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Dick’s Sporting Goods Refusing to Honor Military-Style Rifle Orders Placed Before CT Shooting

Dec. 28, 2012 1:50pm Becket Adams

Customers Complain Dicks Sporting Goods Sold Them Guns & Then Reneged

Cars are parked in the lot outside the Dicks Sporting Goods store in Cranberry, Pa. on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. The sporting goods chain says it’s suspending sales of modern rifles nationwide because of the school shooting in Connecticut. They also say it’s removing all guns from display at its store closest to Newtown, where the massacre took place. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Russell Kellner of Flower Mound, Texas, ordered three Troy Defense Carbine Semi-Automatic Rifles from Dick’s Sporting Goods on Black Friday, CBS 11 News reports.

At $799 apiece, a savings of $300 dollars, it “was a heck of a deal,” he said.

However, Kellner and his wife received only two of the three guns. They received a letter from Dick’s on Christmas Eve stating that the company would not fulfill the remainder of their order.

Dick’s announced a week before Christmas that it was suspending sales of “modern sporting rifles” in all stores, “out of respect for the victims of the Connecticut massacre,” CBS News 11 notes.

“It ain’t a good deal when you don’t get it. So I’m not happy at all about it,” said Kellner.

And Kellner isn’t alone.

Troy Blackall says he paid for two of the Troy Carbines at Dick’s — but the store only sent him one.

“It’s unacceptable,” says Blackall.

Dick’s has announced they will be issuing full refunds. The sporting goods store even sent $100 gift cards to customers with unfulfilled orders.

But the chain’s attempts at damage control may not be enough.

“Do what you said. Do what you advertised. Make good on it,” said Kellner.

Blackall is also unimpressed.

“The guns have doubled and tripled in price now. So it’s not like we can get our money back and buy the guns someplace else,” he said.

And the chain’s decision to discontinue rifle sales has upset more than just customers.

“The manufacturer of the guns, Troy industries says on its Facebook page that it’s deeply dismayed and shocked that Dick’s stopped selling its rifle.” CBS News 11 reports. “Troy’s CEO says the company invested millions of dollars into its operations after selecting Dick’s as the sole distributor of this particular rifle.”

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Lawrence7
Posted on December 28, 2012 at 2:11pm
I stopped buying stuff at Dicks well over a year ago. Dick’s has become less of a sports-store and more of a sports-boutique. They stopped selling the stuff I was interested in with regard to firearms and everything else they sell is overpriced compared to competing stores/options I have. And the last time my family needed something that Dick’s supplies we had to order it and wait several weeks. We discovered we could just as easily have order that pair of shoes of the web and would have had it much quicker at a cheaper price.

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- reality based lifeform
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 2:42pm
  We had giant sporting goods store in my area a few years back with an extensive firearms section
  They slowly fazed out the gun department before eliminating it completely in favor of trendy outdoor pursuits like bicyling and kayaking . My brother in law decided he was going to buy new camping gear and start camping again and loaded up the cart at this store with hundreds of dollars of new gear . He had noticed the gun section was smaller than before and asked the clerk ringing up his purchase what was up . He was informed the management had decided it would be more polically correct and eliminate the firearms dept . My brother in law said he wrestled with that all the way out to the car before loading the merchandise back into the cart and taking every thing back for a full refund .
  When asked why he was returning everything he said he could not do business with a store that had their new “Anti-gun ” viewpoint . There is a happy ending though .
  Six months later this store was out of business!
  
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- Gold Coin & Economic News
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 2:46pm
  I don’t even shop and Dick’s and this sure won’t make me ever want to start. I guess they started their own assault weapons ban. It will probably hurt them more than help.
  http://www.isthatbaloney.com/if-you-dont-think-they-want-your-guns-just-read-senator-dianne-feinsteins-proposed-legislation/
  
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- aproudinfidel
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 2:56pm
  I already sent my Dick’s Sporting Goods club card back to them with a note saying they would no longer be getting any of my money.
  
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- propel7
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 3:08pm
  Why is it that a record of everything you purchase at Dick’s is hidden as a REWARDS card? Why not just drop your prices for everyone? What is the difference? CONTROL is the difference. It begins with the credit system. CONTROL of the masses. The CREDIT system was devised as nothing more than a vehicle of the global elite trash ( AKA prior “kings of the earth” who gained their fortunes on the backs and blood of the masses) to loan money that they robbed from the People to begin with, and money that does not exist, thereby robbing and taking over the entire world financial system and governments, and enslaving the LIVES of the People, as they have succeeded vastly. Then they eventually enslave the world, which is seemingly not too far off. Their pattern and motive has never changed throughout history. Look around if you don’t think that those we FALSELY owe $16 trillion to are not trying to DESTROY the power of the People. THEY ARE! They are no less than parasitic vampiric bloodsuckers. Stores such as Dick’s are likely owned and controlled by these same enemies of the AMERICAN People. They are the enemies of ALL peoples, and ALWAYS have been. They are nothing more than SNAKES. The original “brood of vipers”. People that want freedom must STOP doing business with ALL entities that record what you are doing, and STOP throwing your privacy to the wind. It WILL fly back in your face.
  
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- bluehen
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 4:13pm
  Guess what kids, Dicks sporting goods saw almost a 50% jump in profits during Q4 of this year. So, even without you guys using your welfare checks to buy ammo they will still do just fine.
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 4:26pm
  See ya tomorrow Etchy….
  
  http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=youtube+fred+flintstone+5+oclock++work+whistle&mid=9E4697A57DDA87600BA99E4697A57DDA87600BA9&view=detail&FORM=VIRE1
  
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- ThePirateRagnar
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 4:27pm
  Dick’s…..They sure are living up to their name.
  
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- NEWSTALKER
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 4:40pm
  Boycott them??? I would and I am…in fact, any retailer that refuses to sale will be boycotted from me…I dont do business with anti-Americans…EVER and no second chances either…
  
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- Zipit
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 4:55pm
  MONK! Hen out, Meteors in!!!! Mere tools…. Hen left you a response! Somewhere on this comment sheet! He’s just not smat enough to post it underneath your post!
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 5:00pm
  Hi Zipit,
  
  I was looking for it when I saw your post. Funny how I didn’t even mention BlueHen in my post but he replied and how this “successful finance” person totally missed that banking story. LOL
  
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- antrancher
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 5:15pm
  Bluehen…that is a bunch of bunk along with the welfare check thing. People who work are conservatives, those who don’t get welfare. Tell Soros you need some lines…
  
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- RedHarley
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 5:50pm
  @Bluehen
  Q4 is not over yet, but the real test will be what they do Q1.
  
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- Ohello
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 5:55pm
  Dicks used to be a good store, but the reason they will not honor their pre-CT sales is because the market has driven up the cost by 100%. They will now sell them a 700 rifle for $1400. Integrity is no longer a virtue but greedy Captilism is now the only meaningful virture in Amerika. Boycott Dicks, their camping gear is cheap stuff made by Chinese slave labor anyway.
  
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- Female
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 6:14pm
  Agreed, I was in Phoenix and shocked at their prices…..I didn’t buy a thing.
  
  The whole thing is ridiculous. People who kill are knowingly committing a crime, therefore, willing to purchase illegally. They will just go by way of suicide bombers instead. At least with a gun, some people can get away, or somebody else an take down the shooter.
  
  Armed guards…were I live, police on light duty are already at the schools….I see no problem and actually feel some peace knowing they are there!
  
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- USN Patriot
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 6:42pm
  @ Blue Hen Yeah that was before they stopped honoring their commitment to those that already purchased. News flash for you we buy more than just ammo at Dicks. We buy all types of outdoor goods there, or we did but not now.
  
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- turkey13
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 6:43pm
  Every one near the store should order from The Sportsman Guide. If they are out of a sale item they will find a replacement for the same price. I just got some 12 Gauge today that I ordered last week. Our two gun stores and Wal-mart didn’t know when they could get some.
  
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- Red Meat
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 6:54pm
  Dick’s? LOL
  Gay sporting goods for everyone. Perhaps Meat Whistle’s is a better name?
  
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- James
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 7:08pm
  bye, bye, Dicks.Your sorry!
  
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- lillymckim
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 8:14pm
  Two new stores just opened in my area.
  I wont be shopping at either one.
  
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- historyguy48
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 9:10pm
  Propel7; you aren’t to terribly far off in you estimation of the banking system. However there is an excellent book out there that will give you the history of money, how it works, why we are going to slam into the inevitable fiscal wall, and a relatively easy way we could avoid said wall, which is why Dear Leader is where he is to prevent that from happening. Anyway the book is Ellen Browns “Web of Debt…” its written in laymen s terms and is reasonably accurate, although her solution is more complicated than it needs to be.
  
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- rjtaurus605
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 9:33pm
  One of Dick’s board of directors, Larry Stone(formally of Lowe’s) is behind this, he is against sporting rifles, he claims that we do not need them, that they are not necessary for hunting, failing to see that the 2nd Amendment was not created so we could hunt(the Founding Fathers could not imagine that being denied) but to protect us from tyranny of our government, now he (Larry) is helping the government to do just that.
  
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- Cemoto78
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 10:12pm
  If there are any of you who remember watching Rowan and Martins laugh in back in the 70′s this quote from that show should fit the bill, “Say goodnight Dick”.
  
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- Techcon
  Posted on December 29, 2012 at 1:07am
  So if a guy beats his kids to death with a golf club from a set he first tried to buy at “DICK”s…
  
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- decendentof56
  Posted on December 29, 2012 at 8:33am
  The Prog’s went after GB’s sponsors. Now, patriots, its time to go after each and every chain like Dick’s who go after American values and our Constitutional rights.
  Hurt them in their wallet!!!!!
  
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- decendentof56
  Posted on December 29, 2012 at 8:42am
  Its easy for me. I’ll never shop at Dicks again. Time to take a stand, American Patriot’s and believer’s in our Constitution!
  The only thing I’m concerned with is that my wife said she’s not interested in Dick’s, either. Did she mean shopping at Dick’s, or………..gotta go find her, right now!
  
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- rangerskippy
  Posted on December 29, 2012 at 9:04am
  looks like I will be using Academy Sports and Cabellas from now on.
  
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- rangerskippy
  Posted on December 29, 2012 at 9:06am
  When JC Penny goes out of business, I supposed Dick’s can pick up Ellen the Degenerate as their new spokesperson.
  
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- bijobe
  Posted on December 29, 2012 at 12:06pm
  This has got to stop!! No matter if you agree or disagree on policy…if a store sells ‘guns’ then it sells ‘legal guns’ not just left to their discretion!! I beg all gun purchasers to please not deal with this company for anything!!
  
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- SocialistSlayer
  Posted on December 29, 2012 at 1:55pm
  I never have shopped at Dicks but now I will not let my wife and children shop their either !
  
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- warbird
  Posted on December 29, 2012 at 2:53pm
  BOYCOTT THIS WORTHLESS PLACE! Put them out of buisness!
  
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- DrSique
  Posted on December 29, 2012 at 3:26pm
  First, it should be lost on noone that the guy pulling this is named “Dick”. Second, Dick is in clear breach of contract and anyone who is affected by this should drag Dicks azz into court to recoup any extra money paid for firearms now that the price is up. Dick sould then be boycotted by every Second Amendment supporter in the country, showing Dick that Americans will not bow to political pressure and neither should Dick.
  
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- Freelyn
  Posted on December 29, 2012 at 4:48pm
  BOYCOTT DICK’S. Everything in the store is overpriced anyway. If you take a shopping app in with you, you’ll find some outrageous markups even when you include shipping from online retailers. It is time to bring down this corporation that not only doesn’t care to compete against others on price but is also obviously – ANTI-GUN. If you are going to pander to the anti-gun establishment to try and drive sales of your other sporting products, you are going to be sad when you sales go down because all of us gun owners who also bought your other sports equipment go SHOP somewhere else.
  
  Goodbye Dick’s, you just gave me the last reason to never frequent your store again.
  
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- jowettusmc
  Posted on December 29, 2012 at 6:27pm
  You are absolutely correct in saying Dick’s is a “sporting boutique”. I’ve been in two different Dick’s stores years ago and I found them staffed by snooty high schoolers who weren’t interested in helping you at all and didn’t know their products. After experiencing this twice, I decided to never go in one again and to tell everyone I knew to not shop there either.
  
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- paying-for-freedom
  Posted on December 29, 2012 at 7:10pm
  @BLUEHEN people who receive welfare checks don’t buy ammo. They steal it. Get a clue DA
  
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- Bum thrower
  Posted on December 29, 2012 at 7:27pm
  Academy!! Right Stuff–Right Price!!
  
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- darrelljr
  Posted on December 29, 2012 at 8:23pm
  They should be sued for failure to complete their contract promise. Its not like they did not have the goods, they simply decided to breach the contract. I will never shop there again- i promise!
  
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- wsu911
  Posted on December 30, 2012 at 12:04am
  I used to spend my hard earned money at Dicks. Used to. Not another GD dime ever. If the powers that be at that company are so stupid to think that their bread and butter is in selling burkinstocks and pink spandex let them answer to their stock holders. Men who hunt, fish, camp, are very, very pro 2nd ammendment. Dicks Sporting Goods has made their political statement, now they can suck on it.
  
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- wsu911
  Posted on December 30, 2012 at 12:19am
  Gander Mountain
  
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- candymanal
  Posted on December 30, 2012 at 1:02am
  I agree wholeheartedly. I have gone to the store here in Madison, Wisc., and cut up my credit card, right at the counter.
  What really pissed them off, however. Was when I cancelled an order for two gun safes, for our military veterans group. Which were to store our parade rifles and blank cartriges.
  We’ll gladly pay a few bucks more. But it won’t be neccesary, for comperable equipment, from those who believe in the 2nd amendment.
  I am tired of the liberals. They spit on me, back in the early seventies, when I returned, a decorated Airman, from ‘Nam.
  They are still spitting on those, who gave their lives, for the sake of freedom and liberty.
  Pardon me. But didn’t the Revolutionary war, have something to do, with freedom and liberty?
  I guess that, the Union School teachers, don’t thik that teaching history, is a worthy cause.
  
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- guitardave
  Posted on December 31, 2012 at 8:36pm
  Gun shows are always where the best deals are. Those stores that sell all kinds of sporting goods along with guns are usually higher priced. They will quit selling guns or anything else if they think it will hurt there back-pack sells to a tree hugger,, Its called ,,, sell outs,, I would like to give my hard earned dollars to someone that believes that we all have the right to bare arms and is into guns themselves. Thats just me.
  
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- guitardave
  Posted on December 31, 2012 at 8:42pm
  Screw stores that are sell outs,, I hope they go belly up with the rest off the Obamanits.
  
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Pickles327
Posted on December 28, 2012 at 2:11pm
I would contact Troys Ind ask them if they will honor your recpts hmmm maybe this will work out better for Troys !!!!!!!! Id get on it right now …. screw Dicks

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- The_Almighty_Creestof
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 3:58pm
  What you want to ask Troy Industries is, are you honoring the cost of these weapons before the Sandy Hook shooting…or have you raised it two to three times as many others have done? I’ve never shopped at Dick’s and probably never would have even without this…but I wonder if their refusal to complete these orders is due to them not wanting to sell a weapon for $700.00 which they are now paying $1200.00 for?
  
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- lbesq
  Posted on December 29, 2012 at 1:08pm
  @The_Almighty_Creestof,,,You make a Good Point, But if that is the Reason, That is the Reason that should be told to the Customer. That way, an informed Customer could decide if it is “Dick’s” is at fault or if it is Indeed the Manufacturer. On another note, Dicks is not the best place to buy things anyway. How about supporting your Locally owned Sporting Goods store?
  
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adimeroll
Posted on December 28, 2012 at 2:10pm
Dont be angry . Dont be mad. Dicks is probably selling the rifles to Mexico since its so violent in the USA…..Dont shop at Dicks ….Simple

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- n0klu
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 3:20pm
  I’ll never set foot in their place again!
  
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- Lt_Scrounge
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 3:24pm
  I’ve only been to Dick’s a couple of times, and wasn’t that impressed. I won’t be doing business with them. Cabela’s is a lot better for shooting sports gear anyway. I love Cabela’s.
  
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- mlimberg
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 6:10pm
  I never considered the a gun store anyway…
  
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justangry
Posted on December 28, 2012 at 2:10pm
Well they are Dicks.

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- Rbell2915
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 2:23pm
  True, true.
  
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- gyro
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 2:30pm
  perfect
  
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- civilwarcometh
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 2:51pm
  Yeah dicks not giving dick…
  
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- liberal_equals_liar
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 8:53pm
  Exactly. My family doesn’t even bother calling the store Dicks. We just call it “Stupid Penis”.
  
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Cavallo
Posted on December 28, 2012 at 2:09pm
Troy can sue Dicks for damages. There are likely contractual agreements involved. Maybe Troy can make good on its sales directly to the customer, and then select a new retailer to distribute its merchandise. Wal-Mart might be needing an extra supplier of these items, since they are selling out of them all over the country. In the meantime, don’t shop at Dicks Sporting Goods. They’re politically biased dishonest swine.

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- vaman
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 2:31pm
  Thankfully you’re on the case! Sue for damages…what? Dumbass*
  
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- Zipit
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 2:44pm
  Seems to me Vaman, that you should be supporting Cavallo’s statement! Suing for reasons far more outrageous than this, is the liberal credo!
  
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- Cavallo
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 2:44pm
  Oh look, a witty retort from a dishonest swine covered in feces.
  Yes, half-witted fascist moron.
  If Dicks violated contractual agreements with Troy, they can sue them for loss in revenues and damage to their brand.
  
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- mareseb
  Posted on December 29, 2012 at 12:51pm
  I agree with you Cavallo…..they should be able to sue for contractual violations.
  
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- LandShark
  Posted on December 29, 2012 at 7:02pm
  Your all too right. Especially with the quantity of rifles involved. As Dicks would cover their rear end in quality, packaging, volume and delivery dates and the rest, I would hope Troy had a good lawyer ( oxymoron) cover their butts also.
  
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MrKnowItAll
Posted on December 28, 2012 at 2:09pm
CHECK into this yourself. Comerica Bank is owned by Arabic Folks. Check where Dick’s does all it’s Transactions……The Little BIG news is getting lost.

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- searcher619
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 2:40pm
  What does that have to do with anything?
  
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- civilwarcometh
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 2:49pm
  @SEARCHER: Really I mean really???? You don’t get it huh? Find out who people like this are connected to follow the MONEY!!!!!!!!
  
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- drs1969
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 4:08pm
  Maybe Comerica printed up some of those gift cards that were given out to BHO’s voters in ’08? Maybe this year, too?
  
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DougHuffman
Posted on December 28, 2012 at 2:09pm
Eponymous comes to mind, dick like ZUMBO.

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BasketFullOfPuppies
Posted on December 28, 2012 at 2:08pm
Support your local FFL. If he stops selling guns, it will be because the current administration ran him out of business, and you will be at the mercy of these politically correct big box stores.

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RabidPatriot
Posted on December 28, 2012 at 2:07pm
Just one more place that I can cross off my store list.

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Skeeterhawk
Posted on December 28, 2012 at 2:07pm
I’m surprised Dick’s was able to cancel special make up rifles from Troy Industries. Usually these special make up (SMU’s) are built with non cancelable purchase orders. Sounds like either Dick’s is breaking a contract or Troy Industries may need a better lawyer to write the fine print on its SMU agreements. Either way its a waste of time and effort but I’m sure it “feels good.” Its all window dressing for the socks and jocks side of the business where the antis thrive.

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- drs1969
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 4:11pm
  I’ll bet the cheapskates at Dick’s didn’t want to pay til delivery and had a cancel clause in the contract so they could weasel out if prices went too high. Back-Fire!
  
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iSupportiSrael
Posted on December 28, 2012 at 2:07pm
Lost me as a customer!

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Mapache
Posted on December 28, 2012 at 2:06pm
No more DIcks for me….BassPro and Sports Authority…..Nothing personal DIcks. As your decision is made out of respect for the shooting victims in Newton CT, mine is made out of respect for the 2nd Amendment.

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- Skeeterhawk
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 2:20pm
  Sports Authority is no better. They have pulled handguns from all but three or four of their 180 or so stores that still sell firearms. Its been many years ago but the ban on handgun sales still exists with them.
  
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- Cavallo
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 2:21pm
  BassPro started as a wall of fishing gear in a Brown Derby Liquor store in Springfield, MO. George Bush made political campaign stops in the solidly republican city, just so he could shop at the HQ. Unfortunately I think some of their firearms, while excellent quality, might be a tad overpriced. They’re outdoor equipment is the most extensive I have ever seen though. For the outdoor enthusiast who is willing to pay for name brand equipment, there is no better place.
  
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- Clownzilla
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 2:49pm
  @Cavallo
  
  Being from the area I grew up with Bass Pro and since I turned 21 (years ago) Brown Derby. The last people to cave in to government pressure is the Morris family (Bass Pro & Brown Derby owners to those who don’t know). They are a bit overpriced but I have NEVER seen them pull products because of these tragic events pulled off by psychopathic individuals.
  
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- drs1969
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 4:19pm
  Re: Clown.
  That’s why private-run co.s are better(Chik-Fil-a). They’re not infected by Progressives on their board of directors or major stock holders.
  The reason corp.s are cheaper is that they get lower financing via big banks. Thomas Jefferson warned about banks and corp.s taking over thru Central Banking 200 years ago. He’s being proven right.
  
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- gigantor
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 9:40pm
  a Dick’s store recently opened up and no longer will i attend it, but as this situation progresses its harder to get anything, you go to most bass pro’s and ask if they have any ar-10 or 9mm ammo, and they will tell you to forget it, it’s being sold as soon as they hit the shelves. its hard to get ammo anywhere now including online.
  
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garbagecanlogic
Posted on December 28, 2012 at 2:04pm
Guess what I just finished doing. I just cut up my Dick’s Sporting Goods card. I also decided not to grace them with my presence any longer.

Praise Be To Obama. Psalm 109:8

The U.S. Out Of The U.N.
The U.N. Out Of The U.S.

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- Mapache
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 3:20pm
  I mailed my Dicks reward card to them and told them to keep their rewards and their business.
  
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LotsaBullits
Posted on December 28, 2012 at 2:03pm
They were always overpriced. Now they are just over. So long DICKS!

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- RedHarley
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 2:11pm
  Done with them…..
  
  http://www.dickssportinggoods.com/helpdesk/index.jsp?display=store&subdisplay=contact&stillHaveQuestion=yes
  
  Just in case you want to contact them………….
  
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- Wolfgang the Gray
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 9:55pm
  Unlike the liberal left, I won’t go picket the store, break the windows, go in & disrupt their business, or follow the managers home & harrass their families. I, as a conservative, will simply take my business elsewhere. Luckily I made my major purchases right before Nov 6th so I have what I need. Dicks can run their business as they want to and I respect their rights. They just won’t ever get another penny of my business. Free market model, if they go out of business, I won’t cry. If they stay in business with other customers, that is fine. Freedom is freedom, at least until Comrad Obama & The wicked Feinstein of the west takes that away.
  
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scott4freedom
Posted on December 28, 2012 at 2:03pm
These are spineless CEO”s in charge of Dick’s sporting goods,therefore it would be in the best intrest of all gun owners to boycott all of the Dick’s sporting good stores for all goods not just guns.
Put the spinless bastards out of business. I am sure Cabellas would gladly pick up the business or smaller gun stores for that matter.

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- vaman
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 2:45pm
  I as mentioned in another post, those spineless bastards will not care about the paranoid, extremist, red neck money they loose. It woul’d be enough to hurt their bottom line, so forget about putting them out of business.
  
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- catty
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 3:52pm
  yes. screw all those employees trying to make a living at the 300 or so stores y’all are boycotting. let their families starve.
  
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- Fubared
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 3:54pm
  Vaman
  Math being what it is, lots of us necks spend 1500-2000.00 on an AR platform. Pig hunting, deer hunting, can poppin, melon poppin, you know. Same goes for some of those 1911 platforms and heck even base Sigs nowadays start at a G and keep going. Mary Kay works for some, have at it.
  
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- Cavallo
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 4:17pm
  @Catty, let them take their skills to a more reputable employer.
  
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- OSU Cowboy
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 4:20pm
  Vaman, as I understand your comments anyone who has a different point of view from Dick’s is “spineless, paranoid, rednecks, etc.”. The point is that we, red necks with guns and spines, will be the first line of defense against the communist tactics of this administration and their communist friends you included. When communists come for you defend yourself with whatever is at hand we will be busy taking care of our own.
  
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- LandShark
  Posted on December 29, 2012 at 6:55pm
  @catty
  After reading your post the first thing I thought was that, as you were typing your post, in your mind you were thinking….”What a bad day do stop sniffing airplane glue”
  
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Hotrod25
Posted on December 28, 2012 at 2:02pm
After the way DICKS responded (following the liberal line that the guns are the problem) I will never shop there again. Gander Mountain still sells them and now they have a new customer for all of my sporting good needs. not just guns. also fishing equipment and anything else sports related. I will never shop there again

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LeadNotFollow
Posted on December 28, 2012 at 2:01pm
Dick’s can run themselves out of business for all I care.
I just feel sorry for all the employees who will lose their jobs.

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- wearedoomed
  Posted on December 29, 2012 at 6:47am
  …I really don;t see them closing, their “Hunting Lodge” is not a huge part of store sales….I feel it’s not their “core”,…..
  
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mcsledge
Posted on December 28, 2012 at 2:01pm
Any more, your only real defense is the almighty dollar. Boycott Dick’s Sporting Goods. After this news, I will not buy there. Let’s see how long they can stay in business when they choose to play the moral police.

After all, isn’t it legal to still buy guns (including this type) in America.

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- Cavallo
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 2:24pm
  Shop at Wal-Mart. They at least told the PC police to go stuff it. … at least so far. They’re running out of inventory though. One of my local Walmarts was sold out of rifles just yesterday.. even the .22s and bolt action hunting rifles.
  
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- vaman
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 2:34pm
  No doubt Dicks will suffer dearly because a bunch of hill billys from the blaze won’t shop there. You people don’t have many stores left considering all of the things, ideas and people you hate.
  
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- Cavallo
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 3:36pm
  Just Hunters alone contribute 4.6 billion to the US economy yearly. That is a sizable chunk of market share to miss out on. If other firearm friendly outdoor enthusiasts also shop elsewhere, Dicks will have to start laying off people and closing stores. Maybe they can become a niche company and market to the limp wristed sackless environmentalists as they fight over the dope farmers amongst themselves. Tree hugging hypocrites need to wear ponchos now and then when they chain themselves to plants right?
  
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- Cavallo
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 3:40pm
  Oh, I’m sorry 22.9 B.
  http://huntingbusinessmarketing.com/23-billion-hunting/
  
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- LandShark
  Posted on December 29, 2012 at 7:22pm
  @vaman
  
  Gee that might actually mean small, independent stores,( that were displaced by mega-marts which forced small local stores out of business) where they actually care about customers while they sell products lines they want to sell, might come back ? Oh my… parish the thought.
  I suppose you actively give monies to stores and business who go against your grain of thought ?
  Riiiiight…
  
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RaydocX
Posted on December 28, 2012 at 2:01pm
I have already written to the company about my displeasure at their decision.
They actively marketed ‘modern sporting rifles’ as the holiday approached.
They continue to sell multi round shotguns and rifles, as well as the requisite .223 or 5.56 ammo for the AR platform.

And in point of fact, their employees did the right thing… When the shooter tried to buy weapons they turned him away…

So why the knee jerk EmOtIoNaL response for a corporation? Someone has overreacted, and the further decision not to honor agreements already made with customers I hope will come back to bite them in the keester…

Capitulating to the feeling driven minority who DON’T PURCHASE FIREARMS IN THE FIRST PLACE, much less a majority of the other products the store offers is a losing proposition… capitulating to protestors at the expense of your customers.

As I told them, I would prefer to shop locally, but if they cannot understand how their decision adversely affects gun owners, gun rights, and their bottom line, I will happily drive to Cabela’s or Bass Pro Shops, where they recognize it is not the tool but the person wielding it.

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athiest-infedel
Posted on December 28, 2012 at 2:00pm
Spineless jellyfish.

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RJJinGadsden
Posted on December 28, 2012 at 2:00pm
Will never bother making another 140 mile round trip to another Dick’s Sporting Goods store again.

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- The-Monk
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 2:08pm
  Hi RJJ,
  
  This is the first I’ve heard about Dick’s being the sole distributor.
  
  I wonder what their contract says about this?
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 4:40pm
  Hi MONK, LOL, yeah I wonder too?
  
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afishfarted
Posted on December 28, 2012 at 1:59pm
Dicks has just signed their own death warrant. If they don’t ge their heads outta their butts an go back to their previous pro-gun position, they will be closing stores nationwide by the end of 2013.
Seems to me Troy has a good law suit

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- vaman
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 2:42pm
  So you think people are going to stop buying all of the other stuff Dicks sells, just because they have temporarily stopped selling rifles that resemble the one used to butcher children out of a semblance of respect? Blaze fanatic, you are so wrong and I predict sales go up. Level headed gun enthusiasts understand what Dicks is doing and respect it.
  
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- SingerGuy
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 3:04pm
  I’m glad I wasn’t drinking anything when I read Vaman’s reply. I might have sprayed my monitor with it.
  
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- Fubared
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 3:55pm
  Singer
  Perhaps you are witnessing the new interest in pink furniture via vaman.
  
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- Free_Thinker
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 4:43pm
  @ VAMAN
  
  I have a squirt gun that looks like an Bushmaster too, should I stop squirting people with it because it “resembles” a real one? You are a moron if you think it makes any difference what so ever. Calling people rednecks and hillbillies while hiding behind a keyboard is pretty grown up. The original “Assault Gun Ban” was mostly about guns that resembled something too. Quit being scared of the boogy gun.
  
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- ColoradoRay
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 5:14pm
  Vaman, Despite your obvious trolling you could atleast get the facts straight. The CT shooter used two pistols and never even touched the rifle after placing it in his car. What level headed gun enthusiast do you know who didnt go out and buy all the ammo and magazines that they could afford before feinsteins bill even gets a vote?
  
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- coppervette
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 6:48pm
  No Afishfarted they won’t close they will just replace gun sales with birth control pills and perform gay marriages.
  
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pfarm
Posted on December 28, 2012 at 1:57pm
Dicks sucks

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dosdelgados
Posted on December 28, 2012 at 1:53pm
Dicks also needs to have some respect for the millions of Americans who want to keep their families safe. Guess we know why they chose their store name…reflection of the management.

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- Dkoonz
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 1:58pm
  Never shop with or at Dicks. What a bunch of cowards.
  
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- Fubared
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 2:00pm
  Encinoms sporting goods. Dicks.
  
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- naughtycal
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 2:02pm
  And Conservative and liberal NRA members alike should vote with their feet,there are plenty of other sporting goods stores to shop along with smaller local retailers as well.
  
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Smokepole
Posted on December 28, 2012 at 1:52pm
Dicks is DICKS!

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- Alky
  Posted on December 29, 2012 at 11:25am
  Dicks R Us
  
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