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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: John W

The left is trying to employ the same tactic used to pass Obamacare. They are rolling up businesses, retirement funds, holding companies and politicians to build up an avalanche of pressure to rush something through before it can be well thought out. The NRA, GOA and constitutional politicians need to get out front now, but there is mostly silence. The battlefield is being controlled by the anti-freedom forces and Obama is moving to further his grip on tyrannical rule. Where are the calls for the end of gun free victim zones, the calls for the firearms training and certification of teachers and other staff? Where are those with courage to fight the emotional manipulation of the masses?


21 posted on 12/18/2012 5:12:48 AM PST by Truth29
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To: csmusaret

Cutting my card up. Just bought a rifle from there a month ago. I will never set foot in the store again. They can shove the $10 store credit I have there up their ass.


22 posted on 12/18/2012 5:12:55 AM PST by Michigan Bowhunter (Fix Bayonetts!!!!!!! Time to fight!!!!!)
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To: basil

It used to be Galyans in Indiana, but Dick’s bought them. Immediately, the brand selection dropped by 50% and room was made for JUNK. Galyans sold handguns, ARs and a good selection of ammo. Not even close, anymore.


23 posted on 12/18/2012 5:13:15 AM PST by SJSAMPLE
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To: Graybeard58

I believe your info is old.

It is said that all of his victims were shot with a .223, until he shot himself with a glock, one of the two handguns he also had with him. There were also additional rifles found in the trunk of his car.


24 posted on 12/18/2012 5:14:46 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: Graybeard58


The two pistols were found inside the school and
a .223-caliber Bushmaster rifle was found in the back of his mother's car in the parking lot.

LINK


25 posted on 12/18/2012 5:15:53 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: mosaicwolf

Please see my post #24.


26 posted on 12/18/2012 5:16:22 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: Michigan Bowhunter
I wonder; when did the word semi-automatic become synonomous with evil?
27 posted on 12/18/2012 5:16:56 AM PST by csmusaret (I will give Obama credit for one thing- he is living proof that familiarity breeds contempt.)
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To: shelterguy

What’s a ‘gun’? No speakee hoplo.


28 posted on 12/18/2012 5:18:00 AM PST by MestaMachine (It's the !!!!TREASON!!!!, stupid!)
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To: John W

It may be “sensitive” on their part, but stupid from a business perspective.

The types of persons that would “ban” classes of firearms wouldn’t be shopping there anyway. The group that would, will stop shopping there....as posts here indicate.

Political correctness will destroy this chain...a very bad move.


29 posted on 12/18/2012 5:19:16 AM PST by Sola Veritas (Trying to speak truth - not always with the best grammar or spelling)
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To: John W

Remember when Smith & Wesson knelt down before the “Bent One”?

Their sales plummeted. Count on the same occurring at Dicks.

PS Places like Dick’s depend on clothing sales for a significant part of their income flow, so they are not really committed gun salesmen.

Boycott the Bachelor’s Children.

Do it for the children - the children of Patriots, not Libtards.


30 posted on 12/18/2012 5:21:52 AM PST by GladesGuru (In a society predicated upon freedom, it is necessary to examine principles."..)
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To: DoughtyOne

I keep hearing conflicting stories. The Bushmaster was in the car....the bushmaster was in his hand when he died.


31 posted on 12/18/2012 5:22:37 AM PST by Drawsing (The fool shows his annoyance at once. The prudent man overlooks an insult. (Proverbs 12:16))
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To: John W

It’s a shitty company anyway - sporting goods for people who don’t know sporting goods.


32 posted on 12/18/2012 5:22:49 AM PST by Jim Noble
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To: Sola Veritas

Well, so much for me EVER shopping there again. People who cannot reason, or who respond in an illogical knee jerk fashion have no business benefitting from my loyalty to them.

Always found DICKS rather overpriced anyway.

Bye bye. There are a LOT of great mom and pop internet type stores that sell everything I could ever hope to find at Dicks and more.


33 posted on 12/18/2012 5:24:21 AM PST by LibsRJerks
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To: John W

They are trying to avoid the lawsuits that are coming.

Expect a lot of other companies to follow. I wonder if Bushmaster will be around by this time next month.


34 posted on 12/18/2012 5:24:30 AM PST by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: John W

Wonder if Bass Pro, Academy Sports, and Wally World will follow suit?


35 posted on 12/18/2012 5:25:29 AM PST by donozark (I was planning to spend Christmas in Damascus, until I read Isiah 17:1...)
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To: ilgipper

Actually, all stores selling food should close. The shooter had been eating food at some point. If he hadnt been, this wouldnt have happened


36 posted on 12/18/2012 5:25:49 AM PST by ZinGirl (kids in college....can't afford a tagline right now)
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To: Durus
I’m cutting up my Dick

Self mutilation will not help...

37 posted on 12/18/2012 5:25:49 AM PST by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: John W

As soon as their gun sales dip, they’ll be right back on the shelves. They can only whore themselves to the left for so long when it’s the right that has all the money.


38 posted on 12/18/2012 5:29:20 AM PST by JenB987 (I'm still an American and 'til they take that away from me there's no day ruined. - El Rushbo)
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To: Drawsing

Check out Carriage_Hill’s linked video here.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2969802/posts?page=29#29

Then check out my response (LINK included), where the medical examiner says all wounds were caused by the AR-15.

You can see the police taking the weapon out of a trunk.


39 posted on 12/18/2012 5:31:16 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

“5 bullets a second”

Mine must be malfunctioning.


40 posted on 12/18/2012 5:31:57 AM PST by panaxanax
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