Dick’s, Major Gun Retailer, Will Stop Selling Assault-Style Rifles

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[FONT=&quot]One of the nation’s largest sports retailers, Dick’s Sporting Goods, said Wednesday morning it was immediately ending sales of all assault-style rifles in its stores.

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[FONT=&quot]The retailer also said that it would no longer sell high-capacity magazines and that it would not sell any gun to anyone under 21 years of age, regardless of local laws.

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[FONT=&quot]The announcement, made two weeks after the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., that killed 17 students and staff members, is one of the strongest stances taken by corporate America in the national gun debate. It also carries symbolic weight, coming from a prominent national gunseller.

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[FONT=&quot]Late last week, after coming under attack on social media for their ties to the National Rifle Association, a number of major companies, including Hertz car rental, MetLife insurance and Delta Air Lines, publicly ended those relationships, issuing brief, carefully phrased statements.

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[FONT=&quot]But Edward Stack, the 63-year-old chief executive of Dick’s whose father founded the store in 1948, is deliberately steering his company directly into the storm, making clear that the company’s new policy was a direct response to the Florida shooting.

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[FONT=&quot]“When we saw what happened in Parkland, we were so disturbed and upset,” Mr. Stack said in an interview Tuesday evening. “We love these kids and their rallying cry, ‘enough is enough.’ It got to us.”

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[FONT=&quot]He added, “We’re going to take a stand and step up and tell people our view and, hopefully, bring people along into the conversation.”

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[FONT=&quot]Mr. Stack said he hoped that conversation would include politicians. As part of its stance, Dick’s is calling on elected officials to enact what it called “common sense gun reform’’ by passing laws to raise the minimum age to purchase guns to 21, to ban assault-type weapons and so-called bump stocks, and to conduct broader universal background checks that include mental-health information and previous interactions with law enforcement.

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[FONT=&quot]Mr. Stack said the retailer began scouring its purchase records shortly after the identity of the suspected Parkland shooter, Nikolas Cruz, became known. The company soon discovered it had legally sold a gun to Mr. Cruz in November, though it was not the gun or type of gun used in the school shooting.

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[FONT=&quot]“But it came to us that we could have been a part of this story,’’ he said. “We said, ‘We don’t want to be a part of this any longer,’” said Mr. Stack.

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[FONT=&quot]That decision raised rounds of discussions with top executives inside the company as well as the directors, all of whom backed the decision to take a stance, said Mr. Stack.

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[FONT=&quot]As of Wednesday morning, the company said all AR-15s and other semiautomatic rifles would be removed from its stores and websites.

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[FONT=&quot]Mr. Stack said Dick’s remained a staunch supporter of the Second Amendment and will continue to sell a variety of sport and hunting firearms. Although he has never been a member of the N.R.A., Mr. Stack said he is, in fact, a gun owner and enjoys trapshooting clay targets.

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[FONT=&quot]But when it comes to selling guns to individuals under 21 years of age or stocking assault-style rifles, Mr. Stack said his company was done. “We don’t want to be a part of a mass shooting,” he said.

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[FONT=&quot]This is not the first time Dick’s has made changes in response to a school massacre. In 2012, after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Dick’s removed assault-style rifles from its main retail stores. But a few months later, the company began carrying the firearms at its outdoor and hunting retail chain, Field & Stream.

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[FONT=&quot]This time, Mr. Stack said, the changes will be permanent.

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[FONT=&quot]Dick’s planned to inform its employees of the new policy in an internal note Wednesday morning, shortly after Mr. Stack appeared on “Good Morning America” to discuss the decision.

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[FONT=&quot]Dick’s is not the first retailer to stop selling the semiautomatic guns. In 2015, Walmart said that it would no longer sell high-powered rifles in its stores in the United States. But Walmart sidestepped any controversy involving gun politics, attributing its decision to lower customer demand for the military-style rifles.

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[FONT=&quot]It is unclear what financial impact the decision will have on Dick’s business. Neither Dick’s nor its competitor, Cabela’s, now owned by Bass Pro Shops, have broken out firearm sales in their financial reports. But last August, Dick’s shares plummeted after it said weak results from its hunting segment resulted in its missing Wall Street’s second-quarter earnings estimates.

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[FONT=&quot]Over all, firearm sales for retailers and gun manufacturers have slumped since Donald J. Trump was elected president, as fears of stricter gun regulation receded. Firearm sales data for the United States is not readily available, but background checks tumbled more than 8 percent last year, the largest fall since the F.B.I. began keeping track in 1998.

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[FONT=&quot]Mr. Stack said he and his company expected there would be mixed response — including fallout — to its new policy.

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[FONT=&quot]“The whole hunting business is an important part of our business, and we know there is going to be backlash on this,” said Mr. Stack. “But we’re willing to accept that.”

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[FONT=&quot]He added, “If the kids in Parkland are being brave enough to stand up and do this, we can be brave enough to stand up with them.”[/FONT]
 

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amen

will go to Dicks and get all my fishing gear for the Spring in return
 

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So it IS possible to take a positive step and still allow everyone to protect their families? I was led to believe there was no middle ground between status quo and kicking down doors to confiscate guns.

Sane person: "We should take some common sense steps to at least make this a little less easy."
Gun nut: "YOU'RE NOT GONNA TAKE MY GUNS, I DARE YOU TO TRY TO COME TO MY HOUSE AND GET MY GUNS I'LL BLOW YOUR FUCKING BRAINS OUT. MY GOAL IS TO STOCKPILE 1000 WEAPONS CAUSE THE CONSTITUTION SAYS I CAN."

It's so weird.
 

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never thought to buy my AR from them
didn't even know they sold guns

i just go to cabelas ... why would people go to Dicks? selection must suck

love the new term, assault-style. fn sad Edward Bernays shit right there
 

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Bass Pro shops owns Cabelas
hmm, did not know that. thought they were big competitors. funny because if i don't get ammo at Cabelas i get it at BPS. so guess i don't need to favor one over the other.

still funny this is supposed to be big news that Dicks is pulling out of AR sales. Would never think to go there for anything more than a can of tennis balls or a Pens stanley cup tee shirt. it's about as noteworthy as mcdonalds pulling salads off their menu
 

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I wonder if they will be able to survive the sales of 7 AR's a year. It's a great publicity move for Dicks. They will lose virtually no sales but the public perception will be they are doing there part for stopping mass shootings. I would guess they will get a good sales bump on other items because of this.
 

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still funny this is supposed to be big news that Dicks is pulling out of AR sales. Would never think to go there for anything more than a can of tennis balls or a Pens stanley cup tee shirt. it's about as noteworthy as mcdonalds pulling salads off their menu

What do you mean by "supposed to be big news"? I listened to the news on the radio on the drive home for lunch and no mention of it. Just checked CNN (blech) figuring it would be plastered all over the home page. Not so much.

It's nice to see SOMEONE doing SOMETHING, even if it is more symbolic than anything. But I don't think anyone is treating this as a game changer. It does show that something can be done, that there is middle ground.

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I wonder if they will be able to survive the sales of 7 AR's a year. It's a great publicity move for Dicks. They will lose virtually no sales but the public perception will be they are doing there part for stopping mass shootings. I would guess they will get a good sales bump on other items because of this.

Stock was up 1.6% today, so maybe it did the job they were looking for. lol
 

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What do you mean by "supposed to be big news"? I listened to the news on the radio on the drive home for lunch and no mention of it. Just checked CNN (blech) figuring it would be plastered all over the home page. Not so much.

It's nice to see SOMEONE doing SOMETHING, even if it is more symbolic than anything. But I don't think anyone is treating this as a game changer. It does show that something can be done, that there is middle ground.
why the fuck u even care? u live in a city where the only people that are allowed to have guns are the criminals and drug dealers and they're not exactly walking into the Hoffman Estates Dicks...

and this does not show anything but a company doing a publicity stunt to get their name plastered on the front page of MSNBC (where it is the #3 lead story after Trump and Stone) and maybe a little boost in their stock price. DSG been missing earnings numbers for years and laying off hundreds in Pittsburgh alone....simple publicity stunt to get the Harry Carry's of the world to think they're doing humankind a favor when, in fact, they are using Parkland to their own benefit. Biggest fn scumbags you can ask for

Their CEO came out today and said that these weapons are "a big part of our business" ... huh? you serious, CEO?

sad you can't see this for what it is, HK
 

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the best thing Dick's ever did was sponsor the boards in front of the visiting bench in Pittsburgh
 
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why the fuck u even care? u live in a city where the only people that are allowed to have guns are the criminals and drug dealers and they're not exactly walking into the Hoffman Estates Dicks...

and this does not show anything but a company doing a publicity stunt to get their name plastered on the front page of MSNBC (where it is the #3 lead story after Trump and Stone) and maybe a little boost in their stock price. DSG been missing earnings numbers for years and laying off hundreds in Pittsburgh alone....simple publicity stunt to get the Harry Carry's of the world to think they're doing humankind a favor when, in fact, they are using Parkland to their own benefit. Biggest fn scumbags you can ask for

Their CEO came out today and said that these weapons are "a big part of our business" ... huh? you serious, CEO?

sad you can't see this for what it is, HK

He lives in San Antonio you miserable prick.
 

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What do people think of buying AOBC as it is now at a 5 year low. As long as fundamentals don't really change, I think buying companies that are going through a tough PR cycle usually tends to work out pretty well. Target, BP, American Airlines, Wells Fargo all recovered nicely from bad PR in a short period of time. And BP in particular had a much worse situation than this.

The 24 hour news cycle is just so intense these days but eventually it goes away and fades into the background, I doubt this ends up being much different.
 

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They halted after Newtown and guess what? They started back up. Nothing to see here folks just pr
 

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why the fuck u even care? u live in a city where the only people that are allowed to have guns are the criminals and drug dealers and they're not exactly walking into the Hoffman Estates Dicks...

Swing and a miss. I live in Texas, before that I was in Birmingham for several years.

I'm sorry I dared challenge your comment. I agree with most of what you post tbh, I just don't agree that this is being blown into some huge news story. Although I could be wrong, I was at work all day save the time I was reading the Rx at lunch.

I don't really give a fuck, just barely enough to comment at the Rx about it.

No hard feelings, I enjoy reading your posts. :103631605
 

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Only a Noob would buy a gun from Dicks
 

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Stock was up 1.6% today, so maybe it did the job they were looking for. lol

In my area there was 3 within comfortable driving distance. 2 of the 3 have been put out of business by Academy Sports.
 

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