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Walter Einenkel at Daily Kos
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/5/3/1761777/-Dick-s-Sporting-Goods-turns-it-up-a-notch-hiring-lobbyist-to-push-for-gun-control
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Parkland survivors inspired Dicks Sporting Goods to first announce that they would be raising the age minimum to purchase firearms from 18 to 21, while ending sales of assault-style weapons. Then, Dicks Sporting Goods took another step forward and explained to the public that they would be physically destroying the weapons they were pulling off their shelves. Now, Bloomberg is reporting that the sporting goods retailer is going even further, and will lobby for gun control in Congress.
The company has retained Glover Park Group to lobby congress on the matter, according to a disclosure form filed in late April. The move is unusual for a firm in the retail sector, where few brands tackle such a politically-charged issue for fear it will turn off customers. [...]
The sporting-goods retailer is working with three lobbyists from the Glover Park, a legislative and public affairs firm, who have worked with both Democrats and Republicans. The disclosure form listed the lobbyists as John Johnson, who worked for former President Bill Clinton, Andrew King, who previously worked for Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, and Christina Brown, who worked with Democratic Senator Bob Casey.
Lets hope others also put their money where there mouth is.
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Squinch
(50,932 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)shop here or Costco for sporting goods.
applegrove
(118,577 posts)Squinch
(50,932 posts)lunasun
(21,646 posts)applegrove
(118,577 posts)lunasun
(21,646 posts)program result in - guns repurposed - so take the money from me I have to spend it any way
( shin splints after sports)
I did buy some shoes from them last year - and some Christmas presents - now I feel good about that!
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)Freedomofspeech
(4,223 posts)for tailgating....so proud of this Pittsburgh Corporation!
aikoaiko
(34,165 posts)Otherwise, you lose market share.
flamin lib
(14,559 posts)Read that again, slowly. Let it sink in.
aikoaiko
(34,165 posts)Of course, almost all guns used today are mil style gunz.
Banz teh gunz.
flamin lib
(14,559 posts)BobTheSubgenius
(11,562 posts)In a heartbeat. What a great move they have made!
flamin lib
(14,559 posts)don't know which name brand or what model but know where I'm buying it.