I hope Dicks Sporting goods goes bankrupt!

Baccusboy · Mar 9, 2018

I don't know why anyone is upset about this?

The small gun sellers will surely benefit. We were crying about big box stores stealing business for years, and now they're giving it back to the little guy. Bravo!

I'm all for this, and I hope local gun shops make a S__t-ton of money, too.

sgt23preston · Mar 9, 2018

IF you really look closely at what Dicks Sells,

You'll find that most of what they actually sell is overpriced gym clothes & running shoes...

They sell them to Yuppy types most likely liberal YUPPYS...

The 21 & up & NO Ar's rule probably endears Dicks to their Yuppy Customers...

They sell almost no guns that I am interested in...

When was the last time any of us bought a gun form Dicks = NEVER..?

Lack of new gun sales won't hurt them...

Occasionally they will still sell cheap shot guns & 22 rifles & a few boxes of ammo...

IMO, they could close the whole gun department & it wouldn't hurt them...

They sell lots more fishing stuff than guns...

knovotny · Mar 9, 2018

Baccusboy said:
I don't know why anyone is upset about this?

The small gun sellers will surely benefit. We were crying about big box stores stealing business for years, and now they're giving it back to the little guy. Bravo!

I'm all for this, and I hope local gun shops make a S__t-ton of money, too.

Yes, we should all be buying from LGS's. But what about that 18 year old kid who wants to buy his first 10/22? He knows Dicks and Wal-Mart sell that stuff, but gets turned away. Does he know about his LGS? If he's from a non firearms family, probably not. He may have been in Dick's all through high school for sports equipment. He turns 18 and is excited to buy a gun. That's a no go. Well he may not know where else to go, so he doesn't. He goes away to college where they spew liberal rhetoric at him. By the time he is 21 he's no longer interested. Besides, it's just wrong to deny someone the ability to purchase something that it is perfectly legal to buy.

sgt23preston said:
IF you really look closely at what Dicks Sells,

You'll find that most of what they actually sell is overpriced gym clothes & running shoes...

They sell them to Yuppy types most likely liberal YUPPYS...

The 21 & up & NO Ar's rule probably endears Dicks to their Yuppy Customers...

They sell almost no guns that I am interested in...

When was the last time any of us bought a gun form Dicks = NEVER..?

Lack of new gun sales won't hurt them...

Occasionally they will still sell cheap shot guns & 22 rifles & a few boxes of ammo...

IMO, they could close the whole gun department & it wouldn't hurt them...

They sell lots more fishing stuff than guns...

We as gun owners need to have longer memories than them. They'll forget that they plan to support them over this in a couple weeks. We need to make sure we never do. That our families don't. We need our impact to continue, long after the small boost they may get from the yuppies buying something extra in support over the next couple of weeks.

How many gun owners have kids in sports? Go camping, buy athletic clothing themselves? We need them to lose all of that as well as to not sell a single box of ammo, clays, etc.

pbharvey · Mar 9, 2018

When was the last time any of us bought a gun form Dicks = NEVER..?

= Black Friday

I think I’ve bought three 870’s as gifts over the years on Black Friday when they bottom out at $250ish with the rebates.

Mr H · Mar 9, 2018

I know I have bought from them, but it's been so long...

Maybe the His/Hers Mossberg 500s?? That would go back what, 10-12 years?? Wow.

StantonCree · Mar 9, 2018

I’ve gotten fishing supplies and targets from them but haven’t bought a gun from them since 2007. My LGS can beat their price on anything, actually knows his S**t, smells like delicious hazelnut coffee, and is a just a genuine guy.

He just needs a shop dog

fscwi · Mar 9, 2018

sgt23preston said:
IF you really look closely at what Dicks Sells,

You'll find that most of what they actually sell is overpriced gym clothes & running shoes...

They sell them to Yuppy types most likely liberal YUPPYS...

The 21 & up & NO Ar's rule probably endears Dicks to their Yuppy Customers...

They sell almost no guns that I am interested in...

When was the last time any of us bought a gun form Dicks = NEVER..?

Lack of new gun sales won't hurt them...

Occasionally they will still sell cheap shot guns & 22 rifles & a few boxes of ammo...

IMO, they could close the whole gun department & it wouldn't hurt them...

They sell lots more fishing stuff than guns...

That the same road that Sports Authority took to eliminate hunting merchandise and most fishing and they went bankrupt.

copasetic · Mar 9, 2018

fscwi said:
That the same road that Sports Authority took to eliminate hunting merchandise and most fishing and they went bankrupt.

Sports Authority used to sell hunting merchandise? I have never seen that.

krucam · Mar 23, 2018

Not bankrupt, but decreased earnings anticipated according to the CEO.

http://money.cnn.com/2018/03/13/news/companies/dicks-sporting-goods-earnings/index.html

"There's going to be some pushback and we expected that," said CEO Edward Stack, in an earnings call with Wall Street analysts. "There are going to be the people who don't shop us anymore for anything."

pbharvey · Mar 23, 2018

Is there another sporting goods store in the area besides Dicks?

BigSteve57 · Mar 23, 2018

pbharvey said:
Is there another sporting goods store in the area besides Dicks?

There's Bass Pro, REI and the internet.

tall.guy88 · Mar 23, 2018

Forget REI. They are anti 2A.

I looked up firearm jobs and there are a bunch of open sales positions at Dicks sports in their gun department. Everyone is bailing on them... hahahahaha

Overboost44 · Mar 23, 2018

I went to Dick's last night in Easton. I had a $10 coupon that i wanted to use and I wanted to take the opportunity to share with them that their $10 was the last $10 that I would spend there. After browsing around for a while, a nice young lady started following me and trying to help me out. I told her that I was trying to find something to spend this last $10 on. I saw the expression on her face, that she knew what was up, but neither of us spoke about it. Walked around some more with my new "friend" and found something for my daughter. She wanted to see what else I wanted, I said nothing and then I told her that I didn't agree with her CEO's policy on guns. She stated that she was not allowed to comment on that, but said that she has had many people that felt the same way, but just as many that were there because of the new policy. I told her that there aren't any criminals coming in there to buy guns. They know where to get them and it isn't at a store.

She walked with me up to the register and then went away. At the register was a 50 something guy and I told him that this was the last $10 or so that i would spend there and why. He said "I understand, I have been hearing that a lot lately. I don't know why they don't let each store have any input on the matter." I told him as I told her and he agreed. He stated some stats that I couldn't remember but something to the effect that of the last 8 school shootings, one was a legally purchased gun by the shooter. He comes from a LEO background and had a pretty good handle on things. He was upset too and confirmed that he has heard the same from many others.

I hope people stick with it for a while but I doubt it will hurt them too much. They own Golf Galaxy and Field & Stream as well. Then again, their stock price is down about 25% since last year this time.

Here is a clip from their letter to the public. What a bunch of crap.

Beginning today, DICK’S Sporting Goods is committed to the following:

We will no longer sell assault-style rifles, also referred to as modern sporting rifles. We had already removed them from all DICK’S stores after the Sandy Hook massacre, but we will now remove them from sale at all 35 Field & Stream stores.
We will no longer sell firearms or ammunition to anyone under 21 years of age.
We will no longer sell high capacity magazines.
We never have and never will sell bump stocks that allow semi-automatic weapons to fire more rapidly.
At the same time, we implore our elected officials to enact common sense gun reform and pass the following regulations:

Ban assault-style firearms
Raise the minimum age to purchase firearms or ammunition to 21
Ban high capacity magazines and bump stocks
Require universal background checks that include relevant mental health information and previous interactions with the law
Ensure a complete universal database of those banned from buying firearms
Close the private sale and gun show loophole that waives the necessity of background checks

crashmore · Mar 24, 2018

I didn’t use dicks for firearm related purchases either but now I won’t be using them to buy my kids sports supplies either. That’s a least a few hundred bucks a year of my cash they won’t see anymore. I’m just hoping our community remembers this as a whole and reacts accordingly. I don’t care how good a sale they have on ammo etc it’s not worth funding a company attacking our rights. I’m getting more serious about “voting” with my money.

Decoy · Aug 29, 2018

Dick’s Sporting Goods Stock Drops On Unexpectedly Lower Same Store Sales – Guns Blamed

Shares in the company fell as much as 10 percent after it posted a 1.9 percent drop in same-store sales, bigger than analysts’ average estimate of a 0.62 percent dip.

Dick’s was one of the first retailers to stop selling assault rifles and high-capacity magazines as well as bar the sale of guns to people under age 21 following a massacre at a Florida high school in February.

The company had predicted that its hunting guns business would be pressurized by the change in policy but said the move should also attract more people to its stores.

Dick’s said on Wednesday it expected annual same-store sales to decline by 3 percent to 4 percent, compared with a 0.3 percent decline in 2017.

knovotny · Aug 29, 2018

This makes me so happy! Haven't set foot in Dick's or Wal-Mart since all of their virtue signaling.

j_h_smith · Aug 29, 2018

Ain't that a shame??????????

HoCoShooter · Aug 29, 2018

I'm sure a lot of people have seen these, but for those who haven't:

http://www.learntocarry.com/nogunsnomoney

I recently used them at the Ellicott City Dick's, and also at a Sprouts market that put up a big no firearms sign.

H-Bar · Aug 29, 2018

Dick's stock

All I can say is if you have Dicks stock somewhere then, Sell, Sell, Sell.

RonRJA · Aug 29, 2018

I love how there is no mention of their anti-2A stances as a possible reason for these in any of the reporting on their earnings decline

I hope Dicks Sporting goods goes bankrupt!

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