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Dick's Sporting Goods Ends Sale Of Assault-Style Rifles, Citing Florida Shooting
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| 2/28/2018
| Colin Dwyer Camila Domonoske
Posted on 02/28/2018 7:07:01 AM PST by rktman
Dick's Sporting Goods, one of the largest sports retailers in the U.S., has announced it is immediately ending its sales of assault-style rifles and requiring all customers to be older than 21 to buy a firearm at its stores.
Additionally, the company will no longer sell high-capacity magazines.
CEO Ed Stack announced the decision ABC's Good Morning America on Wednesday, the same day survivors of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School are returning to class. Stack said the 19-year-old gunman allegedly behind that massacre, which claimed 17 lives and wounded many more in Parkland, Fla., had actually purchased a firearm from the retailer last November.
And he said that while the weapon a shotgun was not used in the shooting, the revelation deeply affected Stack and his colleagues at Dick's.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: 2a; banglist; bullying; dicks; dickssportinggoods; guncontrol; retail
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Uh, didn't we already go through this with "dicks" before? No loss for me. We got Scheels, Cabelas, Sportsmans Warehouse and a bunch of other retailers to use. What a bunch of puds. But, it's their store so.................
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posted on
02/28/2018 7:07:01 AM PST
by
rktman
To: rktman
I shop at Academy as it is, so no loss to me.
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posted on
02/28/2018 7:08:47 AM PST
by
dirtboy
To: rktman
But I will not drop a dime at Dick’s ever again.
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posted on
02/28/2018 7:09:17 AM PST
by
dirtboy
To: rktman
Yes, they did it before. I guess Dick’s must’ve quietly returned the popular stuff to the display racks since then, but I can’t say when - I haven’t darkened their door since their last capitulation.
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posted on
02/28/2018 7:09:32 AM PST
by
Charles Martel
(Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
To: dirtboy
There is an actual gun store half a mile from the dickheads here. Plus dicks caters to the suburbanite Subaru crowd anyhow.
To: shelterguy
Academy is run by good people and has much better prices. Plus, Academy wholeheartedly supported the first responders during Harvey.
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posted on
02/28/2018 7:12:48 AM PST
by
dirtboy
To: rktman
Here’s a strategy that needs to go viral:
Load up your cart with $1000’s worth of merchandise and then go to the fire arms department. Ask for an “assault-style” (whatever that is) rifle. When they tell you about the policy, look shocked and angry and leave your potential purchase in the cart and walk out.
Doing this enough will get their attention.
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posted on
02/28/2018 7:13:20 AM PST
by
fwdude
(History has no 'sides;' you're thinking of geometry.)
To: rktman
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posted on
02/28/2018 7:13:23 AM PST
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Free Republic has been reduced to primarily a gathering place for the inane, banal, and obtuse.)
To: shelterguy
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posted on
02/28/2018 7:13:33 AM PST
by
dirtboy
To: rktman
I have had some business dealings with this company.
Let’s just say that they live up to their name better than anyone I’ve ever done business with.
To: rktman
Dick’s has always been a wienie.
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posted on
02/28/2018 7:14:46 AM PST
by
zlala
To: rktman
They don’t sell “Scary Rifles” in most stores anyway. I would never buy from them because their prices are high to begin with.
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posted on
02/28/2018 7:15:34 AM PST
by
bc42875
To: fwdude
Load up your cart with $1000s worth of merchandise and then go to the fire arms department. Ask for an assault-style (whatever that is) rifle. When they tell you about the policy, look shocked and angry and leave your potential purchase in the cart and walk out. Doing this enough will get their attention.
No, it will just irritate some schmuck assistant manager making $38K per year. Believe me, I used to have that job, and nobody in upper management listens to you.
To: rktman
Another David Hogg victory.
Companies are terrified of him as are politicians,
By years end he will be King of America.
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posted on
02/28/2018 7:15:53 AM PST
by
sickoflibs
(Message to Trump: Your buddy Linda (Lindsey) Graham stabbed you in the back!)
To: shelterguy
Plus dicks caters to the suburbanite Subaru crowd anyhow.This ^^^^
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posted on
02/28/2018 7:15:57 AM PST
by
Obadiah
To: shelterguy
Hey, what's wrong with my Subaru ?
Well, other than that pesky Transmission issue they've been keeping quiet about.
Hey, Subaru Owners out there: Websearch on Subaru Transmission issues. They will fix free of charge and are extending the warranty.
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posted on
02/28/2018 7:16:06 AM PST
by
onona
(So I got that going for me)
To: fwdude
Good idea. I have visited their store and found their products way overpriced. I dont even consider them if i need to buy anything.
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posted on
02/28/2018 7:17:51 AM PST
by
Getready
(Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find)
To: Charles Martel
Roger that. Haven”t set foot in one since then either.
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posted on
02/28/2018 7:17:58 AM PST
by
rktman
(Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: Buckeye McFrog
I said do it ENOUGH, widespread enough, and upper management WILL get the message.
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posted on
02/28/2018 7:19:01 AM PST
by
fwdude
(History has no 'sides;' you're thinking of geometry.)
To: rktman
They did this after Sandy Hook. They also tried to screw us on a shotgun shell sale. We never went back. Bass Pro Shop and Academy Baby!
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posted on
02/28/2018 7:20:19 AM PST
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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