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Dick’s Sporting Goods May Close Field & Stream After Gun Control Policy Hurt Business
Legal Insurrection, All Rights Reserved. ^ | Thursday, December 6, 2018 at 8:30pm | Posted by Mary Chastain

Posted on 12/06/2018 7:24:53 PM PST by Behind Liberal Lines

since siding with those who support gun control, business has gone down at Dick’s Sporting Goods and the company may have to close Field & Stream:

Edward Stack, chairman and CEO of Dick’s, said during the event that the sporting goods chain’s recent 3.9 percent drop in same-store sales was the result of a mix of factors beyond their control as well as some he called “self-imposed.” Specifically, he said, “the decisions we made on firearms” negatively affected their bottom line but the drop in sales was something they expected. They did not, however, regret their decision to change a number of their gun-sales policies and back new gun-control legislation.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; US: New York
KEYWORDS: ammunition; banglist; dicks; dickssportinggoods; edwardstack; fdsg; gunsales; liberalagenda; poeticjustice; rkba; schadenfreude; stack
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To: Fungi

It could be that black rifles weren ‘t selling, and Dick’s chose to virtue signal in discontinuing them. The local wal-mart did so, without fanfare, well before the Florida shooting. Building AR type rifles has become a huge part of the market. Dick’s may have been in trouble before all of this.


41 posted on 12/06/2018 8:09:12 PM PST by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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42 posted on 12/06/2018 8:10:34 PM PST by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: cdcdawg

I saw an Academy commercial about a year ago. You had to look really hard to find a white guy in the commercial.

I took that as they don’t want me there either. So I look elsewhere.


43 posted on 12/06/2018 8:10:35 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Well the stockholders have got the “Dick” for its management’s irresponsibility and disrespect for its customers ... maybe they’ll vote them out?


44 posted on 12/06/2018 8:14:38 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (Start using cash and checks or the elite class and bankers will make "cashless" the norm.)
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To: rlmorel

I think the same way about such things.

I don’t care what others choose to do, but I will choose whom I do business with. If a company goes too far, then no more.

It’s not about trying to put them out of business, that is beyond my reach. It is simply I set the standards for myself, and they will be adhered to.

Such as the NFL for instance. I’m done. Others can watch or return to watching or going, I don’t care, but I am done.


45 posted on 12/06/2018 8:15:20 PM PST by chris37
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Click the Pic


46 posted on 12/06/2018 8:15:50 PM PST by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: SaveFerris

I’ll do the same. Plus I’ll be able to yell at the store next door,” say Nordstrom, nice Rack!


47 posted on 12/06/2018 8:16:28 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: 5th MEB

So these morons claim that they knew and expected their profits to fall as a result of their position on nasty black rifles? And they would do the same thing again if given the chance?

Point 1: Just who the f**k hires morons like this to run their company and protect shareholders’ interests?

Point 2: Didn’t this POS just admit that he intentionally cost Dicks’ shareholders millions? If so, isn’t he personally responsible and accountable for their losses?


48 posted on 12/06/2018 8:16:39 PM PST by ManHunter (You can run, but you'll only die tired... Army snipers: Reach out and touch someone)
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

Nice. It will be nice to see Nordstrom go down, too.

That shopping center would be a two-fer. There was a Dick’s nearby to the Target.

That Dick’s may already be closed. Haven’t been there for awhile.

The whole area is very hit and miss despite being very busy with automobile traffic.


49 posted on 12/06/2018 8:19:11 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: chris37

That is pretty much how I feel. Not everyone allows others to choose their path without vitriol, though...and I don’t agree with that.


50 posted on 12/06/2018 8:19:20 PM PST by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

I have to drive past a Palmetto State Armory, a Sportsman’s Warehouse and an Academy to get to Dick’s. I see no reason why I should.


51 posted on 12/06/2018 8:20:58 PM PST by aomagrat (Gun owners who vote for democrats are too stupid to own guns.)
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To: Electric Graffiti

In call BS, DSG is losing it bad! Good!


52 posted on 12/06/2018 8:21:50 PM PST by TREGEN
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Cater to the people who don’t even shop at your store.


53 posted on 12/06/2018 8:23:10 PM PST by yesthatjallen
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To: gundog

Many people who know guns are around. Midway, Brownells, local shops, Cabelas, on and on. Building black guns and 1911’s and others is enjoyable and interesting. Going to the range with a gun you built and ammo you loaded is one of my favorite pastimes. The limit to mods and variants is almost endless. The people you meet and the varying opinions is I think really endless. Dicks just drove off the cliff quicker than they needed too. IMO.


54 posted on 12/06/2018 8:23:34 PM PST by Equine1952 (Get yourself a ticket on a common mans train of thought.she)
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and the RATS, take another one in the.........HA ha!!!

55 posted on 12/06/2018 8:23:38 PM PST by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
Dick's Stream dries up...😎
56 posted on 12/06/2018 8:27:04 PM PST by Gman
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

My shadow will never darken their doorstep.
This is one outfit that needs to go belly up badly....the sooner, the better.
And let it be a lesson to the rest of em.
The country isn’t totally made up of little faggy twinks and snowflakes.


57 posted on 12/06/2018 8:31:38 PM PST by lgjhn23 (It's easy to be liberal when you're dumber than a box of rocks.)
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To: MtnClimber
I do not regret my decision to never again shop at Prick’s.

LOL and +1 for the name.

58 posted on 12/06/2018 8:31:45 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Equine1952

Kroger’s made the same virtue signaling decision after the Stoneman Douglas shootings. Locally, that meant that Fred Meyer quit selling guns. No biggie. They’d quit before, and only started again when Obama made selling guns as easy as pie. If they make a profit on them, they’ll make room for them.


59 posted on 12/06/2018 8:33:44 PM PST by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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To: Figment
Dick’s and Gander Mountain were both doing well in my town until Academy came to town.

The Gander nearest me became a place to avoid. The prices went through the roof, including their firearms. Also, their staff were a bunch of snooty types who looked down on you if you asked a question.

I tried to buy an expensive pair of hunting boots and the employee blew me off and then ignored me. Back around 2009 I purchased a firearm from them. The person that helped me was an older man and was very friendly. I was in and out in under an hour. A few years later I went there to purchase a Mosin Nagant for my son for Christmas. The staff treated me as if I had never touched a firearm and talked down to me. If it wasn't for the sale they had on the rifle I would have left

I was in the store trying to fill out the paperwork for an hour and a half. I filled out the federal form, the Virginia form, and then had to wait while the incompetent employee had to put all that information into a computer program that Gander had made up. Then I had to wait for over 20 minutes for a store manager to arrive to double check the info in that program. My wife was with me and she was not amused.

I left with the Mosin but told them that I would just go down the street a mile to my favorite gun store to get anything more I needed as when I go there I can get my paperwork done and the background check finished in about 20 minutes or less.

Gander cut their own throats.

60 posted on 12/06/2018 8:39:11 PM PST by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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