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Pound Sand
http://thefederalist.com/2018/05/03/springfield-armory-severs-ties-dicks-sporting-goods-gun-control-lobbying/
Well, with this.. it makes sense: Dick’s Sporting Goods Hired Three Gun Control Lobbyists In April (http://thefederalist.com/2018/05/02/dicks-sporting-goods-hired-four-democrat-gun-control-lobbyists-april-records-show/)
Good on them. #Sand
Would be nice to see American Outdoor Brands (http://www.aob.com/our-brands/) pull all of their products from Dick's.
colorider
05-03-2018, 20:55
I hope every other manufacturer follows the leader on this. Good for Springfield. Would be a fantaric scenario of all the ammo and firearm manufacturers quit selling to Dicks and banned their distributors from selling to them.
All gun manufacturer should sever ties with Dick's Yoga Pants and Panties.
This will lower their top line. It would be fun to see 3 straight -18% pre-market after earnings would make them rethink.
Gun owners usually have more pocket $$$ than yoga pants shopper.
If Dick's wants to play games on the firearm front, and your company also makes firearms, then remove all firearms/hunting/outdoors products from Dick's. After all, you wouldn't want them to be hypocrites about their political stance. The same goes for the likes of REI.
OtterbatHellcat
05-03-2018, 21:25
Our future = getting fucked over.
The future of libtards is exponentially gaining ground at light speed it seems.
mahabali
05-03-2018, 23:11
Good, fuck Dicks.
Our future = getting fucked over.
The future of libtards is exponentially gaining ground at light speed it seems.
This is my fear too. We are in the post truth era. And it is full speed ahead. Seems all bets are off.
ColoradoTJ
05-04-2018, 00:16
Perfect response from Springfield Armory. That’s a big fish to lose, and I hope it isn’t the last gun manufacturer to follow suit.
This makes me want to purchase an XDm even more.
.455_Hunter
05-04-2018, 00:58
Wasn't SA on the shit list a few months ago for being in bed with the gun grabbers?
Wasn't SA on the shit list a few months ago for being in bed with the gun grabbers?
Yep. They aren't clean in all this . . . but good to have the added pressure on Dick's. Hopefully other companies pile on. Dick's is going full potato. Although I haven't shopped there for years since their original idiocy after Sandy Hook.
What all was spring field even selling in dicks now?
Dicks doesn't sell handguns. They aren't selling the M1A or AR platforms either.
This leaves out the majority of SAs product line.
Might just be publicity for SA.... We are dropping dicks, even though they effectively dropped is already.
Good on them. #Sand
Well played
Wasn't SA on the shit list a few months ago for being in bed with the gun grabbers?
Dick's has jumped the gun-grabber shark by hiring lobbyists to fight 2A. All of 2A. So much for reasonable gun control. They've let every quisling fudd know there aren't any lines.
Yes, we all saw it coming.
CoGirl303
05-04-2018, 08:33
I hope every other manufacturer follows the leader on this. Good for Springfield. Would be a fantaric scenario of all the ammo and firearm manufacturers quit selling to Dicks and banned their distributors from selling to them.
no it would be better if ALL outdoors, sporting goods and firearms/ammo manufacturers quit selling to Dicks and REI and anti-gun cesspool stores.
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CobaltSkink
05-04-2018, 08:44
Might just be publicity for SA.... We are dropping dicks, even though they effectively dropped is already.
If so, then Springfield Armory is using the Dick's playbook:
Dick's (2012): "We won't sell any more black guns." (47 stores)
Dick's (2013): starts Field and Stream subsidiary which sells black rifles
Dick's (2018): "We won't sell any more black guns." (30-35 F&S stores)
I doubt firearm sales have even been a fraction of a percent of profit, and who actually goes to them for ammo or anything else.
I've never bought anything but gun related stuff from dick's. Of course I haven't been there since 2011.
UrbanWolf
05-04-2018, 10:26
Our future = getting fucked over.
The future of libtards is exponentially gaining ground at light speed it seems.
Yeah, they have won the culture war, it is at the point of no return.
hollohas
05-04-2018, 11:39
NSSF explelled Dicks today from membership in the foundation.
The step I'm still waiting for is for a major manufacturer to refuse to sell firearms to LEOs in a restrictive state.
If enough get on board, THAT would be a game changer.
O2
I thought Barrett already did that in California.
UrbanWolf
05-04-2018, 14:01
The step I'm still waiting for is for a major manufacturer to refuse to sell firearms to LEOs in a restrictive state.
If enough get on board, THAT would be a game changer.
O2
Federal government will buy them and give it to the states.
fitterjohn
05-04-2018, 14:02
I thought Barrett already did that in California.
I was just about to say that. I think they won't service or offer tech support to California LEO
I thought Barrett already did that in California.
Yep, cut off sales & support for the .50 BMG rifles made illegal for anyone but law enforcement in CA. Was an awesome move from Ronnie Barrett.
Well played
I'm just old. I was using "#Sand" before hashtagging was a thing.
eddiememphis
05-04-2018, 17:53
Wasn't SA on the shit list a few months ago for being in bed with the gun grabbers?
Kinda of. They gave money to the Illinois FireArms Manufacturers Association which caved in a bad bill that exempted manufacturers from huge new licensing fees that would kill dealers. Once they (Springfield) were made aware of it they pulled out and fought the impending legislation. The IFMA are scumbags that took Springfield's money and donated it to anti-gun Democrat's election funds.
Illinois politics.
It's not going to stop me from buying an EMP 4" Concealed Contour.
OtterbatHellcat
05-04-2018, 18:24
Dicks is just trying to gain all the free advertising they can to become REI and sell overpriced hipster crap and tactical hiking sticks. I doubt firearm sales have even been a fraction of a percent of profit, and who actually goes to them for ammo or anything else. Dicks has gone home to roost and decided their most profitable customer base are actual, entitled, liberal dicks.
And they might not be wrong.
If they lose a small percentage of business but gain the loyal business of SJW, it may be profitable. Of course, they forget that many are SJW in part because they are unemployable/underemployed and want free shit.
If you ever run for anything, I'd walk neighborhoods with the clipboard for you.
eddiememphis
05-04-2018, 21:44
Hornady just told New York to go micturate on themselves. Good for them. New York sucks be it their sports teams, their government, or their laws.
https://www.tactical-life.com/news/hornady-new-york-agencies-ammo/
Hopefully other manufacturers will do the same.
So I was reading the Dick's annual report (https://doc.morningstar.com/Document/e35c9fc1eaa01da6336ebe40b61956cb.msdoc/dks-10k_20180203.htm) to find what percentage firearms is their business. While I didn't find that answer, here is an interesting tidbit.
Harm to our reputation could adversely impact our ability to attract and retain customers and employees.
Negative publicity or perceptions involving the Company or our brands, products, vendors, spokespersons, or marketing and other partners may negatively impact our reputation and adversely impact our ability to attract and retain customers and employees. Failure to detect, prevent, or mitigate issues that might give rise to reputational risk or failure to adequately address negative publicity or perceptions could adversely impact our reputation, business, results of operations, and financial condition. Issues that might pose a reputational risk include an inability to achieve our omni-channel goals, including providing an eCommerce and delivery experience that meets the expectations of consumers; failure of our cyber-security measures to protect against data breaches; product liability and product recalls; our social media activity; failure to comply with applicable laws and regulations; our policies related to the sale of firearms and accessories; public stances on controversial social or political issues; and any of the other risks enumerated in these risk factors. Furthermore, the prevalence of social media may accelerate and increase the potential scope of any negative publicity we might receive and could increase the negative impact of these issues on our reputation, business, results of operations, and financial condition.
bla, bla, bla, just boycott Dicks
And Dicks haas been officially booted from the NSSF.
Federal government will buy them and give it to the states.
There's a solution to that: "Contractual agreement".
O2
Scanker19
05-10-2018, 18:44
And Mossberg too.
http://www.alloutdoor.com/2018/05/10/mossberg-joins-push-cut-off-dicks-gun-supply/
Hi-point dropped them too.
https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2018/5/9/hi-point-firearms-inland-mfg-cease-sales-to-dicks-sporting-goods/
BPTactical
05-10-2018, 19:08
Good to see stand up organizations dropping Dicks......wait, that didn't come out right.
Good to see stand up organizations dropping Dicks......wait, that didn't come out right.
It came out exactly right. Instead of being pussies, they whipped out their big swinging dicks and laid down the law.
But only after someone else did it first.
It would be nice to see IF Remington, Weatherby and Beretta drops them. :D
Aloha_Shooter
05-10-2018, 22:08
Sportsmen should work on the affiliated activities and companies. How many Springfields does Dick's even sell anyway (before they did the last set of pussification)? Extend the refusal to do business with them to Camelbak, Orvis, Coleman, etc. and THEN they'll be hurting.
eddiememphis
05-12-2018, 11:33
Mossberg did yesterday.
Mossberg dropped Dick's in an announcement (http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2018/05/daniel-zimmerman/breaking-mossberg-no-more-sales-to-dicks-sporting-goods/) last Wed. Mossberg also includes the Maverick brand.
Brb buying a Barrett M82 w/ Mossberg shockwave master key with a Springfield 1911 mounted as a foregrip and some 50bmg Hornady match ammo just for this occasion
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kidicarus13
05-30-2018, 13:53
Not what pro 2A people expected to see:
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/30/dicks-sporting-goods-q1-2018-earnings.html
Not what pro 2A people expected to see:
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/30/dicks-sporting-goods-q1-2018-earnings.htmlI expected it. Firearms was a tiny portion of their sales. They got a lot of free advertising for getting rid of firearms that they'd already gotten rid of posturing after a previous shooting.
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Why anyone shops at overpriced big box stores is beyond me.
DenverGP
05-30-2018, 16:49
Sales still down in the quarter, just not as much as expected. I just hope it keeps going down.
BPTactical
05-30-2018, 17:22
Soccer mom's still have to buy Muffy and Buffy jock and Jill straps and cleats.
And yoga pants
Aloha_Shooter
07-25-2018, 13:33
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/23/outdoor-recreation-industry-pushes-anti-trump-stan/
Good thing I bought all the outdoor gear I needed years ago ... the regressive Stalinists at REI, Patagonia, and other members of the Outdoor Industry Association can bite me.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/23/outdoor-recreation-industry-pushes-anti-trump-stan/
Good thing I bought all the outdoor gear I needed years ago ... the regressive Stalinists at REI, Patagonia, and other members of the Outdoor Industry Association can bite me.
I find this both interesting and disheartening. There are plenty of great reasons to be against things the government does, including this current government, but not for the reasons that these companies are against this current administration. It's interesting because corporations are maybe the only things powerful enough, and organized enough to make changes to the government. It's disheartening because their stance is so superficial and of the moment and ultimately not important to the short term health of the country.
Gotta' cater to the mob, don'tcha'know.
Businesses need to shut up and stop alienating half the country. Government should outlaw tax breaks to business. The government should revoke tax breaks for charitable giving and political lobbying by businesses.
Shut and sell items, make money and transfer the taxes the consumers pay.
Businesses need to shut up and stop alienating half the country. Government should outlaw tax breaks to business. The government should revoke tax breaks for charitable giving and political lobbying by businesses.
Shut and sell items, make money and transfer the taxes the consumers pay.
Agreed. Those businesses didn't get into the position to drive politics by being political.
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