Dick's has destroyed $5 million worth of weapons, CEO says
Dick's Sporting Goods has destroyed $5 million of the chain's gun inventory, its CEO said.
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Dick's Sporting Goods has destroyed $5 million of the chain's gun inventory, its CEO said.
Dick's Sporting Goods considered stopping all gun sales in early 2018. A shooting at the high school in Parkland, Florida, had killed 17 people and the company was shocked into action.
Dick's Sporting Goods will stop selling guns and ammunition at 125 stores where firearm sales have struggled.
Dick's Sporting Goods saw a dip in stock Thursday, one day after an earnings call in which the company's CEO talked about dropping hunting gear from its stores.
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Back in February, Dick's Sporting Goods made a bold decision to stop selling assault style rifles and high capacity magazines, and to raise the minimum age to purchase a gun to 21.
Right after the mass shooting at a Florida high school earlier this year, Dick's Sporting Goods decided to stop selling assault-style weapons at its stores.
Dick's Sporting Goods is taking its ban on gun sales a step further.
Dick's Sporting Goods expected some backlash when it said it would stop selling assault-style rifles. Instead, it got flowers.
L.L. Bean became the latest retailer to announce that it will no longer sell guns or ammunition to customers younger than 21.
In announcing that Dick's Sporting Goods would no longer sell firearms to anyone younger than 21, they also announced the company would no longer sell assault-style weapons, high capacity magazines and that they would never sell bump stocks.
Walmart will only sell guns and ammunition to people over the age of 21 from now on.
Dick's Sporting Goods, the nation's largest sporting goods retailer, will stop selling assault-style weapons like the one used in the Parkland, Florida, high school shooting.
America's top retailers are gearing up for the biggest shopping weekend of the year.