As we told you the other day, Dick’s Sporting Goods “must really really want to go out of business” as the company decided to destroy rifles that the company decided to no longer sell rather than return them to the manufacturer or sell them to another retailer.
Now, it’s not clear from any of the reporting just how many guns are being destroyed, but the NRA did get this good zinger on the company’s “strange business model”:
.@DICKS decision isn’t focusing on the actual problem, what it is doing is punishing law-abiding citizens. What a waste, and what a strange business model. #DefendTheSecond #2A #NRA https://t.co/mUNmV6O1ot
— NRA (@NRA) April 17, 2018
Well, yes … Dick’s can do whatever it wants with its guns, but that still doesn’t mean it makes business sense:
https://twitter.com/RaySteeleRTV6/status/986891216603279360
"What a waste" for the NRA = destroying guns. Not lives, guns. https://t.co/1YC3sAyGQ0
— Dan Saltzstein (@dansaltzstein) April 18, 2018
Dick’s can do whatever it wants, as far as we’re concerned. But that doesn’t make it a smart business decision, which is what the NRA pointed out:
*louder for the kids in the back*
THE 2ND AMENDMENT DOESN'T MEAN THAT @DICKS HAS TO SELL YOU GUNS, JUST LIKE THE 1ST AMENDMENT DOESN'T MEAN THAT @DICKS HAS TO PUBLISH PRO-GUN MANIFESTOS ON ITS WEBSITE.
Stop abusing the Constitution, FFS. https://t.co/3ZcTyYbvqr
— Alan Levinovitz (@AlanLevinovitz) April 17, 2018
Narrator voice: The point of a company is to make money:
It's not about making money. It's about removing assault rifles from the streets to increase the odds of saving lives.
You are a clueless & soulless organization, @NRA.
cc: @DLoesch https://t.co/gIS5nm9SOb
— Morgan J. Freeman (@mjfree) April 17, 2018
Tell us more about how nobody wants to ban all semi-automatic guns in America:
Destroy every single semiautomatic rifle in the United States https://t.co/yoQKzbED5N
— Lubekeeper Zinnia (@ZJemptv) April 18, 2018
And as far anti-gun publicity stunts go, this move by Dick’s still pales in comparison to the geniuses over at Delta:
Dear @Delta
While only 13 NRA members took advantage of your discount, the airline’s attempt to implicate the NRA in school shootings led the Georgia legislature to eliminate tax breaks that were expected to be worth some $50 million. #2A #NRA https://t.co/JqhN6Yfo2f pic.twitter.com/VRQhobzsm0— NRA (@NRA) April 17, 2018
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MORE Boycott BS: Dick's Sporting Goods must really really REALLY want to go out of business https://t.co/GZWUnGvY1B
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) April 16, 2018
Puh-LEEZE! Rep. Ted Lieu's trying HARD to keep Dems' NRA/Russia narrative alive (FAIL ensues) https://t.co/xYb2nJ0k8g
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) April 18, 2018
BRING IT! Alyssa Milano wants to DEFEAT the NRA but their members AIN'T havin' any of it https://t.co/4Y87qaxgfM
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) April 17, 2018
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