Alignment: Stopped selling AR-15-style rifles after the 2018 Parkland shooting; destroyed $5 million in unsold rifle inventory; CEO Ed Stack publicly lobbied for gun-control legislation; raised minimum age for gun purchases to 21.
Summary
Dick’s Sporting Goods is a Pennsylvania-based publicly-traded sporting goods retailer. After the 2018 Parkland school shooting, then-CEO Ed Stack announced the company would stop selling assault-style rifles, raise the minimum gun-purchase age to 21, and publicly destroy approximately $5 million worth of unsold rifle inventory. Stack subsequently lobbied other retailers and Congress to adopt similar measures, becoming one of the most prominent corporate voices for gun control.
Claims & Sources
Claim 1: Dick’s stopped selling assault-style rifles and raised the minimum gun-buying age to 21 in 2018.
Source: CBS News — Dick’s Sporting Goods Will Stop Selling Assault-Style Rifles.
Claim 2: Dick’s publicly destroyed approximately $5 million in unsold firearm inventory.
Source: CBS News — Dick’s Sporting Goods Destroyed $5 Million Worth Of Guns.
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