Dick’s Sporting Goods Faces Customer Outrage Over Gun Ban

Todd Starnes
radio.foxnews.com
December 31, 2012

Dick’s Sporting Goods customers are threatening a class-action lawsuit after the company allegedly refused to fill gun orders made weeks before the school shooting in Newtown, Conn.

Dick’s announced just before Christmas that it was suspended sales of rifles out of respect for the victims of the school shooting. But some customers allege the company is also refusing to honor sales made the day after Thanksgiving.

And thousands have joined a Facebook page calling for a boycott of the company.

“What makes this situation even more frustrating is that I am a law enforcement officer and purchased this rifle specifically to use while on duty,” a gun owner told Military Times. “My agency allows us to carry rifles, but cannot afford to issue one to every member.”

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This article was posted: Monday, December 31, 2012 at 11:28 am

Tags: constitution, domestic news, gun rights

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