Dick's Sporting Goods

[exelh]

Went to Dick's yesterday, planning to buy a Smith and Wesson M&P15, which last week they had in stock. Had a cart full of other stuff when I walked up to gun counter, I did not see one, or any other "modern sporting rifle". I asked why, they didn't really want to answer so I said this is because of the school shooting and they agreed. I politely let them know that I will never spend another dime at a Dick's store and left me shopping cart right there.

Anybody seeing other stores volutarily submitting to gun control?

 

[Bapak2ja]

All of them are obeying corporate orders.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2012/12/18/cerberus-freedom-group-bushmaster/1776997/

https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...ussion/252769-dicks_suspends_rifle_sales.html

https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...iscussion/253369-where_did_dicks_guns_go.html

 

[Giddaltti]

I visited Dicks and even the employees were talking among themselves about the sporting rifles being removed. I dont think they were given enough info to understand why the sporting rifles were removed.

On another note this should help the LGS hope to visit one today. Dicks is retail store, I deserve to buy and speak with a true firearms expert at a LGS.

 

[gunman41mag]

Same at my walmart. The kid said they would have taken all the ammo out of the store too but they didn't have anywhere to store it.

i have room at my house, walmart can give me the ammo

 

[Indy60]

Being a business owner myself, I see why the chain stores pulled the sporting rifles. You have to look at the bottom line and individual item sales figures. If cutting one segment of your business to preserve the health of the rest makes sense then make the cut.
The sporting rifle crowd and the amount of business that group brings to the stores is like the tail trying to wag the dog.
Bad rep or siding with what seems to be the "bad guys" can do a whole lot of damage to the bottom line on the balance sheet.
Being proactive and removing sporting rifles from the shelves just made good business sense to the retailers. Why alienate the majority of your customer base to please a few?
I am betting if the ban does not happen then the sporting rifles will suddenly appear again in the racks at the stores.
Again, I am putting my common sense and 35 years of business ownership into this explanation.