamacare. They are rolling up businesses, retirement funds, holding companies and politicians to build up an avalanche of pressure to rush something through before it can be well thought out. The NRA, GOA and constitutional politicians need to get out front now, but there is mostly silence. The battlefield is being controlled by the anti-freedom forces and Obama is moving to further his grip on tyrannical rule. Where are the calls for the end of gun free victim zones, the calls for the firearms training and certification of teachers and other staff? Where are those with courage to fight the emotional manipulation of the masses?
Cutting my card up. Just bought a rifle from there a month ago. I will never set foot in the store again. They can shove the $10 store credit I have there up their ass.
It used to be Galyans in Indiana, but Dick’s bought them. Immediately, the brand selection dropped by 50% and room was made for JUNK. Galyans sold handguns, ARs and a good selection of ammo. Not even close, anymore.
I believe your info is old.
It is said that all of his victims were shot with a .223, until he shot himself with a glock, one of the two handguns he also had with him. There were also additional rifles found in the trunk of his car.
Please see my post #24.
What’s a ‘gun’? No speakee hoplo.
It may be “sensitive” on their part, but stupid from a business perspective.
The types of persons that would “ban” classes of firearms wouldn’t be shopping there anyway. The group that would, will stop shopping there....as posts here indicate.
Political correctness will destroy this chain...a very bad move.
Remember when Smith & Wesson knelt down before the “Bent One”?
Their sales plummeted. Count on the same occurring at Dicks.
PS Places like Dick’s depend on clothing sales for a significant part of their income flow, so they are not really committed gun salesmen.
Boycott the Bachelor’s Children.
Do it for the children - the children of Patriots, not Libtards.
I keep hearing conflicting stories. The Bushmaster was in the car....the bushmaster was in his hand when he died.
It’s a shitty company anyway - sporting goods for people who don’t know sporting goods.
Well, so much for me EVER shopping there again. People who cannot reason, or who respond in an illogical knee jerk fashion have no business benefitting from my loyalty to them.
Always found DICKS rather overpriced anyway.
Bye bye. There are a LOT of great mom and pop internet type stores that sell everything I could ever hope to find at Dicks and more.
They are trying to avoid the lawsuits that are coming.
Expect a lot of other companies to follow. I wonder if Bushmaster will be around by this time next month.
Wonder if Bass Pro, Academy Sports, and Wally World will follow suit?
Actually, all stores selling food should close. The shooter had been eating food at some point. If he hadnt been, this wouldnt have happened
Self mutilation will not help...
As soon as their gun sales dip, they’ll be right back on the shelves. They can only whore themselves to the left for so long when it’s the right that has all the money.
Check out Carriage_Hill’s linked video here.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2969802/posts?page=29#29
Then check out my response (LINK included), where the medical examiner says all wounds were caused by the AR-15.
You can see the police taking the weapon out of a trunk.
“5 bullets a second”
Mine must be malfunctioning.
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