“When we saw what happened in Parkland, we were so disturbed and upset. We love these kids and their rallying cry, ‘enough is enough.’ It got to us. We’re going to take a stand and step up and tell people our view and, hopefully, bring people along into the conversation.” -- Edward Stack, CEO of Dick's Sporting Goods, one of the nation's largest sporting goods stores, announcing that his company will no longer sell military assault-style rifles or high capacity magazines. Stack, the son of Dicks's founder, noted that his store had sold Parkland shooter Nick Cruz a shotgun last year, and while it wasn't used in the shooting:
“But it came to us that we could have been a part of this story. We said, ‘We don’t want to be a part of this any longer.’”Dick's also released a statement saying they would no longer sell firearms to anyone under 21 years of age and that the company supported a ban on assault-style firearms. Read the full statement here.
UPDATE: As commenter donnah notes, Dick's suspended sales of assault rifles after the Sandy Hook massacre, only to start selling them again a year later. We need to make sure this time is different.
