Dick’s Admits Sales Affected by Gun Sale Restrictions

They didn't leave it at that, though - "Dick’s said it is also calling on elected officials to enact “common sense gun reform,” such as an assault-style firearms ban, a minimum purchase age of 21, and a ban on high-capacity magazines and bump stocks. It also called for private sale and gun show loopholes to be closed and universal background checks to be enacted, as well as a universal database of those banned from buying guns."

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/2/28/17061618/dicks-sporting-goods-parkland-gun-sales

 

How convoluted. You're claiming they're restricting your right to buy an AR15. Nonsense. They're making a corporate decision. Don't like it, don't give them your money.

 

So now corporations can't have an opinion?

 

Well they are not selling Mossberg, Hi-Point and Springfield Armory anymore because those companies will no longer supply firearms to Dicks.

 

https://townhall.com/notebook/bethb...sever-ties-with-sporting-goods-chain-n2479170

"Last month, Dick's Sporting Goods announced that they hired a lobbyist to advocate for gun control. Now, multiple gun manufacturers have severed ties with the sporting goods company."

 

Are you ok with their decision to decide not to supply firearms to Dick's? Do you think their decision was based on 'emotion'?

 

Oh no, a cooperation hiring a lobbyists!?!

 

You can generally do better at Academy no matter what you want to buy, and if you need assistance you can talk to friendlier more knowledgeable people.

I have no idea what Academy's politics are, never heard anybody talking damn politics there.

We don't have REI anywhere nearby so I can't comment on them.

 

Yes I am and the decision wasn't based on emotion, is was in support of the Second.

 

Nonsense. The 2nd doesn't say anything about what any particular store has to sell.

 

It's not about what they are selling; it's this:

"Dick’s said it is also calling on elected officials to enact “common sense gun reform,” such as an assault-style firearms ban, a minimum purchase age of 21, and a ban on high-capacity magazines and bump stocks. It also called for private sale and gun show loopholes to be closed and universal background checks to be enacted, as well as a universal database of those banned from buying guns."

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/2/28/17061618/dicks-sporting-goods-parkland-gun-sales

 

And that resulted in this.

https://www.mossberg.com/wp-content...es-Relationship-With-Dicks-Sporting-Goods.pdf

"It has come to our attention that Dick’s Sporting Goods recently hired lobbyists on Capitol Hill to promote additional gun control." said Iver Mossberg, Chief Executive Officer of O.F. Mossberg & Sons. "Make no mistake, Mossberg is a staunch supporter of the U.S. Constitution and our Second Amendment rights, and we fully disagree with Dick’s Sporting Goods’ recent anti-Second Amendment actions."

https://www.facebook.com/SpringfieldArmoryUSA/posts/10155883466519425

"It is clear where Dick’s Sporting Goods and its subsidiary, Field & Stream, stand on the Second Amendment, and we want to be clear about our message in response. Their position runs counter to what we stand for as a company. At Springfield Armory, we believe in the rights and principles fought for and secured by American patriots and our founding forefathers, without question. We will not accept Dick’s Sporting Goods’ continued attempts to deny Second Amendment freedoms to our fellow Americans."

https://www.racked.com/2018/5/10/17339690/dicks-sporting-goods-gun-control-debate

Two days ago, MKS Supply, which makes Hi-Point Firearms, also announced it would no longer do business with Dick’s. In a statement, MKS wrote that it “values the customers that it proudly serves and the God-given freedoms that they enjoy” and that it believes it’s “equally important to show our commitment to our customers by standing behind their Second Amendment rights.”

 

Again, don't like it, fine, don't give them your money. Clearly, they've factored people like you in and decided that what you think is less relevant to them than their political activities and public image.

 

Ha ha. Gee, you think they're sucking up to their customers?

 

Which makes it also based on emotion.

 

That's not emotion, that's marketing.

 

Deny all you like. There is an element of emotion involved.

 

Oh there is emotion involved, just not by Mossberg, what they did is good marketing.

 

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so, not sure I see the problem there, are you gonna boycott Hi-Point and Springfield Armory for refusing to sell those guns?

 

They are not refusing to sell their firearms, they just don't want to be associated with Dicks, so they will no longer wholesale to Dicks their firearms.

 

Ha...ok...

 

They are refusing to sell their firearms to Dicks. But THAT is ok, right? You're so transparent.

 

Yup, if Dicks refuses to sell a certain type of a legal firearm to law abiding customers and then lobbies for the banning of firearms, why should a firearm manufacturer/wholesaler sell any type of firearms to Dicks.

It certainly doesn't make sense to allow an enemy to make a profit so they can use a portion of those profits to try to get your product banned.

If Dicks wants to go after firearms then let them use profits from selling basketballs not firearms, it's a flip of the anti-gunners favorite of boycotting companies who support the Second.

 

See, therein lies the difference...I have no problem with EITHER company deciding who to sell to or what to sell. Seems you're emotional over this whole thing.