Posted on 03/15/2019 1:26:37 AM PDT by Windflier
Dick’s Sporting Goods announced on Tuesday they will be removing hunting rifles and other hunting products from 125 of its stores.
Last year, in a move that was highly disappointing for gun sellers, buyers and the firearms industry as a whole, the sporting goods store pulled all modern sporting rifles from their shelves. On Tuesday, the company doubled down on that strategy and will be moving even further away from selling firearms.
According to The New York Times, Dick’s plans to replace hunting goods with merchandise such as ski apparel, batting cages and other outdoor gear. Nonetheless, this type of shift to scale back on gun sales appears to be a growing trend for the store and its chief executive, Edward Stack.
“If it goes as well as expected, we would probably take another batch of stores next year,” Stack reportedly said.
The changes are expected to be final by the end of this year.
Good news for Mom and Pop shop armories, anyway.
It's even better news for Academy, Cabela's, Bass Pro, et al.
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“If it goes as well as expected”, Dick’s will be out of business in two years.
This guy inherited the company from daddy and is worth over a billion dollars. Good for him. Must be nice to be able to hire armed security if so desired. The rest of us will defend ourselves. And continue to never shop at Dick’s again.
If, there is a high profile case of somebody killing people with a ski jacket, then, Dicks will stop selling all ski apparel?
I’ve long removed myself from those dicks.
Makes sense.
People that buy hunting rifles...
Don’t go to Dicks any more.
I haven't bought anything at Dick's since they decided to shun deplorables like me. Shunning works in two directions.
The new Dicks Sportswear.
bob434 removing dick’s sporting goods from shopping list
(I’ve long removed myself from those dicks.)
LOL!
It’s what dicks do, cause they are dicks.
Dick’s just wants to sell prominent corporate and/or collegiate logos which happen to be attached to overpriced, asian-made “sportswear.”
I am a competitive shooter and a hunter.
I also golf and have coached basketball and lacrosse.
I used to go to Dick’s before hunting season for those knick-knacks that needed replacing from last season. Now that they have come out as anti-gun, they have lost my golf and sporting goods sales as well. Cabela’s is about an hour away.
Play stupid games win stupid prizes
As Dick’s vies to compete with REI for selling spandex bicycle britches and plastic kayaks...
Dycks under delusion the competition doesn’t also sell skiwear and stuff.
Go broke, fools.
And good riddance
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