Dick's Sporting Goods will remove guns from 125 stores amid slumping sales, reports say

[TexasTowelie]

Dick's Sporting Goods announced Tuesday it will remove firearms from 125 of its stores, according to news reports. The move follows the company's ban on assault-style weapons last year in the wake of the Parkland shooting.

CEO Ed Stack said Tuesday that Dick's will pull hunting gear from 125 stores starting in around August in response to its slumping sales in those stores, Bloomberg reported, a move that may spread to more stores next year.

Dick's last year announced it would ban sales of assault-style weapons after the Parkland, Florida, school shooting and revelations that its shooter, Nikolas Cruz, had purchased a gun from a Dick's store. The company also halted sales of high-capacity magazines and guns to anyone under 21 years old.

Hunting products started vanishing from 10 Dick's stores last fall as the retailer swapped those items for products such as kayaks and baseball gear. Stack said the stores saw higher sales, margins and foot traffic than when they had guns, according to Bloomberg.

Read more: https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/money/2019/03/12/dicks-sporting-goods-stop-selling-guns-125-stores/3142257002/

[Rhiannon12866]

1. Only because of "slumping sales??"

I thought they were making a statement. I heard this on the local news today - but they have yet to say which stores are affected. Why not all of them??

[lindysalsagal]

2. Every time a child sees guns sold with baseball bats and golf clubs it sends them reason to believe

that might makes right. Might makes you macho. Might makes you a winner. Shooting is the answer.

[Captain Stern]

3. This is sort of a joke.

The Dick's here has stopped selling guns......sort of.

Here, the Dick's and Field and Stream (which Dick's owns) are right next to each other in the same building. Field & Stream still sells guns. While there are two distinct storefronts with separate entrances, the two stores are actually connected inside. It's just one, big, store. There's even just one set of cash registers.