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Dick’s Sporting Goods stops selling assault-style weapons, citing Parkland shooting
"We don't want to be a part of this story any longer."
thinkprogress.org/dicks-sporting-goods-assault-weapons-cdf3ada7f1c5/
February 28, 2018
Outdoor and sporting goods retailer Dick’s Sporting Goods announced this week that it would stop selling assault-style weapons in its stores, in the wake of a deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
The company has also said it will no longer sell high-capacity magazines and will no longer sell guns to anyone under the age of 21.
“When we saw what happened in Parkland, we were so disturbed and upset,” CEO Ed Stack said in an interview with The New York Times on Tuesday evening. “We love these kids and their rallying cry, ‘enough is enough.’ It got to us. We’re going to take a stand and step up and tell people our view and, hopefully, bring people along into the conversation.”
In a separate interview with ABC’s Good Morning America on Wednesday, Stack urged legislators to address the issue of gun violence prevention as well as mental health awareness and expanded background checks. “We’re taking these guns out of all our stores, permanently,” he said. “We hope that Congress will come together…and we hope they come together with the intent of really finding a solution, as opposed to knowing they are never going to do anything, just speak to their base.”
"We don't want to be a part of this story any longer."
thinkprogress.org/dicks-sporting-goods-assault-weapons-cdf3ada7f1c5/
February 28, 2018
Outdoor and sporting goods retailer Dick’s Sporting Goods announced this week that it would stop selling assault-style weapons in its stores, in the wake of a deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
The company has also said it will no longer sell high-capacity magazines and will no longer sell guns to anyone under the age of 21.
“When we saw what happened in Parkland, we were so disturbed and upset,” CEO Ed Stack said in an interview with The New York Times on Tuesday evening. “We love these kids and their rallying cry, ‘enough is enough.’ It got to us. We’re going to take a stand and step up and tell people our view and, hopefully, bring people along into the conversation.”
In a separate interview with ABC’s Good Morning America on Wednesday, Stack urged legislators to address the issue of gun violence prevention as well as mental health awareness and expanded background checks. “We’re taking these guns out of all our stores, permanently,” he said. “We hope that Congress will come together…and we hope they come together with the intent of really finding a solution, as opposed to knowing they are never going to do anything, just speak to their base.”
