Dick's CEO Confronted By Shareholder For Scorched Earth Against 2nd Amd.

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At the annual shareholders meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, CEO Edward Stack of Dick's Sporting Goods was confronted and grilled by shareholder and Second Amendment advocate David Almasi as to why the sporting good giant betrayed it's customers and more importantly "America's right to keep and bear arms" which is a founding principle of our democracy.

Almasi, a vice president at the National Center for Public Policy Research, attended the meeting representing the think tank's Free Enterprise Project, confronted Stack, accusing him of violating his responsibilities and fiduciary duties, by purposely giving money in support of anti gun propagandists.

Within the crowded assembly Almasi challenged Stack's anti gun stand, blasting the retailer's recent capitulation to the frenzied anti-gun zealots, stating; "Dick's has damaged its reputation by lending its voice and its resources to those who want to abolish the Second Amendment."

Adding, "30% of American adults own guns and another 11% live with someone who does. You've now alienated them."

The sudden assault to our Second Amendment by the retail sporting-goods giant began soon after the February 17th Parkland massacre, in which 17-innocent individuals were senselessly gunned down by a deranged loner.

The company also announced that it would raise the age limit to 21, for purchasing "all firearms," ironically the age limit is 3-years after the legal age for someone serving within the military.

However the most egregious policy change by Dick's is in their mistreatment of their loyal customer's, which are avoid sports enthusiasts, who respect the Second Amendment.

The scorched earth business decision by Dick's to willfully abandon a sizable portion of their loyal customer base, has had a profound negative effect on their bottom-line admitted Stack.

Just another politically correct company that does not believe in the Second Amendment

 

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At the annual shareholders meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, CEO Edward Stack of Dick's Sporting Goods was confronted and grilled by shareholder and Second Amendment advocate David Almasi as to why the sporting good giant betrayed it's customers and more importantly "America's right to keep and bear arms" which is a founding principle of our democracy.

Almasi, a vice president at the National Center for Public Policy Research, attended the meeting representing the think tank's Free Enterprise Project, confronted Stack, accusing him of violating his responsibilities and fiduciary duties, by purposely giving money in support of anti gun propagandists.

Within the crowded assembly Almasi challenged Stack's anti gun stand, blasting the retailer's recent capitulation to the frenzied anti-gun zealots, stating; "Dick's has damaged its reputation by lending its voice and its resources to those who want to abolish the Second Amendment."

Adding, "30% of American adults own guns and another 11% live with someone who does. You've now alienated them."

The sudden assault to our Second Amendment by the retail sporting-goods giant began soon after the February 17th Parkland massacre, in which 17-innocent individuals were senselessly gunned down by a deranged loner.

The company also announced that it would raise the age limit to 21, for purchasing "all firearms," ironically the age limit is 3-years after the legal age for someone serving within the military.

However the most egregious policy change by Dick's is in their mistreatment of their loyal customer's, which are avoid sports enthusiasts, who respect the Second Amendment.

The scorched earth business decision by Dick's to willfully abandon a sizable portion of their loyal customer base, has had a profound negative effect on their bottom-line admitted Stack.

Just another politically correct company that does not believe in the Second Amendment

It was not a political belief that made them do what they did. It was an economic one. They don't need a weatherman to see which way the wind is blowing. Corporations are all about making profit. The David Hogg generation is what counts, it is the future, not the Ollie North generation, that is the past.

 

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For those that want to hear how things went at shareholders meeting:

The gun sales advocate:

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CEO's response:

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The CEO is a ***** whipped *****...
Just another anti-Second Amendment **** up

 

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Nothing true about this statement at all.

You are delusional, then. The attitude toward guns is changing. Sure, gun nuts are doubling down, but I think the (good and right) stigmatization of guns is beginning, in earnest.

Na, Dicks does not speak for firearm owners, because Dicks is anti-Second Amendment company

 

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At the annual shareholders meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, CEO Edward Stack of Dick's Sporting Goods was confronted and grilled by shareholder and Second Amendment advocate David Almasi as to why the sporting good giant betrayed it's customers and more importantly "America's right to keep and bear arms" which is a founding principle of our democracy.

Almasi, a vice president at the National Center for Public Policy Research, attended the meeting representing the think tank's Free Enterprise Project, confronted Stack, accusing him of violating his responsibilities and fiduciary duties, by purposely giving money in support of anti gun propagandists.

Within the crowded assembly Almasi challenged Stack's anti gun stand, blasting the retailer's recent capitulation to the frenzied anti-gun zealots, stating; "Dick's has damaged its reputation by lending its voice and its resources to those who want to abolish the Second Amendment."

Adding, "30% of American adults own guns and another 11% live with someone who does. You've now alienated them."

The sudden assault to our Second Amendment by the retail sporting-goods giant began soon after the February 17th Parkland massacre, in which 17-innocent individuals were senselessly gunned down by a deranged loner.

The company also announced that it would raise the age limit to 21, for purchasing "all firearms," ironically the age limit is 3-years after the legal age for someone serving within the military.

However the most egregious policy change by Dick's is in their mistreatment of their loyal customer's, which are avoid sports enthusiasts, who respect the Second Amendment.

The scorched earth business decision by Dick's to willfully abandon a sizable portion of their loyal customer base, has had a profound negative effect on their bottom-line admitted Stack.

Lol, you consies snowflakes forget that second amendment doesn't say he has to sell guns?

He's not betraying anyone.

No one said he is betraying anybody, He just has made his company into a anti-Second Amendment company.
They will just continue selling some soccer balls and such... Not a real sporting good store

 

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A firearm is not a "tool of death". It is a tool to use to provide food, to provide entertainment and recreation, and a tool of self defense

It is,first and foremost, a tool of death. I am not saying it cannot also be used to accomplish those things,and you are missing my point.

No, I'm pointing out that you have no point because your fear and hatred is blinding you to the truth. It is NOT a tool of death. It is so much more than that. It's all about the PERSON that is using it.

And the vast majority of people shouldn't be using them.

 

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Does not the right believe that business may sell or not what it pleases, as long as it follows the law?

Their Nanny State insists on telling you what merchandise you must sell

Now, if Dicks refused to sell to a gay couple, they would applaud

That’s why the right to refuse service to anybody works in all cases… And hurts nobody

 

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Does not the right believe that business may sell or not what it pleases, as long as it follows the law?

Their Nanny State insists on telling you what merchandise you must sell

Now, if Dicks refused to sell to a gay couple, they would applaud

A shareholder pointing out correctly, that the CEO is not doing his job,


is not the State, you moron.

The CEO is responsible for the direction of the company
He does not want to be associated with assault rifles. Neither does Walmart

He’s at anti-Second Amendment *****… Very suiting for the company that is dicks... I agree

 

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Does not the right believe that business may sell or not what it pleases, as long as it follows the law?

Their Nanny State insists on telling you what merchandise you must sell

Now, if Dicks refused to sell to a gay couple, they would applaud

A sporting goods store that doesnt sell firearms and ammo is very likely to go out of business for two reasons.
Loss of market share when it comes to firearms and loss of sales from 2nd amendment supporters.

Many sporting goods companies do not sell firearms

Yes, It’s their prerogative. But dicks is the anti-Second Amendment company for pussies

 

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at this point it does not matter at all to me if dicks changes its policies back to selling ars

i will never shop at their store or any subsidiaries they may have

Dicks does not want mass murderers as clients

Firearms don’t kill people, people kill people… Shit for brains

 

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So what? I'm sure horse and buggy stock isn't doing so well, either. Times are changing, and people are waking up to what guns really are : death tools.

Guns in the hands of the 90 million private citizens who own them aren't meant to be death tools, but rather, sporting equipment at the range and only death tools in self defense or hunting for venison.

Manage to kill 30,000 people a year

Na, People kill people firearms have never killed anybody on their own.

 

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So what? I'm sure horse and buggy stock isn't doing so well, either. Times are changing, and people are waking up to what guns really are : death tools.

Guns in the hands of the 90 million private citizens who own them aren't meant to be death tools, but rather, sporting equipment at the range and only death tools in self defense or hunting for venison.

Manage to kill 30,000 people a year

Swimming pools and hot tubs are far more dangerous on a per capita basis. better not go swimming.

If we had more responsible gun owners in this nation we have less gun deaths.

The vast majority of violent crimes, in fact almost all of them are not done by legal firearm owners. shit for brains

 

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So what? I'm sure horse and buggy stock isn't doing so well, either. Times are changing, and people are waking up to what guns really are : death tools.

Have you invested in stocks for Gulags and Concentration Camps? After all, should you democrats gain power and disarm the peasants, those will the the growth industries in America.

 

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So what? I'm sure horse and buggy stock isn't doing so well, either. Times are changing, and people are waking up to what guns really are : death tools.

Golly, that's helpful, 'cuz when I was a kid, we all thought firearms were tools to make rainbows.

Thanks for clearing that up.

You're welcome. See, we have normalized these items that are chiefly used to put holes in living things. They should not ever have been normalized. They should have a stigma attached to them. And this is starting to happen.

If I saw a guy in line at the grocery store with a spiked club and samurai swords across his back, I would think, "Wow, look at this ******* freak!" I think the same thing should happen with guns, and I think it will.

If that doesn't make sense, I could try to dumb it down further.

Yeah, we "normalized" them in about 1200 AD, Comrade.

But I get it, guns don't take much skill, so peasants can challenge professional soldiers. Which is really intolerable to totalitarians like you Stalinist democrats.

 

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So what? I'm sure horse and buggy stock isn't doing so well, either. Times are changing, and people are waking up to what guns really are : death tools.

Guns in the hands of the 90 million private citizens who own them aren't meant to be death tools, but rather, sporting equipment at the range and only death tools in self defense or hunting for venison.

Manage to kill 30,000 people a year

Only in the hands of criminals and the mentally-ill. Law abiding gun owners are still NOT responsible for that, neither is the NRA, which is an advocate for safe gun use in families.
Brazilians had their guns taken away by the government and since then, the homicide rate there has climbed to over 60,000 people, last year alone and the public is demanding the government return their guns so that they can defend themselves and the government is considering doing just that.
You see, the problem there, just as here, wasn't with those who legally owned the weapons, it was with the criminals who had them, kept them and continued using them against the good people who lost their rights to their guns.
Now, I know that you Marxists absolutely must have the guns taken away so that you can implement your Marxist ideology over the public so that the public cannot rise up against the planned destruction of our Constitution, but many of us won't be giving up the guns.

That’s the way it works
You are a law abiding gun owner up until you pull the trigger to kill someone....then you are a criminal

Brazil is not an equivalent society to ours.......Try Canada, UK, France, Germany, Australia, Japan

All have murder rates about one fifth of ours

Na, People kill people not firearms. Urban America does not represent America

 

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Guns in the hands of the 90 million private citizens who own them aren't meant to be death tools, but rather, sporting equipment at the range and only death tools in self defense or hunting for venison.

Manage to kill 30,000 people a year

Swimming pools and hot tubs are far more dangerous on a per capita basis. better not go swimming.

If we had more responsible gun owners in this nation we have less gun deaths.

If we had common sense immigration laws that prevented violent third worlders from flooding the country we would too. But then you wouldn't get your progressive shithole you so desperately desire.

I'm NOT pro-illegal immigration.
I am pro jail for illegals and employers of illegals.
I am pro stopping work visas for foreigners like the first Lady and the majority of tRumps employees in Florida.

You want a open southern border

 

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Weird, all the doom and gloom news and Dick's Sporting Goods stock has not been hurt at all. In fact, the stock is up.

Na, only short term.
They are not a real sporting goods store

 

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Guns in the hands of the 90 million private citizens who own them aren't meant to be death tools, but rather, sporting equipment at the range and only death tools in self defense or hunting for venison.

Manage to kill 30,000 people a year

Swimming pools and hot tubs are far more dangerous on a per capita basis. better not go swimming.

If we had more responsible gun owners in this nation we have less gun deaths.

We have MILLIONS of RESPONSIBLE gun owners who are very safe with their firearms.
The deaths by guns are a result of:
Suicides: I had to chuckle when I heard that someone said they were thinking of committing suicide and would only be hurting themselves and said so, online. The police were notified, the suicidal individual located and his guns were taken away, then they left, even though he told them he was depressed and had changed his mind. He had to fight to get them back. The thing was, after he left, he could have just as easily, taken some pills, hung himself with a belt, suffocated himself with a plastic bag, electrocuted himself, et cetera. All they did was take away the item that would have left his suicide a bit messier.
Gangs: These individual use stolen guns. Such individuals have been known to break into peoples homes and then into their safes to get at guns. They will get guns no matter what.
Assorted Criminals: Home invaders, burglars, robbers, car-jackers, drug-cartel members, organized crime, et cetera.
None of those individuals will turn in firearms.....that's why Brazil is faced with the high numbers of homicides, the criminals don't turn them in and use them on those that have.

Make gun owners EQUALLY responsible for securing their weapons, but that would hurt guns sales.

Na, Legal purchasing of firearms makes for responsible ownership. Anti-Second Amendment stores like dicks make Politically correct pussies feel good

 

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At the annual shareholders meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, CEO Edward Stack of Dick's Sporting Goods was confronted and grilled by shareholder and Second Amendment advocate David Almasi as to why the sporting good giant betrayed it's customers and more importantly "America's right to keep and bear arms" which is a founding principle of our democracy.

Almasi, a vice president at the National Center for Public Policy Research, attended the meeting representing the think tank's Free Enterprise Project, confronted Stack, accusing him of violating his responsibilities and fiduciary duties, by purposely giving money in support of anti gun propagandists.

Within the crowded assembly Almasi challenged Stack's anti gun stand, blasting the retailer's recent capitulation to the frenzied anti-gun zealots, stating; "Dick's has damaged its reputation by lending its voice and its resources to those who want to abolish the Second Amendment."

Adding, "30% of American adults own guns and another 11% live with someone who does. You've now alienated them."

The sudden assault to our Second Amendment by the retail sporting-goods giant began soon after the February 17th Parkland massacre, in which 17-innocent individuals were senselessly gunned down by a deranged loner.

The company also announced that it would raise the age limit to 21, for purchasing "all firearms," ironically the age limit is 3-years after the legal age for someone serving within the military.

However the most egregious policy change by Dick's is in their mistreatment of their loyal customer's, which are avoid sports enthusiasts, who respect the Second Amendment.

The scorched earth business decision by Dick's to willfully abandon a sizable portion of their loyal customer base, has had a profound negative effect on their bottom-line admitted Stack.

I can buy one share of a corporation and then label myself a shareholder.

Just another whiny little ***** looking for attention from the Wingnut Media.

Says a politically correct *****

 

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Weird, all the doom and gloom news and Dick's Sporting Goods stock has not been hurt at all. In fact, the stock is up.

Right-on!

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Oh boy look at that ONE DAY graph! Holy shit batman that looks great! Try taking a look at the five year graph boys and girls. Your "analysis" is laughable.

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Happy now?