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Dick’s CEO Says They Destroyed $5M Worth Of Assault Rifles
The Washington Times ^ | October 7, 2019 | Alicia F. Luke

Posted on 10/07/2019 7:21:54 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Dick’s Sporting Goods CEO Ed Stack told CBS News that his company destroyed $5 million worth of “assault-style rifles” to keep them out of private hands. Ed Stack told CBS News during an interview that the millions of dollars worth of inventory was turned into scrap metal. “I said, ‘You know what? If we really think these things should be off the street, we need to destroy them.”

The Hill: The CEO of Dick’s Sporting Goods says that after the company made the decision to no longer sell assault-style rifles, more than $5 million worth of the weapons were destroyed.

In an interview with CBS News that aired Sunday, Ed Stack said following the decision last year to stop offering assault-style rifles, the question of what to with the remaining inventory lingered.

“I said, ‘You know what? If we really think these things should be off the street, we need to destroy them,'” Stack said, adding that the company turned $5 million worth of the weapons into scrap metal.

Dick’s made the decision to stop carrying the rifles following the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., which left 17 dead and reignited the national conversation surrounding gun control.

“We found out that we sold this kid a shotgun,” Stack said. “That’s when I said, ‘We’re done.'”

(Excerpt) Read more at thewashingtonsentinel.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; alreadyposted; banglist; dicks; dopyedems; edstack; nra; retail; secondamendment
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Don’t worry Ed...

We’ll build more. They’re real easy to make.


41 posted on 10/07/2019 8:26:17 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Chode
Isn't there something called fiduciary responsibility for CEOs?

Could not the stockholders sue? (Not just for their 5 mil back, but also for the loss of customers and sales due to anti-Constitutional pot banging.)

Don't know for certain, just askin'.

42 posted on 10/07/2019 8:27:54 PM PDT by Seaplaner
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I’m ok with Dick’s destroying the guns as we all know a replacement for ever gun that was destroyed will yet see ownership in the open market. The best part is the fact Dick’s has done their part to insure job security for the workers who mfg. those guns.


43 posted on 10/07/2019 8:30:10 PM PDT by heshtesh
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

What a bunch of Dick’s.


44 posted on 10/07/2019 8:31:02 PM PDT by jospehm20
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Donate to FR and buy American made gun products this week.


45 posted on 10/07/2019 8:31:06 PM PDT by samadams2000 (Get your houses in order.)
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To: 17th Miss Regt

Bingo! Wonder how many shotguns and .22lr S&W 15-22s they had? Fools in high places ...


46 posted on 10/07/2019 8:32:58 PM PDT by MHGinTN (A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

And they’ll probably try to claim a tax deduction on them.


47 posted on 10/07/2019 8:34:01 PM PDT by VideoDoctor
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

he should be required to reimburse the shareholders for this gross (and insane) destruction, waste of shareholder assets


48 posted on 10/07/2019 8:38:58 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ( “Politicians are not , born; they are excreted.” Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Fiduciary responsibly to stockholders. FAIL. sue then or fuck them.
49 posted on 10/07/2019 8:43:22 PM PDT by wgmalabama (Mittens is the new Juan. Go away mittens)
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To: MHGinTN

Worrying about Dicks is a waste of time, wander into your local gun shop and ask to see an AR rifle. They’ll ask what caliber, gas operated or piston, standard forearm, or free float. Etc etc. A little dick in an ocean full of real dealers. Conserve your energy and money, all Dick’s was ever good for (a question in it’s self) was tennis shoes.


50 posted on 10/07/2019 8:44:14 PM PDT by Equine1952 (Get yourself a ticket on a common mans train of thought))
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Bovine Scat, if there is $$$$$$ to be had outside of selling them to the public, they aren’t going to just destroy the goods. I wonder who scored on it? Some foreign rebel group?


51 posted on 10/07/2019 8:47:41 PM PDT by Bringbackthedraft
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To: Bringbackthedraft

I don’t know. I really think lefty’s are this stupid. Besides do the math. Figure each is a $1000 dollar gun, how many did they really destroy if any? Heck just one of the shops in my area has at least 25 on the rack for sale. 5 gun shops and mine is a small town. Hiccups make louder noise than Dicks virtue signaling farts.


52 posted on 10/07/2019 8:56:28 PM PDT by Equine1952 (Get yourself a ticket on a common mans train of thought))
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Thats like Ford destroying a thousand SUVs and expecting that a thousand people will not be able to get an SUV. If they think it makes a difference they are dumber than I though. The demand for them will not be affected by their destroying a few thousand guns. The manufactures still got the money and will just make more to satisfy the demand, which they actually contributed to. Also, I bet a bunch of those guns they’re think were destroyed were actually kept or sold by employees.


53 posted on 10/07/2019 8:58:36 PM PDT by TonyM (Score Event)
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To: TonyM

You ever been a military enlisted person? You have a devious mind. The Code Of Military Justice once said we bare constant watching. Why we might even sneak something back from a far land. :)


54 posted on 10/07/2019 9:04:26 PM PDT by Equine1952 (Get yourself a ticket on a common mans train of thought))
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To: Equine1952

I built my own ARs.


55 posted on 10/07/2019 9:08:47 PM PDT by MHGinTN (A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: MHGinTN

Beats watching reruns of Mash and keeps mind and hands busy. Worst part is which to part with when momma disovers you didn’t mow the lawn like you promised. I have never wondered what Frankenstein felt like when his creation came alive since the first one. So little time so many parts.


56 posted on 10/07/2019 9:19:14 PM PDT by Equine1952 (Get yourself a ticket on a common mans train of thought))
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To: SaveFerris

I don’t have any dealings with Dicks.


57 posted on 10/07/2019 9:19:17 PM PDT by wjcsux (The hyperventilating of the left means we are winning! (Tagline courtesy of Laz.))
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To: Chode
i'd like to see the proof

Indeed. There would be a chop-saw video if this story were true. Until I see one, I'm inclined to think that Dick's wholesale distributor just bought the rifles back and redirected them to other, less foolish customers.

58 posted on 10/07/2019 9:20:47 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: wjcsux

Heh - I shopped there - maybe 2004.

No need to go back.

And should I take up golf again. I sure won’t be going there.


59 posted on 10/07/2019 9:37:05 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Destroyed them by milling off the serial numbers and selling them through the Holder gun stores in mexico?
Does BATF have evidence of the destruction? I’d like to see video of the destruction because $5,000,000 is a lot of AR-15’s or a shitload of AK’s and SKS’s.


60 posted on 10/07/2019 10:10:33 PM PDT by Waverunner (I'd like to welcome our new overlords, say hello to my little friend)
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