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Dick's Sporting Goods to destroy all unsold firearms pulled from shelves after Parkland shooting
Fox News ^ | Kathleen Joyce

Posted on 04/17/2018 1:23:53 PM PDT by servo1969

Dick’s Sporting Goods announced on Monday it will destroy all of the unsold firearms it pulled off store shelves in February after the deadly Parkland school shooting.

The sports retailer decided to destroy the assault-style rifles instead of returning them to the manufacturer, the Pittsburgh Post Gazette reported. On Feb. 28, 2018, the Pittsburgh-based company announced it would immediately stop selling assault-style rifles and ban the sale of all guns to anyone under 21. It was not immediately clear how many firearms will be destroyed.

“We are in the process of destroying all firearms and accessories that are no longer for sale as a result of our February 28th policy change,” a spokesperson from Dick’s Sporting Goods told the media outlet. “We are destroying the firearms in accordance with federal guidelines and regulations.”

The rifles will be demolished at distribution centers and then delivered to a salvage company to be recycled.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 1moretime; banglist; butts; dicks; retail
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To: servo1969

I hope they don’t plan on taking this as a business loss on their income taxes. It’s a self-imposed business loss.


41 posted on 04/17/2018 2:07:51 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: servo1969

They are free to destroy their property. Stupid but it’s their choice. Same reason it’s my choice to never darken their doors again.


42 posted on 04/17/2018 2:13:26 PM PDT by cyclotic ( WeÂ’re the first ones taxed, the last ones considered and the first ones punished)
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To: servo1969

New slogan for them: “That’s why we’re Dicks”!


43 posted on 04/17/2018 2:14:20 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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To: brownsfan

They are a private company—and I hope they don’t mind if I spit on their sidewalk every time I pass their store (never to enter it—ever). :-)


44 posted on 04/17/2018 2:14:21 PM PDT by cgbg (Hidden behind the social justice warrior mask is corruption and sexual deviance.)
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To: Red Badger
Dick's owns Field and Stream stores that sell guns too. I wonder if that included those stores.

Dick's have been Dicks for a while now. I don't give them my money.

45 posted on 04/17/2018 2:16:43 PM PDT by Newbomb Turk (Hey Newbomb, where is your bothers ElCamino ?)
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To: Newbomb Turk

Bass Pro Shops is my sporting goods store..................


46 posted on 04/17/2018 2:17:59 PM PDT by Red Badger (Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)
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To: servo1969

That’s going to cost them millions. Stock holders should sue.


47 posted on 04/17/2018 2:19:37 PM PDT by packrat35 (Pelosi is only on loan to the world from Satan. Hopefully he will soon want his baby killer back)
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To: savedbygrace
"I still think some shareholders should file suit to stop them. They’ve destroying profits that would benefit shareholders."

Same thought. They are publicly traded and are deliberately destroying inventory and profits. Maybe a class action lawsuit could be put together.

48 posted on 04/17/2018 2:20:22 PM PDT by Truth29
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To: servo1969

A good time to get those “Going out of Business Forever” signs painted up too.


49 posted on 04/17/2018 2:22:55 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: servo1969

Don’t let them take a tax write-off for it.


50 posted on 04/17/2018 2:30:36 PM PDT by libertylover (If people come here legally, they're immigrants; if they come here illegally, they're invaders.)
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To: servo1969

Then it’s not “Dick’s Sporting Goods” anymore; a more appropriate name would be “Little Richard’s Outdoor Chic Boutique.”


51 posted on 04/17/2018 2:33:44 PM PDT by ScottinVA ( Liberals, go find another country.)
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To: SkyDancer
That’s like a woman having her tubes tied because the woman down the street has had too many kids.

More like a man cutting off his Johnson because the man down the street raped some kids in a school in Florida.

52 posted on 04/17/2018 2:50:47 PM PDT by LambSlave
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To: servo1969

Executive malfeasance.


53 posted on 04/17/2018 2:53:03 PM PDT by taxcontrol (Stupid should hurt)
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To: Parley Baer

I’m afraid to enter the store now as stupid that strong might be contagious.


54 posted on 04/17/2018 2:55:37 PM PDT by Keyhopper (Rockin' like a HurriQane)
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To: servo1969

Didn’t they do something similar after the Sandy Hook shooting? I just seem to recall their name being tossed around when they come up with some change in their policy then.


55 posted on 04/17/2018 2:58:42 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: LambSlave

Same thing. Or having a vasectomy because the guy down the street has too many kids.


56 posted on 04/17/2018 2:59:37 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: servo1969

lol

prediction.

Dick’s sporting goods bankrupt within 10 years.


57 posted on 04/17/2018 3:06:00 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: servo1969

Quick liquidate my stock in them. That type of management is begging to be bankrupt in a few months.


58 posted on 04/17/2018 3:08:20 PM PDT by pfflier
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To: servo1969

I’ll take their guns off their hands and pinkie promise to destroy them.


59 posted on 04/17/2018 3:12:15 PM PDT by Nachoman (Following victory, its best to reload.)
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To: servo1969

I predict Dick’s Sporting will be seeking bankruptcy by the end of the President’s first term.


60 posted on 04/17/2018 3:13:49 PM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said theoal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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