This is one of those stories I was gonna let slide. More news about a sporting goods store abandoning firearms they sold for sporting purposes because sometimes people use them to kill people. But I saw that title and had to have a go at this.
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Dick’s Lost 150 Million Last Year After It Virtue Signaled On Gun Sales
From Bloomberg Business – “Restricting Gun Sales Cost Dick’s $150 Million Last Year.” CEO says it was worth it. Was it? People who buy firearms for sport spend money on other things at your store, well – they used to do that. Now they go somewhere else.
Dick’s Sporting Goods Considers Dropping Hunting Gear as Sales Decline
Dick’s Sporting Goods joined the ‘Gun Control’ bandwagon after the Parkland School shooting. Dick’s announced they would no longer sell AR-15’s or firearms to anyone under 21-years of age. Nothing has gone right for them since. Not really.
Dick’s Sales Drop 4 Percent After Its Embrace of the Liberal Narrative on Guns
Consumer confidence is reaching new heights and the economy is clicking along but not at Dick’s sporting goods.
In the Wall Street Journal report, Dick’s said that comparable store sales from the previous year had fallen 4 percent, and the company’s same-store sales from the previous year were down 1.9 percent.
The results, according to the report, were clearly weaker than expected — especially considering that consumer confidence for the month of August was the highest that it’s been in nearly two decades.
Levi Strauss has just thrown in with gun control group Everytown for Gun Safety
“While taking a stand can be unpopular with some, doing nothing is no longer an option”
Some, you say? That’s going to be a rather large sum of “somes”, Levi Strauss CEO / President Chip Bergh now that you have announced millions of dollars for those that desire to restrict our Second Amendment Rights. You just announced that you will be:
So today, on top of our previous actions, Levi Strauss & Co. is lending its support for gun violence prevention in three new areas. First, we have established the Safer Tomorrow Fund, which will direct more than $1 million in philanthropic grants from Levi Strauss & Co. over the next four years to fuel the work of nonprofits and youth activists who are working to end gun violence in America.