Dick's Sporting Goods is testing if it should stop selling guns

CNN Business ^ | August 20, 2019 | Chris Isadore

[rightwingintelligentsia]

New York (CNN Business)Dick's Sporting Goods considered stopping all gun sales in early 2018. A shooting at the high school in Parkland, Florida, had killed 17 people. And the company was shocked into action.

"We did have a conversation about that," CEO Ed Stack told CNN Business earlier this year. "At the time we felt it was a part of our DNA and we should stay in it. So many people in the country are law-abiding citizens who use firearms to hunt, to use from a recreation standpoint. We didn't think it was right to exit the business completely."

That could be changing. Dick's, one of the country's biggest gun retailers, has been quietly testing the water on whether to pull out entirely from what it calls the "hunt" business, including firearms. An announcement with the results of the test is expected Thursday, when it is set to report quarterly results. America is again debating gun control after a recent wave of shootings — including one on August 3 at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas. The debate has drawn new scrutiny on the legal sale of guns.

[BenLurkin]

Dicks

[chris37]

The Dick’s that opened here about a year ago is perpetually empty.

[Jim Noble]

Hunting is not a Constitutional right.

[rktman]

Hmmm. Let’s see. Oh, since they decided what consumer product they will and won’t carry based on lies, I don’t do business with them anyway.

[Bogey78O]

They have steadily moved to selling cheap Chinese/Vietnamese made athletic apparel for top dollar.

[\/\/ayne]

I’m amazed they are still open.

[servantboy777]

Go ahead and stop all gun sales...you'll also be adjusting revenue/profit projections. I’zz all gewd Dick.

[Myrddin]

I've been waiting for the "store closing" signs at Dicks. Apostrophe omitted on purpose. It really doesn't matter what they choose to sell or not. I won't be a customer.

[gathersnomoss]

Who’s a Dick?

[bantam]

They’re too woke for my $$$’s
Have been in one since their last gun decision-—good riddance!!!!

[Buckeye McFrog]

Cause so many mass shootings are carried out with a bolt action 22.

[bantam]

Haven’t

[faucetman]

I thought they died!

They are dead to me.

[NorthMountain]

Shop at Cabela’s or Bass Pro …

Because they aren’t Dicks.

[cuban leaf]

I thought they already did.

I used to buy all my ammo there. I’ve not been in one of their stores in years.

[stockpirate]

I no longer shop there. Haven’t been in ours since their ban

[Karma_Sherab]

In orange park florida, the Dicks at the mall is empty every time I walk thru it to get inside. I never shop there, it’s just convenient to park and walk thru the store. Don’t know how they afford the rent

[BuffaloJack]

It’s called “Dicks” for a reason.
I haven’t been on one of their stores for years. And, don’t plan to.

[PGR88]

They are just another clothing store, selling sneakers and yoga pants. Meh.