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Dick’s Sporting Goods Suspends Sales Of Semi-Automatic Rifles
FOX 17 ^ | December 18, 2012 | Robb Westaby

Posted on 12/18/2012 4:56:56 AM PST by John W

NEWTOWN, Conn. (CNN) – Dick’s Sporting Goods, one of the largest sporting goods retailers in the world, says it has removed all guns from its store nearest to Newtown, Connecticut, and is suspending the sale of certain kinds of semi-automatic rifles from its chains nationwide.

The move was made out of respect for the victims and families of last week’s Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting “during this time of national mourning,” the store said in a statement Tuesday morning.

“We continue to extend our deepest sympathies to those affected by this terrible tragedy,” the statement said.

It was unclear how long the store will keep the suspension in place for the guns, known as ‘modern sporting rifles.’

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Connecticut
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To: rarestia

Seems like you’d get a degree of bouncing around trying to shoot that rapid as well. The mechanism itself would seem to prevent that rapid of a sequence.

.223 seems like a very small round. A rifle is often used for distance shooting, and it seems it wouldn’t be all that stable since it’s so lite.


101 posted on 12/18/2012 7:16:36 AM PST by DoughtyOne (Semi-automatic rifles weren't used, so lets ban semi-automatic rifles to stop the madness. /s)
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To: rarestia

Seems like you’d get a degree of bouncing around trying to shoot that rapid as well. The mechanism itself would seem to prevent that rapid of a sequence.

.223 seems like a very small round. A rifle is often used for distance shooting, and it seems it wouldn’t be all that stable since it’s so lite.

The ammo that is...


102 posted on 12/18/2012 7:17:01 AM PST by DoughtyOne (Semi-automatic rifles weren't used, so lets ban semi-automatic rifles to stop the madness. /s)
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To: crosshairs

Actually, some of theirs are fully automatic.

I can see a news person using them as an example too.


103 posted on 12/18/2012 7:20:41 AM PST by DoughtyOne (Semi-automatic rifles weren't used, so lets ban semi-automatic rifles to stop the madness. /s)
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To: John W

DICKS !! (no apostrohe intended)


104 posted on 12/18/2012 7:23:10 AM PST by TheRightGuy (I want MY BAILOUT ... a billion or two should do!)
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To: Travis McGee

Full blown Communism, and no private long gun (other than shotgun) ownership.

There’s a recipe for peace. /s


105 posted on 12/18/2012 7:24:31 AM PST by DoughtyOne (Semi-automatic rifles weren't used, so lets ban semi-automatic rifles to stop the madness. /s)
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To: DoughtyOne

.223 is designed for anti-personnel encounters. There have been reports from soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan of enemies taking two or three rounds of .223 and still walking or firing their weapons. The military switched to it because it meant they could carry more into battle.

As far as pure power for anti-personnel, you can’t go wrong with good-old .308. If the SHTF, I’ll be throwing .308 down the line to make sure what I hit dies or at least can’t get up.


106 posted on 12/18/2012 7:28:26 AM PST by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: John W

Dick’s Chinese Sporting Goods is a good one to stay out of!

A deranged Chinaman may come at you with a meat axe!

Their merchandise is shoddy!


107 posted on 12/18/2012 7:33:01 AM PST by IbJensen (Liberals are like Slinkies, good for nothing, but you smile as you push them down the stairs.)
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To: massgopguy

Thanks for the mention.


108 posted on 12/18/2012 7:34:30 AM PST by DoughtyOne (Semi-automatic rifles weren't used, so lets ban semi-automatic rifles to stop the madness. /s)
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To: John W

Mass Hysteria is an ugly thing.


109 posted on 12/18/2012 7:37:46 AM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: basil
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110 posted on 12/18/2012 7:40:15 AM PST by baddog 219
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To: TexasRedeye
"How are they getting rid of them?"

They are probably on back order for months anyway due to the government purchases for Fast & Furious.

111 posted on 12/18/2012 7:40:15 AM PST by Average Al
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To: ilgipper; All

I just sent an email to Dick’s:

customersupport@dickssportinggoods.com

I have shopped at Dick’s in the past. Now that you have pandered to the extreme left by refusing to sell perfectly good rifles to American citizens, I will no longer shop there.


This phone number is listed 1.877.846.9997. I have not tried it.


112 posted on 12/18/2012 7:41:54 AM PST by marktwain
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To: John W

Gun Owners , particularly hunters, know the dangers of firearms.

The responsible ones never point a weapon, even unloaded, at anything.

Respect for the damage a weapon can do is paramount.

Those who don’t excercise mental discipline with weapons commit the type
of heinous crime in CT, and on our streets everyday.

It’s the person, not the gun, that needs to be held to blame.....


113 posted on 12/18/2012 7:42:24 AM PST by patriotspride
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bmfl


114 posted on 12/18/2012 7:43:20 AM PST by Titan Magroyne (What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.)
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To: John W

I bought the Weatherby Vanguard Deluxe 2 30-06 bolt action at Dick’s last week as my Christmas present. Sunday they placed it on sale for $100 off the price I paid. But they refuse to offer the 30-day price guarantee on firearms. That pi$$ed me off.

Unfortunately there’s no real local competition for them. We need either a Cabella’s or a Bass Pro Shop in the Tampa locale.


115 posted on 12/18/2012 7:50:25 AM PST by Real Cynic No More
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To: rarestia

My choice would be 7.62 x 39 here... almost the same, for the same reason.

I agree with your take on it.

.223 is for plinking IMO. If I had someone giving my family trouble, I would want my rounds to scare the crap out of them to discourage them and drive them off.

Something of that caliber slamming into wood around the assailant, would cause them to think twice.


116 posted on 12/18/2012 7:53:40 AM PST by DoughtyOne (Semi-automatic rifles weren't used, so lets ban semi-automatic rifles to stop the madness. /s)
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To: John W

I am finished with Dicks for good.

Used to be a convenient place to buy ammo......no more!


117 posted on 12/18/2012 8:12:57 AM PST by Red in Blue PA (Read SCOTUS Castle Rock vs Gonzales before dialing 911!)
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To: John W

I am finished with Dicks for good.

Used to be a convenient place to buy ammo......no more!


118 posted on 12/18/2012 8:13:10 AM PST by Red in Blue PA (Read SCOTUS Castle Rock vs Gonzales before dialing 911!)
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To: DoughtyOne

7.62x39 is a great all-purpose round, and it’s suitably between the heavier .308 (7.62x51) and the smaller .223 (5.56). If you want to varmint hunt, plink, or wound, .223 works. If you want to hunt big game or men, .308 is the way to go.


119 posted on 12/18/2012 8:15:24 AM PST by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: John W

Bustard “suspends” indefinitely any purchases at Dicks Sporting Goods.


120 posted on 12/18/2012 8:17:23 AM PST by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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