Dick’s ends sales of assault rifles at all its US stores
The US sports retailer’s move is the latest example of a growing corporate backlash against the NRA after school shooting
New York — US retailer Dick’s Sporting Goods announced on Wednesday it would stop selling assault-style rifles and bar gun sales to any customers under 21 in the wake of the Florida school shooting. Responding to the outcry from victims of the deadly Parkland high school shooting that claimed 17 lives, including 14 children, earlier this month, Dick’s called on politicians to enact "common sense gun reform". Nikolas Cruz used an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle in the shooting, the same weapon used by many other mass shooters in the US, and he also purchased another weapon from Dick’s a few months before the February 14 incident. Dick’s CE Edward Stack said: "We have to help solve the problem that’s in front of us. "Gun violence is an epidemic that’s taking the lives of too many people, including the brightest hope for the future of America — our kids," he said. The move was the latest example of corporate backlash against the gun industry in the wake of the most recent tragedy, with some...
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