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Old 02-28-2018, 10:34 AM   #1
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First and foremost, this company will lose lots of customers here in Montana, yours truly will be one of them.


Dick's Sporting Goods Punishing The Law Abiding

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We at DICK?S Sporting Goods are deeply disturbed and saddened by the tragic events in Parkland. Our thoughts and prayers are with all of the victims and their loved ones.

But thoughts and prayers are not enough.

We have tremendous respect and admiration for the students organizing and making their voices heard regarding gun violence in schools and elsewhere in our country.

We have heard you. The nation has heard you.

We support and respect the Second Amendment, and we recognize and appreciate that the vast majority of gun owners in this country are responsible, law-abiding citizens. But we have to help solve the problem that?s in front of us. Gun violence is an epidemic that?s taking the lives of too many people, including the brightest hope for the future of America ? our kids.

Following all of the rules and laws, we sold a shotgun to the Parkland shooter in November of 2017. It was not the gun, nor type of gun, he used in the shooting. But it could have been.

Clearly this indicates on so many levels that the systems in place are not effective to protect our kids and our citizens.

We believe it?s time to do something about it.

Beginning today, DICK?S Sporting Goods is committed to the following:

We will no longer sell assault-style rifles, also referred to as modern sporting rifles. We had already removed them from all DICK?S stores after the Sandy Hook massacre, but we will now remove them from sale at all 35 Field & Stream stores.
We will no longer sell firearms to anyone under 21 years of age.
We will no longer sell high capacity magazines.
We never have and never will sell bump stocks that allow semi-automatic weapons to fire more rapidly.
At the same time, we implore our elected officials to enact common sense gun reform and pass the following regulations:

Ban assault-style firearms
Raise the minimum age to purchase firearms to 21
Ban high capacity magazines and bump stocks
Require universal background checks that include relevant mental health information and previous interactions with the law
Ensure a complete universal database of those banned from buying firearms
Close the private sale and gun show loophole that waives the necessity of background checks
We hope others join us in this effort to let our kids know that their pleas are being taken seriously.

Some will say these steps can?t guarantee tragedies like Parkland will never happen again. They may be correct ? but if common sense reform is enacted and even one life is saved, it will have been worth it.

We deeply believe that this country?s most precious gift is our children. They are our future. We must keep them safe.

Sincerely,


Edward W. Stack
Chairman & CEO
DICK?S Sporting Goods
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Old 02-28-2018, 01:05 PM   #2
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I rarely shop there anymore. Now I darn sure won't!
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I didn't like them anyway, but they are on my no-shop list now.
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They stopped selling "black rifles" several years ago after another school shooting. Google it, not worth my time.
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They stopped selling "black rifles" several years ago after another school shooting. Google it, not worth my time.
They also own Field & Stream stores and they were selling AR's in them. It really is just a ploy to make them look good to the libs. Walmart also claims that they quit selling them in 2015, but one of our local stores stocked them as recently as 3 months ago. Anyway, Dick's have always been over-priced, didn't sell handguns and it you bought a gun from them, they had to walk you out of the store with it. I wouldn't buy under shorts from them and have never bought a gun there.
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I wouldn't buy under shorts from them.
Rman, I always thought you were a "Commando" kind of guy!
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You been window peekin' again Vetter?
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I'd boycott them but since I've bought about 6 items in the last 6 years I'm not sure they would notice.
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