U.S.A. –-(Ammoland.com)- The NSSF made the following statement regarding Dick’s Sporting Goods recent decision to cease sales of modern sporting rifles:
We respect the right of all companies to make the decisions they believe are appropriate for their business. Nonetheless, we are disappointed by the decision of Dick’s Sporting Goods to stop selling modern sporting rifles at its 35 Field & Stream stores, to cease sales of certain magazines and to raise the purchase age to 21 for all firearms at all its stores. We note that the Dick’s Sporting Goods announcement acknowledges the vast majority of gun owners are responsible and law-abiding. Indeed, they are and should not be penalized for the actions of criminals.
Members of our industry believe that unauthorized individuals should never have access to any firearm, of any kind, at any time. On behalf of our industry, NSSF supports effective solutions to achieve that goal, which is shared by all Americans. NSSF strongly supports and calls upon Congress to immediately pass the Fix NICS bill – named after our program of the same name – to increase the reporting of all disqualifying criminal and applicable mental health records to the FBI National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) database to increase the effectiveness of the system on which our nation’s retailers depend. We will continue our work on that vitally important initiative, as well our other programs that work every day to help enhance public safety, including Project ChildSafe, the Don’t Lie for the Other Guy anti-straw purchasing program and Operation Secure Store programs that we conduct in cooperation with Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
About NSSF
The National Shooting Sports Foundation is the trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting sports industry. Its mission is to promote, protect and preserve hunting and the shooting sports. Formed in 1961, NSSF has a membership of more than 10,000 manufacturers, distributors, firearms retailers, shooting ranges, sportsmen’s organizations and publishers.
Dicks is already a hasbeen store , now they are just putting the final nail in their coffin. All the Field and Stream stores around me have already closed. I guess that that will soon hold true for the rest of the country. Why have to shop two store to have to get all your sporting good needs ?
i guess that “Dicks” lives up to their name.
I believe Dicks,will go limp.I hunt fish,play sports.don’t need anything from a Russian infected store,at all!
I was an avid Dick’s shopper — sports and winter gear, Under Armour wear, and ammo. Bought my 7 year old daughter’s first BB gun there.
No more. I signed up my wife and I as NRA members following the CNN “Townhall”. Upgraded us to Lifetime members following the United Airlines and Dick’s announcements.
Suck it, Dick’s. I’m an American.
Dicks has just screwed themselves, I will never go back there. NEVER. Lots of other places to spend my money.
NSSF will continue to do business as long as anything is being sold at Dick’s, though you would like them to take a stronger position instead this is as strong as it gets.
but in reality what is the NSSF saying here? to me it says- Dick says no- these are evil guns and the NSSF says we will stand by their decision and do and say nothing
Sounds a little like the NSSF is fence walking trying to balance the middle line and make everyone happy. Makes me wonder how much I want to support them in the future.