One analyst thinks Dick’s Sporting Goods CEO Ed Stack has shown other big retailers exactly what will happen to them if they’re perceived as anti-gun. Analysts think Dick’s has sent the message that it’s moving away from firearms sales, and those sales are moving elsewhere. “All Dick’s has done to themselves is alienate their customer … Read more
This from bizjournals.com: According to CEO Ed Stack, 62 employees quit working for Dick’s Sporting Goods over the retailer’s decision to stop selling assault-style weapons, announced in February. No biggie, as far as Stack is concerned. You have to break a few eggs if you want to make an anti-gun rights omelet. We anticipated that there … Read more
Battle Born Munitions (BBM), an international supplier of ammunition as well as duty products for governments, is demanding $5 million in damages from Dick’s Sporting Goods, accusing Dick’s of breach of contract, fraudulent promises, and “manipulat[ing] retail markets for its benefit and to the disadvantage of vendors and consumers.” In the filing, BBM asserts that Dick’s failed … Read more
We’ll do our best to contain our glee, but we have German blood in our veins and schadenfreude is very a real thing. We apologize in advance. All of that said, Dicks Sporting Goods today reported a larger-than-expected drop in same store sales and their stock has taken a dive as a result. What’s more, analysts … Read more
How to Significantly Reduce School Shootings Right Now, by the Time School Starts in the Fall My objective is to help reduce the occurrence of mass school shooting, while keeping the Second Amendment intact. So, in order of priority, here is what must be done at the local and state levels. (Another federal law is … Read more
School shooting video game removed online after backlash Someone not only thought this was a good idea, but bankrolled its development and marketing . . . A Seattle-area company has removed a school shooting video game from its online platform following widespread backlash. The Active Shooter video game was pulled days before it was to be released … Read more
As the media onslaught pushing ever more severe restrictions on gun ownership and sales continues, the gun culture is fighting back. When Dick’s Sporting Goods stopped the sale of modern sport and utility rifles, especially AR-15s, a Houston area gun store and range took the opportunity to proclaim its independence and support for Second Amendment … Read more
‘Silence the guns’ urges UN disarmament chief as global week of action begins Remind us again, why does the UN still exist? . . . “Every day, hundreds of lives are lost due to gun violence worldwide,” the UN Disarmament Affairs chief, Izumi Nakamitsu, said in her message at the start of the Global Week … Read more
At Ruger’s annual shareholder meeting today, shareholders voted on a proposal pushed by a group of dissident shareholders — led by nuns, among others — that would require the publicly-traded firearms maker to “detail its plans to monitor violence associated with their guns and develop safer products.” As the New York Times reports, At the … Read more
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