In Support of Corporate Responsibility; Kudos to Dick’s Sporting Goods December 19, 2012
Posted by makingyourdashcount in Uncategorized.Tags: danbury CT, Dick's Sporting Goods, Dicks, gun advocates, guns, newtown, Sandy Hook
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Although gun advocates on FaceBook do not like Dick’s Sporting Good’s decision to pull “sporting” rifles like the Bushmaster .223 (shown above)used at Sandy Hook and high capacity magazines from their stores and all guns from their stores in Connecticut, at least temporarily, I find it refreshing that a company has taken corporate responsibility to heart. The Gale Directory publishes Dick’s mission:
To be the #1 sports and fitness specialty retailer for all athletes and outdoor enthusiasts through the relentless improvement of everything we do.
I expect that a report that the perpetrator of the Sandy Hook shootings tried to purchase firearms at the Danbury, CT store sent a shock through the corporation. If that sale had been complete, it would have been their merchandise that killed 26 people. It would not have helped fulfill the mission of the company, only those of its stockholders. I admire any corporation that gives up sales because they consider it “the right thing to do.”
So many comments by these Face Book gun advocates refer to constitutional rights and Dick’s preventing them from purchasing a firearm to protect families. It seems to me that all Dick’s wants to do is promote sports and fitness and does not want human blood staining it’s hands or reputation. Target shooting; even hunting does not require semi-automatic rifles that look like they came from a war zone.
What it comes down to: If you want to purchase a gun to use against humans, don’t go to Dick’s. The above image is the model that law enforcement expects was used. Tell me “how” this belongs in anyone’s neighborhood!
So if you feel that these should be sold at your neighborhood sporting goods store, go ahead boycott Dick’s. Me?
I “need” to buy some new workout clothes for a class that I’m starting. I think I’ll head over to my local Dick’s and give them some business.
Making your Dash Count 
DSG’s decision to remove certain types of firearms from their stores indicates complicity with the federal government’s illegal, unconstitutional, and treasonous assault on the right of the people to keep and bear arms by perpetuating the collectivist sheep’s paranoid fear of black rifles.
I disagree. It was a business decision based on what the company wishes to sell. Just because one CAN sell something doesn’t mean that they have to. If you don’t like it, don’t be a stock holder. Their mission clearly states their desire to be a sporting goods company. I appreciate that they are questioning what to and what not to stock in the name of “fun.”
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