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Dick's Sporting Goods Suspends Rifle Sales
Breitbart ^

Posted on 12/18/2012 9:12:52 PM PST by chessplayer

Amidst the political fallout surrounding the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, one chain of sporting goods stores is suspending sale of certain types of rifles. Dick’s Sporting Goods, which has branches all over the United States, told the media that it has removed all weapons from the shelves of stores near Newtown, and that it would be removing certain specified weapons from shelves across the country. “We continue to extend our deepest sympathies to those affected by this terrible tragedy,” the chain told the press.

The chain has removed all weapons categorized as “modern sporting rifles.”

This decision by Dick’s Sporting Goods follows on the heels of an attempt by California legislators to divest all pension funds from companies associated with gun manufacturers.

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Yep....Remember Waco?

Yep I do! Remember Ruby Ridge!!!


21 posted on 12/19/2012 10:37:09 AM PST by tallyhoe
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The chain has removed all weapons categorized as “modern sporting rifles.”

The 2nd Amendment isn't about sports; its about tyrant control.

22 posted on 12/19/2012 10:55:54 AM PST by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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The chain has removed all weapons categorized as “modern sporting rifles.”

The 2nd Amendment isn't about sports; its about tyrant control.

23 posted on 12/19/2012 10:56:09 AM PST by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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