Here was there official announcement.BREAKING: Dick's Sporting Goods, the nation's largest sporting goods retailer, will stop selling assault-style weapons like the one used in the Florida high school shooting. The company says it will also raise the minimum age for all gun sales to 21. https://t.co/NGffuGea9U pic.twitter.com/BRPRWxFeFy— CNN (@CNN) February 28, 2018
Well maybe they will have to change their name to "Not a Dick Sporting Goods."Statement from Dick’s Sporting Goods: “Thoughts and prayers are not enough.” https://t.co/k3AUhGtwRr pic.twitter.com/pmDDvKKXzQ— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 28, 2018
Sorry, had to do that.
Yesterday also saw this startling announcement from Walmart.
Don't let anybody tell you that these kids will not change a damn thing.Building on our 2015 decision to not sell modern sporting rifles, we announced important changes today:— Walmart (@Walmart) February 28, 2018
- Raising the age for purchase of firearms and ammunition from 18 to 21 years old
- Removing online items resembling assault-style rifles
See details https://t.co/K7wnc0XEwK
They already have.
And I believe they are just getting started.
I grew up in the 60's and 70's. Kids were able to dramatically change the world for a better place back then. I have faith they will do it again.
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Did they? The world you are in now is the one they created.... kids grow up and realize they like $$.
DeleteThe special KGB dotard pooty and his main squeeze dotard drumf are quite the team. Not sure why the USA military allows them to continue another day but regardless they are done, over and out. Both are very stupid spies and enemy of the USA. Using the old KGB playbook and lashing out at the world is not good practice. Old short liddle pooty threatens his big ding dong nuke arsenal to the world today. I'm not sure why liddle guys with big complexes behave in such a wimpy weak manner but they do. The USA took out old hitler, bin liddle dick hairy Hussain. And they will take out the next 3 COMMUNIST DICKTATORS too. Silly DOTARDS morons.
ReplyDeleteI like outdoor life, I kinda liked going to Bass Pro Shop, Cabela, Walmart, and DICKs sporting goods for fishing, camping and outdoor products. Assault weapons just does not fit in to that. Times up for ignorance. Weapons of war belong to the world military to take out the enemy of the world. It is time the military use them.
ReplyDeleteThe military 'looking' firearms sold in your local stores function NOTHING like actual military weapons. Ignorance runs rampant throughout the lib world when it comes to many things, and is simply laughable when it comes to firearms.
DeleteThese places sell SPORTS equipment, as in hunting and fishing.
DeleteThere is no place for a military assault rifle amongst the rifles, shot guns and fishing lures.
You don't hunt deer with an AR-15.
About time these places stepped up and did what our elected officials are too cowardly to do.
mlaiuppa, what is it that you don't understand that these are not military assault rifles? They might look like them but they do not function the same.
DeleteSome cosmetic differences and a name change doesn't hide the duck.
DeleteIf it walks like a duck, shoots like a duck and kills like a duck....
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/02/28/us/ar-15-rifle-mass-shootings.html
This is big -- and also a no-brainer. After all, it's mothers who buy the bulk of sporting goods for high school athletes, and this should make moms who oppose these weapons into very loyal customers.
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Trump’s madcap, unscripted gun control meeting with lawmakers, explained
ReplyDeleteTrump had Democrats cheering in his bipartisan gun control meeting.
...Throughout the hour, Trump often veered into uncomfortable territory for Republicans and at times broke with his party altogether, reiterating support for policies many in his conservative base have taken issue with.
https://www.vox.com/2018/2/28/17064120/trump-gun-control-meeting-congress-explained
Yea right, then he will watch Fox and Friends and come out with completely opposite talking points tomorrow.
DeleteA makeshift memorial for the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School victims stretches for acres — see the powerful mementos mourners have left
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The long odds against gun legislation in Congress
ReplyDeleteOf the more than 360 access-related gun bills proposed by Congress since the Sandy Hook shooting in 2012, only one has become law, according to an Axios analysis of congressional bill data from ProPublica.
https://www.axios.com/gun-bills-congress-since-2013-834bc8cf-33d2-4b97-bc22-c5ef8e329fc8.html
The NRA and members of the GOP pushed back on President Trump's comments during a bipartisan meeting at the White House on Wednesday.
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https://www.axios.com/nra-gop-push-back-trump-e6435d9d-954f-4daa-af85-4fd548b3d7c8.html
https://www.politicususa.com/2018/03/01/trump-now-blaming-video-games-not-guns-mass-shootings.html
Delete' “The president has met with a number of stakeholders, next week he’ll be meeting with members of the video game industry to see what they can do on that front as well. This is going to be an ongoing process and something that we don’t expect to happen overnight. But something that we’re going to continue to be engaged in and continue to look for the best way possible to make sure we’re doing everything we can to protect schools across the country.”'
There are still many stores where Dakota can buy his penis extenders.
ReplyDeleteDakota's not the one who names guns like pets. An Alaskan redneck with an ironically biblical name is.
DeleteKroger, too. 3rd retailer....
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mom and pop and online gun stores are LOVING it.
Deletehttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/gun-stocks-rally-as-major-retailers-restrict-sales/
DeleteLiberal gun haters that have zero knowledge of firearms, also have no understanding of economics.
Looks like dicks and walmart are looking to lose out on profit as firearm sales are sure to rise every time 'talk' of restrictions come up.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.rawstory.com/2018/03/cnn-panel-trump-voters-goes-off-rails-woman-calls-ar-15s-fabulous-bad-ass-killing-machines/
ReplyDelete"one woman dismissed everyone’s serious concerns about mass shootings by claiming AR-15 assault rifles are ‘fabulous for women” and lOOk “bad-ass.”"
^Some like it.
Don't get too excited by this action.
ReplyDeleteThey did it before after Sandy Hook and then went back to selling them again:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/nation-now/2018/02/28/dicks-sporting-goods-pulled-assault-style-rifles-after-sandy-hook-too-didnt-last/381385002/
https://www.thedailybeast.com/both-parties-worry-gun-control-is-trumps-next-flip-flop?ref=home
ReplyDeleteWait - does this mean that bristol is pregnant again???
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Rei has suspended their contract with Vista Outdoor.
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"The outdoor retailer REI has suspended its relationship with a company that supplies some of its most popular brands, including CamelBak and Giro, because the conglomerate also manufactures guns and ammunition.
REI said on Thursday that it would place a hold on any future orders with Vista Outdoor, a conglomerate that recently acquired several popular adventure brands that have long been featured in REI locations. But Vista Outdoor also owns Savage Arms, a gun manufacturer and retailer that stocks several models of semi-automatic “modern sporting rifles.” Such manufacturers are facing backlash after the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, that left 17 people dead.
The Seattle-based REI said it had been in discussions with Vista Outdoor for the past week, and that the two companies’ relationship would be put on hold since REI learned that Vista Outdoor would not make a public statement “that outlines a clear plan of action” regarding common-sense gun control measures. "
You know, if our government can't do it's job, it's up to us to do it for ourselves.
That means responsible companies using whatever pressure they can put to bear inline with their own conscience and integrity.
"CamelBak, one of the companies owned by Vista Outdoors, said efforts to boycott the brand were misplaced after another outdoor retailer, Canada’s Mountain Equipment Co-op, announced that it would suspend orders of the company’s products. "
"REI has been no stranger to political statements in recent months. CEO Jerry Stritzke said he was “mad as hell” after the Trump administration decided to dramatically scale back two national monuments in Utah ― Bears Ears, which was cut by about 85 percent, and Grand Staircase-Escalante, which was reduced roughly by half.
“REI will not retreat from our strong belief that there is common ground in the outdoors,” the company said at the time. “We will continue to pursue bipartisan support to protect public lands and prevent death by a thousand cuts. REI members can be assured that we will honor our shared passion for our public lands, dedicating time and resources to leaving them healthier for future generations.”"
I can see how a lot of Trump's policies would rub REI and other companies the wrong way. Why should they sit around and do nothing? This is them voting with their wallets on a scale that we, the public, cannot.
I think I'm going to drop in to an REI every once in a while and see if there's anything there I might be able to use.