Dick's Sporting Goods to destroy all unsold assault-style weapons

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  1. Dragonfly7

    Dragonfly7 Banned

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    "Almost two months after Dick's Sporting Goods announced they will no longer be selling assault-style weapons, the company announced it is destroying the unsold stock.

    "We are in the process of destroying all firearms and accessories that are no longer for sale as a result of our Feb. 28 policy change. We are destroying the firearms in accordance with federal guidelines and regulations," the company said in a statement to ABC News."

    http://abc13.com/dicks-sporting-goods-to-destroy-all-unsold-assault-style-weapons/3361776/

    Good for Dick's for following through on their commitment!
     
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    Doofenshmirtz Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Yay!!! They did nothing!!! You would be proud of me. My store stopped selling forks, so our problem with obesity will soon be over!!! Yay! Of course, we still sell small forks because the high capacity forks are the real problem!!!

    Yay!
     
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    Nonsensei436 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Yay for absurd analogies!

    Yay for intellectual dishonesty!

    Yay!
     
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  4. Doofenshmirtz

    Doofenshmirtz Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    At least mine was sarcasm. Do you think that there will be one single case where someone looking for an AR will not buy one because Dicks doesn't have them? Why should reality get in the way of a warm feeling?
     
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    Then have another dose of reality. Dicks is just the beginning. Their unwillingness alone to sell these guns may not make a difference but other large retailers joining in will.
     
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    No. Intellectual dishonesty is thinking that, by removing one gun from their shelves, insane murderers won't resort to something else or get their hands on an 'assault-style' weapon (whatever that is) somewhere else. Does Dick's think if a person is shot with a different type of gun that some how their death is different? Maybe it hurts less, right? Does Dicks only care about the guns used to kill white kids and not the guns blacks slaughter themselves with daily? And why didn't Dicks donate those guns to the police, is it because they wanted the publicity of destroying them which they believed would put smiles on the faces of liberals who probably never shop at Dicks in the first place?
     
  7. Steve N

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    And removing the weapon that kills the least amount of people does exactly what? Come on, bro, you're from the party of the highly educated and intellectual elite, show us the settled science of statistics which will show us that murders will be dramatically reduced by making potential Dicks customers go somewhere else to buy their guns.

    By not selling these guns Dicks is creating a vacuum which will be filled by someone else.
     
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    Lefties are in this for the feelz. Facts arent relevant.
     
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    Great so as a sportsman I will boycott Dicks Sporting Goods. I've been getting all my gear at Walmart anyway. Dicks is overpriced. So this nails it.
     
  10. Doofenshmirtz

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    And that will accomplish what? Don't get me wrong; its their company and they can inventory whatever they want. This is not about reducing violence or they would stop selling baseball bats as well. Are more murders committed with ARs or Bats?

    Its about feeling good about doing nothing. Nothing more, nothing less. Nothing.
     
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    Other large retailers are applauding Dicks action (because Dicks is surrendering their market share).
     
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    US Conservative Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Dicks is mostly hipster gear.
     
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    they should drop the "Sporting Goods" part, then. Dicks has a more accurate ring to it, anyway.
     
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    Incredibly stupid.
     
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    Cool.

    I look forward to not one more school shooting.

    Good for the Dicks.
     
  16. QLB

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    And that works exactly how?
     
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    The same way gun laws do, I guess.
     
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    How stupid destroying perfectly good weapons. Give them to good people such as anti Putin groups in Russia.
     
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    dicks hasnt realized that bowing to the left wont sell more soccerballs. It just removes half their customer base.
     
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    It's not exactly like Dick's is the sole supplier of AR's. Plus you can rest assured that the slack was taken up quickly by other vendors.
     
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    Goodbye Dicks. Savage was right " Liberalism is a mental disorder ". They just peeved off over half of their customer's.
     
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    Don't rain on my parade, Dude.

    Surely this will have a yuuuuge impact on gun violence in America.
     
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    Yep, Dick's is dead to me. Plus anything you can get at Dick's you can get at Academy cheaper.
     
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    Coulda sold them to Mexican drug cartels like Barry Hussein and Holder.
     
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    I'm sure it will. Other vendors will see AR's at cheaper prices.
     

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