A shopper walks towards a Dick’s Sporting Goods store in Frankfort, Ky. By Jacob Bogage Jacob Bogage National sports writer and blogger Email Bio Follow March 16 at 7:30 AM Dick’s Sporting Goods announced this week it will pull guns and ammunition off the shelves of 125 of its 720 stores.
Where once outdoorsy consumers convened for fishing tackle, camping tents and shotgun slugs, parents and children now gather for sneakers, soccer balls and their favorite team’s T-shirt. Instead, more than one in three consumers purchased guns from local firearm-specific shops and more than 15 percent bought them online. Gun buyers were also twice as likely to buy from an outdoors specialty store, such as Bass Pro Shops, Cabela’s or Field & Stream, than a general sporting goods store.
And selling guns is an expensive business.A salesperson knowledgeable about guns costs more to employ than one knowledgeable about baseball bats, Cohen said. Training staff to adhere to federal and state laws governing firearm sales takes a lot of resources. Guns are also pretty big. They take up a whole lot of shelf space that could be used for other products that are easier to sell.
Nope. They're not sporting goods. They are weapons of self-defense designed stop a violent criminal instantly. As a bonus, you can shoot deer, too.
No, killing is not a sport. As a Native American let me just say, hunting should be restricted to survival not fun. We honor an animal's sacrifice, we mourn them, we don't kill them for fun& mount their heads. Sick.
Was WaPo ever journalism?
Wapo is not still News Mockingbird shit.
They were sporting goods long before Dick's existed
Yes. Real question is how long until dick’s goes under?
Dick's caved into the mob, and hurt it's shareholders. We need citizens to be armed now more than ever, and there has been no issue with legal gun owners, only crooked politicians and leftist/nazi mobs
Bout damn time..
When will they change there name to 'Pussie's'?
No,they are was for sporting. Unless you considered killing a sport.
Well done WaPo, this is exactly the kind of news the NZ shooter wanted and exactly the kind of question he wanted asked by you and your ilk.
Brilliant move Dick (for Cabelas) I think they still consider hunting a sport, Cabelas will pickup the slack though.
Yes, they are.
Yep. Dicks deciding not to stock items of a certain sport doesnt make that sport invalid.
Oh so they're just removing guns from certain stores where cushy urban people who have probably never touched one, let alone ever gone camping, don't buy them anyway and they can use the space for yoga pants or something.
Before I read, I'm just going to assume the writer has never handled a firearm.
Have you been to a Dicks Sporting Goods lately? It’s just a women’s clothing store now. They’ll be out of business in 5 years if they don’t make drastic changes.
They will be once Trump starts handing out hunting licenses for the enemies of the people.
Go woke, go broke.
Who cares...
ill ask some Olympic shooters what they think
They own 'Field and Stream' stores so
If you are a skeet shooter they are. Will you be denying archery is a sport next? You are gonna get a bit of a shock if you go to the winter olympics.
Shooting is a sport. Duh.
They don’t have to sell arms if they don’t want too
Yes
DICK'S are exactly what they are, but these have no balls. Never set foot in one again. Maybe not a big lose for them, but a big win for me. The problem with doing this, anit-gun people don't play sports anyway, LOL.
Went to shop at Dick’s because ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THEN WORDS N WORDS MATTER!!!
Have they ever been?
As WP pulls truth and integrity from its standards is it still a news source?
No
That Will be the end for dicks! Never been there and never will,nor my family or friends. You're choice to end it.
Not at Dicks!!!
No! They never have been! 🙄
Who buys guns at Dicks sporting goods lol
Ah, yes they are. But nobody goes to Dicks for guns so who cares.
Umm, no. It means I don’t do business there any longer.
Although I don’t hunt, it is no secret that both hunting and fishing has been considered a sport for hundreds of years. Dick’s however pulled out for the oldest reason in the world, low sales/no profits. The same reason their Field & Stream stores have failed🌞
I’m an avid hunter. Yes my firearms are hunting implements but can also defend my home.
Not really.
Yes and short DKS stock
Hunting should never have been recognized as a 'sport' in the first place. If the end goal is to kill a living, breathing, being soley for the participant's entertainment, it shouldn't be recognized as a legitimate sport, let alone sponsored or promoted.
They sure are. The excise taxes from their sales, and the ammunition, along with the license fees of the sportsmen who use them are the major source of funding for wildlife conservation programs.
Dick’s a sporting goods store? All they sell here is shoes and sunglasses. I don’t know why people think it’s a good place to buy a gun. Its probably a good place to buy your wife’s boyfriend a golf club or something, but not guns and ammo.
You bet..
Thank you Dick’s Sporting Goods!! A business that gets it....refreshing!!
Yeah, it’s like asking if the Washington Post is news!
Register and tax .very dangerous. Are you responsible enough to posses this?
This article is nothing but an excuse for stupid decisions by DICKS . They pissed off supporters of the 2nd amendment and are paying the price. This article tries to make excuses.
Yes they are
Are we shaming people into giving up our freedom?
yes.
Dick's is a dimwitted as the lackeys of Bezos. No mystery here.
I'm proud of this decision. More gun shops should close.
there sales have gone down because of them pulling some of the rifles down. No one cares what they do since people stopped shopping at Dicks
Hunting weapons and target guns yes otherwise probably not
Yes.
That is a stupid question.
For most people, yes they are.
Not very sporting to shoot unarmed animals or people.
Just another reason not to go there.
Yes.
Duh. What a stupid question are firearms still sporting goods.
Guns are designed and made to kill. That is all.
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They only stopped selling guns in a small fraction of their stores. Makes sense. Most city people don’t shop for fire arms anymore
Yes, dipshits.
No, murder is NOT a sport...
To millions of Americans who participate in shooting sports yes they most definitely are. Including rifles built on the AR platform which are used in target shooting sports and hunting, especially predator (ie coyote) hunting
hunting rifles are
EdSkipper Hunting rifles? Sure.
guns are for defending our homes, from government and criminals. Drugs are the enemy. and Open borders and sanctuary cities the methods.
Absolutely!
The parent company of Dick’s owns the Field and Stream stores that still sell firearms. Don’t let their PR propaganda fool you. They are still making their money.
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Let’s see how fast Dick’s starts closing stores.
Hunger Games tells me that people killing other people is called sport
If people continue to think shooting other people is a sport, then obviously they are.
The Washington Post keep putting on news, are still the Washington Post a newspaper?
if you're a murderer for pleasure it is.
My uncle used a bow. Try that instead.
Excellent for the small gun store owners..our friends sales have doubled since the local “dicks” went gunless...👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Shooting is part of the olympics and there are many other competetive shooting events.
Sometimes. Sometimes they're self-defense weapons. And sometimes they're misused/abused. See also: cars, knives, plastic bags, hammers, baseball bats, etc, etc, etc.
Anyone ever hear about 3-Gun Competitions? 3gun
Yes
See Dick's go out of business Don't be Dick's
Not at Dick's Sporting Goods they aren't. And a lot of Americans aren't at Dick's Sporting Goods now. What else you want to know?
No
Cowards pandering to the left.
A simple google search suggests it is.
Cartels are manufacturing their own weapons
Looks like Dicks Sporting Good’s will be in bankruptcy before too long.
There are people who enjoy hunting, skeet shooting, there is an Olympic competition using rifles...there are other sporting uses of guns. You are playing into the fears of those who feel their second amendment rights are going to be taken away!
Yes. Yes they are.
Is there meat in the freezer?
You all are ridiculous!
Deadly weapons 🔥
depends on the type of gun; a bolt action rifle in 7mm Rem Mag is not the same thing as an M4.
There’s nothing “sporting” about automatic & semi-automatic weapons. EndGunViolence Enough
Ridiculous question! Trying to spin a narrative that fits their agenda. Dicks Sporting Good gave in to a mob mentality , it will cost them in their business in the long run. They blow with the wind!
Not since crazies started using them for murder.
I will now shop only at Dick's for real sporting goods.
No
No DICKS is now pure trash and won't get another dollar from me or my family!
Shooting is an Olympic sport, so yes, firearms are sporting goods.
Great news for small business/mom and pop gun shops!
Sport.....hunting.... with semi-auto guns must be such a difficult sport.🙄 Good for Dick’s!!! About time some accountability is shown!!!!👏👏
They never were. If it were a sport, the animals would have guns too.
That is brilliant spin. They alienated a huge chunk of their client base and lost a great deal of revenue... now.. gun shoppers are too high maintenance.. yes, guns are still a sporting good.
It is in the eyes of GOP and Trump’s supporters.
This like asking, are baseball bats still weapons?
NO
Said someone who's clearly never lived in Michigan in the fall.
Shooting is an olympic sport. So, the answer is 'yes' you numbwits
'Sporting Goods' were never the problem. 'Dick's' created their problem when they sold out the Constitution, their customer base & the American people.
Dick's pulling out?
Yes, a corporate entity is not the final authority on the English language or on logic
A hunting rifle is a sporting good. A handgun isn't, and neither is a AR-15, even if it's painted pink for the ladies. My opinion.
The sooner this leftist-infested company goes bankrupt, the better.
Surely not semi-automatics. I fail to see it for pistols
No, it's a tool to fight tyranny
Is Washington Post still news?
Only if both sides have them, and there is a shot clock.
Sporting goods stores already closing and going out of biz WITH gun sales. How long before sporting goods stores are no longer a thing? SportsAuthority
Hunting is a sport that allows families to feed their children. Let's see how this works out.
No. Other than shotguns and rifles for hunting .. they're weapons for cowards.
Narrator voice: they never were.
Yes. It's in the fucking Olympics for crying out loud.
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Yes. Shop at bass pro or big drive instead
What a BRILLIANT question!!! USAToday
Are you still a news organization?
Guns are to sporting goods as tanks are to Sports Utility Vehicles.
Yes, but DICKS is no longer a sporting goods store.
Yes.
No
Guns are sporting goods only to white supremacists.
Is water still wet
Yeah but dicks owns Field and Stream which sells guns. Don’t be fooled ...
No
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