Dick’s Sporting Goods employees quit over gun policy … and they don’t go quietly

BizPac Review ^ | March 4, 2018 | Samantha Chang

[Cheerio]

Two employees of Dick’s Sporting Goods store resigned after the company caved to anti-Second Amendment rhetoric by raising the minimum age requirement to buy a long gun to 21 from 18.

Alexander DeGarmo, 20, quit after he realized that under the new policy announced by CEO Edward Stack, he would not be able to purchase an item he sold as a sales associate.

“Until Edward Stack came out with these absolutely arbitrary and insane rules I had no issue [working there],” DeGarmo told Fox News. Another employee, 20-year-old hunter Griffin McCullar, resigned from Dick’s Sporting Goods citing similar reasons.

Dick’s Sporting Goods has been under fire from liberals demanding stricter gun control in the wake of the Valentine’s Day school at a Parkland, Florida, high school by 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz.

[Garth Tater]

"But the left does not get to have it both ways."

Sure they do. Where have you been for the last fifty years?

[gathersnomoss]

Dicks are just Dicks. I won’t be back.

[gathersnomoss]

Dicks is just 4 Dicks.

[dontreadthis]

while the law makes murder illegal, I don’t believe that it specifies “with a gun”.
that small change would help a lot.

[TigersEye]

It was worth repeating. Hilarious meme! :)

[TigersEye]

My only regret is that boycotting twice has no noticeable effect.

I don't think that's true. I've been boycotting them since the last time too. If they're not getting our business they're not getting our money.

When I boycott a business it's usually for life even if they repeal the repugnant policy but that's not an absolute. This kind of thing solidifies my position.

[TigersEye]

I could do that but I won’t.
Some other seller will get all my business and Dick’s will get ... zero.

[ought-six]

Well, Dick’s will not see me again. Neither will REI.