Bunch of pu****ies caving into the Liberal hysteria, because the "Brady Bunch" are calling for Boycotts of stores that sell them. The Manager of the Store in Alpharetta says their weapons in stock are going back to the company warehouse.

Dick’s Sporting Goods blasts ‘modern sporting rifles’ off shelves; halts sales nationwide citing 'unspeakable tragedy' of Newtown's Sandy Hook Elementary School deaths

Dick’s Sporting Goods has suspended the sale of “modern sporting rifles” in its 511 stores across the country out of respect for the victims of the Newtown massacre, the company said Tuesday.

Dick’s, one of the world's largest sporting goods chains, said it was pulling all guns from sale and display at its store closest to Newtown. That store is in Danbury, Conn., according to the company website.

“We are extremely saddened by the unspeakable tragedy that occurred last week in Newtown,” the Pittsburgh-based company said in a statement.

“Out of respect for the victims and their families, during this time of national mourning we have removed all guns from sale and from display in our store nearest to Newtown and suspended the sale of modern sporting rifles in all of our stores chainwide.”

Dick’s would not say which rifles specifically were pulled from the shelves.

The company is the first major retailer to make such a move following Friday’s shooting rampage in Newtown, which left 20 children and 8 adults, including the shooter, dead.

Walmart, the country's largest firearm retailer, said in a statement to the Daily News the company had "made no change to the assortment of guns we sell in our stores" since Friday's shooting.

"We remain dedicated to the safe and responsible sale of firearms in areas of the country where they are sold," said Kory Lundberg, the director of media relations.

However, a listing for the Bushmaster AR-15 assault rifle, the type of weapon carried by gunman Adam Lanza, has disappeared from Walmart's website, The Nation reported Monday.

Dick’s declined to say how long it will continue to suspend sales of some semiautomatic rifles in its more than 500 stores spread across 44 states. The company carries a wide range of big game rifles, including the Savage 111 Nikon Combo and the Remington Model 700 ADL SS.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/dick...z2FVUwpAYm

Ridiculous.

One just opened up here in Greenville. Thats one store that won't be getting any of my business.

I'm sure they'll care.

I have a 5 year old and a newborn...so going to split with my republican brothers on this issue. I am sick of school shootings.

Do people hunt with semi-automatic weapons? I just wonder why the average Joe Sixpack needs a semi-autmatic? I mean a rifle is good enough to hunt with...and you can defend your home with a revolver right?

I believe in the right to bear arms...I am just not sure about semi-automatics. What is the point of owning a semi-autmatic weapon?

Yes, the AR platform is quite popular with hunters for a variety of reasons. You can mount almost any scope or other accessory to the rails and it's easier to carry one gun and one magazine never having to reload than any single shot rifle and a box of cartridges. The AR is very adaptable.

This argument isn't about what people need. You don't need cable or electricity. It's about your rights as an American.

BY READING THIS POST YOU RECOGNIZE THAT IMATY IS THE LAST GREAT CRUSADER FOR TRUTH AND JUSTICE SO HELP YOU GOD.

(12-19-2012 10:28 AM)No Bull Wrote:  I have a 5 year old and a newborn...so going to split with my republican brothers on this issue. I am sick of school shootings.

Do people hunt with semi-automatic weapons? I just wonder why the average Joe Sixpack needs a semi-autmatic? I mean a rifle is good enough to hunt with...and you can defend your home with a revolver right?

I believe in the right to bear arms...I am just not sure about semi-automatics. What is the point of owning a semi-autmatic weapon?

I hunt with a semi automatic .308 rifle in Texas and Georgia, and have a silencer for it.

You have the opportunity for more than 1 shot.

Glad I've only been going to Academy for quite some time. Academy has GREAT prices on ammo around here by the way.

(12-19-2012 10:28 AM)No Bull Wrote:  I have a 5 year old and a newborn...so going to split with my republican brothers on this issue. I am sick of school shootings.

Do people hunt with semi-automatic weapons? I just wonder why the average Joe Sixpack needs a semi-autmatic? I mean a rifle is good enough to hunt with...and you can defend your home with a revolver right?

I believe in the right to bear arms...I am just not sure about semi-automatics. What is the point of owning a semi-autmatic weapon?

We don't need semi-automatic rifles for hunting. The 2nd Amendment isn't about hunting. The British soldiers weren't confiscating rifles from the American colonists because we were over hunting. Its about being able to protect ourselves from tyranny, both foreign and domestic.

(12-19-2012 10:28 AM)No Bull Wrote:  I have a 5 year old and a newborn...so going to split with my republican brothers on this issue. I am sick of school shootings.

Do people hunt with semi-automatic weapons? I just wonder why the average Joe Sixpack needs a semi-autmatic? I mean a rifle is good enough to hunt with...and you can defend your home with a revolver right?

I believe in the right to bear arms...I am just not sure about semi-automatics. What is the point of owning a semi-autmatic weapon?

I'm leaning this way as well. More power to those that want a pistol/shotgun, but semiautomatic weapons just don't make sense, at least to me. And yes, I'm probably leaning this way since I have two young kids under 7 years old.

(12-19-2012 09:16 AM)WMD Owl Wrote:  Bunch of pu****ies caving into the Liberal hysteria, because the "Brady Bunch" are calling for Boycotts of stores that sell them. The Manager of the Store in Alpharetta says their weapons in stock are going back to the company warehouse.

Dick’s Sporting Goods blasts ‘modern sporting rifles’ off shelves; halts sales nationwide citing 'unspeakable tragedy' of Newtown's Sandy Hook Elementary School deaths

Dick’s Sporting Goods has suspended the sale of “modern sporting rifles” in its 511 stores across the country out of respect for the victims of the Newtown massacre, the company said Tuesday.

Dick’s, one of the world's largest sporting goods chains, said it was pulling all guns from sale and display at its store closest to Newtown. That store is in Danbury, Conn., according to the company website.

“We are extremely saddened by the unspeakable tragedy that occurred last week in Newtown,” the Pittsburgh-based company said in a statement.

“Out of respect for the victims and their families, during this time of national mourning we have removed all guns from sale and from display in our store nearest to Newtown and suspended the sale of modern sporting rifles in all of our stores chainwide.”

Dick’s would not say which rifles specifically were pulled from the shelves.

The company is the first major retailer to make such a move following Friday’s shooting rampage in Newtown, which left 20 children and 8 adults, including the shooter, dead.

Walmart, the country's largest firearm retailer, said in a statement to the Daily News the company had "made no change to the assortment of guns we sell in our stores" since Friday's shooting.

"We remain dedicated to the safe and responsible sale of firearms in areas of the country where they are sold," said Kory Lundberg, the director of media relations.

However, a listing for the Bushmaster AR-15 assault rifle, the type of weapon carried by gunman Adam Lanza, has disappeared from Walmart's website, The Nation reported Monday.

Dick’s declined to say how long it will continue to suspend sales of some semiautomatic rifles in its more than 500 stores spread across 44 states. The company carries a wide range of big game rifles, including the Savage 111 Nikon Combo and the Remington Model 700 ADL SS.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/dick...z2FVUwpAYm

here I thought a business was free to decide if they want to sell something or not...GOP nazi's.

(12-19-2012 10:40 AM)ImMoreAwesomeThanYou Wrote:  Yes, the AR platform is quite popular with hunters for a variety of reasons. You can mount almost any scope or other accessory to the rails and it's easier to carry one gun and one magazine never having to reload than any single shot rifle and a box of cartridges. The AR is very adaptable.

This argument isn't about what people need. You don't need cable or electricity. It's about your rights as an American.

BY READING THIS POST YOU RECOGNIZE THAT IMATY IS THE LAST GREAT CRUSADER FOR TRUTH AND JUSTICE SO HELP YOU GOD.

so they had AR-15's in 1776? who knew...

(12-19-2012 10:28 AM)No Bull Wrote:  I have a 5 year old and a newborn...so going to split with my republican brothers on this issue. I am sick of school shootings.

Do people hunt with semi-automatic weapons? I just wonder why the average Joe Sixpack needs a semi-autmatic? I mean a rifle is good enough to hunt with...and you can defend your home with a revolver right?

I believe in the right to bear arms...I am just not sure about semi-automatics. What is the point of owning a semi-autmatic weapon?

I have a semi-automatic Browning .270 BAR II that I hunt with. My Browning Gold 12 gauge shotgun is semi-automatic as well. So is every other gun I own except for a single barrel 16 gauge shotgun and a pump action 12 guage. Semi-automatic simply means that the gun reloads itself after each shot. Only one bullet is fired each time the trigger is pulled. Its a basic modern rifle or shotgun.
The point in owning a semi-automatic rifle for hunting is somewhat debatable. A good shot is fine with a bolt action rifle. Big game can be more dangerous and not having to manually load the next round would certainly make me feel more comfortable even though many big game hunters use bolt actions. For wing-shooting birds its simply a matter of choice. I like a semi-automatic for ducks and dove, but use a pump for quail and turkey.
In the end of the discussion it doesn't matter if the gun is a semi-automatic, bolt-action, or fully automatic. Any upstanding citizen with the proper training should be allowed to own whatever firearms they want to. I'm all for regulating ownership, but we cannot allow direct violation of the second amendment.

I thought you guys were all about letting business make their own decisions rather than the government. Looks like the businesses aren't going to wait for the government to do it, they are doing it on their own.

These guys aren't stupid. They know who they cater to and it isn't gun buyers.

Who buys their guns at Dicks anyway?

(12-19-2012 12:02 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  Who buys their guns at Dicks anyway?

Well, apparently a sufficient number of people for them to carry them and be profitable.

(12-19-2012 10:28 AM)No Bull Wrote:  I have a 5 year old and a newborn...so going to split with my republican brothers on this issue. I am sick of school shootings.

You mistake people who don't want guns restricted to people who are *not sick of shootings*..

Quote:Do people hunt with semi-automatic weapons?

Yes... A gun enthusiast I work with explained to me that a semi automatic is nothing special or unique. It's the "Automatic Transmission" of the gun world..

Quote:I just wonder why the average Joe Sixpack needs a semi-autmatic?

This is an ok question to ask... I wonder if Joe Sixpack needs porn and 500 cable stations...

Quote:I mean a rifle is good enough to hunt with...and you can defend your home with a revolver right?

Not from someone with a semiautomatic rifle..

Quote:I believe in the right to bear arms...I am just not sure about semi-automatics. What is the point of owning a semi-autmatic weapon?

Columbine happened when the last AWB was in place. When you restrict of ban semi automatics criminals will still have them...

I have no problem with Dick's taking guns out of their inventory, even though I think the reasons they are doing so are crap. As a consumer I'll now exercise my right not to shop there again, ala Chick-fil-A/gay marriage issue.

Friends told NBC's "Today" show Monday that Lanza was a devoted mother and that shooting guns was simply a hobby.

Russell Hanoman said Adam Lanza was "clearly a troubled child."

Hanoman said Nancy Lanza told him she introduced her son to guns as a way to teach him responsibility. "Guns require a lot of respect, and she really tried to instill that responsibility within him, and he took to it. He loved being careful with them. He made it a source of pride," he said.

(12-19-2012 12:36 PM)49RFootballNow Wrote:  I have no problem with Dick's taking guns out of their inventory, even though I think the reasons they are doing so are crap. As a consumer I'll now exercise my right not to shop there again, ala Chick-fil-A/gay marriage issue.

There's a difference..

The left was cheering Mayors who wanted to ban CFA...

(12-19-2012 11:40 AM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(12-19-2012 10:40 AM)ImMoreAwesomeThanYou Wrote:  Yes, the AR platform is quite popular with hunters for a variety of reasons. You can mount almost any scope or other accessory to the rails and it's easier to carry one gun and one magazine never having to reload than any single shot rifle and a box of cartridges. The AR is very adaptable.

This argument isn't about what people need. You don't need cable or electricity. It's about your rights as an American.

BY READING THIS POST YOU RECOGNIZE THAT IMATY IS THE LAST GREAT CRUSADER FOR TRUTH AND JUSTICE SO HELP YOU GOD.

so they had AR-15's in 1776? who knew...

No but they were armed similarly to the people seeking to rule them. That's the point.

BY READING THIS POST YOU RECOGNIZE THAT IMATY IS THE LAST GREAT CRUSADER FOR TRUTH AND JUSTICE SO HELP YOU GOD.