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General Category => National/Breaking News => Second Amendment => Topic started by: thackney on April 17, 2018, 09:01:26 pm

Title: Dick's Sporting Goods to destroy all unsold firearms pulled from shelves after Parkland shooting
Post by: thackney on April 17, 2018, 09:01:26 pm
Dick's Sporting Goods to destroy all unsold firearms pulled from shelves after Parkland shooting
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/04/17/dicks-sporting-goods-to-destroy-all-unsold-firearms-pulled-from-shelves-after-parkland-shooting.html (http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/04/17/dicks-sporting-goods-to-destroy-all-unsold-firearms-pulled-from-shelves-after-parkland-shooting.html)

Dick’s Sporting Goods announced on Monday it will destroy all of the unsold firearms it pulled off store shelves in February after the deadly Parkland school shooting.

The sports retailer decided to destroy the assault-style rifles instead of returning them to the manufacturer, the Pittsburgh Post Gazette reported. On Feb. 28, 2018, the Pittsburgh-based company announced it would immediately stop selling assault-style rifles and ban the sale of all guns to anyone under 21. It was not immediately clear how many firearms will be destroyed.

“We are in the process of destroying all firearms and accessories that are no longer for sale as a result of our February 28th policy change,” a spokesperson from Dick’s Sporting Goods told the media outlet. “We are destroying the firearms in accordance with federal guidelines and regulations.”...
Title: Re: Dick's Sporting Goods to destroy all unsold firearms pulled from shelves after Parkland shooting
Post by: Frank Cannon on April 17, 2018, 09:06:17 pm
Dickhead's Sporting Goods stock was over $50 a share last year this time. It is trading at $30 now. All you need to know about this shitshow retailer.
Title: Re: Dick's Sporting Goods to destroy all unsold firearms pulled from shelves after Parkland shooting
Post by: Polly Ticks on April 17, 2018, 09:30:10 pm
This should probably really be in the Ridiculous News of the Day (http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,181569.0.html) thread.
Title: Re: Dick's Sporting Goods to destroy all unsold firearms pulled from shelves after Parkland shooting
Post by: txradioguy on April 18, 2018, 01:05:42 pm
What a waste...instead of potentially making some money off of their decision by selling their surplus to say Academy or Cabella's...they choose to make a move that will see them taking a one time hit to their next quarterly report.

I'm sure the share holders will be thrilled.
Title: Re: Dick's Sporting Goods to destroy all unsold firearms pulled from shelves after Parkland shooting
Post by: Cyber Liberty on April 18, 2018, 01:18:28 pm
Quote from: txradioguy on April 18, 2018, 01:05:42 pm
What a waste...instead of potentially making some money off of their decision by selling their surplus to say Academy or Cabella's...they choose to make a move that will see them taking a one time hit to their next quarterly report.

I'm sure the share holders will be thrilled.

Can't be that much inventory involved.  Dick's made a big show of pulling these firearms from their stores years ago, we're only talking about a handful being sold at subsidiary Field and Stream stores.  This is just another publicity stunt.
Title: Re: Dick's Sporting Goods to destroy all unsold firearms pulled from shelves after Parkland shooting
Post by: Frank Cannon on April 18, 2018, 01:24:31 pm
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on April 18, 2018, 01:18:28 pm
Can't be that much inventory involved.  Dick's made a big show of pulling these firearms from their stores years ago, we're only talking about a handful being sold at subsidiary Field and Stream stores.  This is just another publicity stunt.

Bingo.

BTW Dickheads stock price is down 50% in 2 years. They got serious problems that phony grandstanding won't fix, namely that people buy their sporting goods from Amazon now.