U.S.A. – -(Ammoland.com)-The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting sports industries;
Board of Governors today unanimously voted to expel Dick’s Sporting Goods from membership for conduct detrimental to the best interests of the Foundation.
Dick’s Sporting Goods recently hired a Washington D.C.-based government affairs firm, for “[l]obbying related to gun control.” Dick’s Sporting Goods CEO Edward W. Stack announced earlier this year the retail chain would end sales of modern sporting rifles, voluntarily raise the age to 21 to purchase firearms in their stores and called for more restrictive legislation.
Dick’s later announced they would destroy the remaining modern sporting rifle inventory. National Shooting Sports Foundation responded that business decisions should be individually made, but was nonetheless disappointed and the decision does not reflect the reality of the vast majority of law-abiding gun owners.
About NSSF
The National Shooting Sports Foundation is the trade association for the firearms industry. Its mission is to promote, protect and preserve hunting and the shooting sports. Formed in 1961, NSSF has a membership of more than 6,000 manufacturers, distributors, firearms retailers, shooting ranges, sportsmen’s organizations and publishers. For more information, log on to www.nssf.org.
Is this business (whose name I decline to type – why should I help them advertise) paying attention?
Or, do they think their irrational practices will cause all others in the firearms industry to go belly up with them as that was their plan all along?
Are they trying to fail?
Got to say that there GM and there CEO or whoever came up to giving up on these arms and the idea of banning these weapons and having them destroyed was the most lame ass idea ever! just to get on the side of the crying left and communist party that they want to warm up to, That just shows you how sorry these owners and stock holders are willing to put them selves against the people that abide and love there arms that protect and in joy the recreation that it provides them. They have under estimated the gun… Read more »
I wonder how their stockholders feel about destroying inventory, can’t help the bottom line along with driving off many of their customers.
Why doesn’t any of my comments show up ?
These guys have pissed off around oh I don’t know maybe 80 million to 120 million people with their rude and crude antics. I hope they go out of business , I along with several of my friends will no longer do any business at all with their company or anyone associated with them , us gun owners need to stick together to show these people we are tired of being picked on for stupidity !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was never really impressed with Dick’s. I traveled to Cabela’s, Bass Pro and gun shows, for my shooting needs. always seamed that they were more interested in selling sneakers and work out clothes. The gun dept. was located in an obscure corner and had very little to offer, the ammo when they had a sale more often than not, they ran out early.
Dicks spelled backwards is skcid….let’s call it “skid” for short , because…
I hope Dicks makes it to skid row turning their backs on the 2nd A and We The People
Excellent !! Hope Dicks goes belly up.
Looks like they turned out to be just a big POS..
I am all done with Dick’s also. How can an individual be able to enlist in any branch of the armed forces at the age of 18 and not be able to buy a firearm? Maybe Dick’s could supply bow and arrows to the front lines. That might be their weapon of choice.