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The liberal media were jubilant when news broke Wednesday morning that Dick’s Sporting Goods planned to stop selling AR-15’s at all their stores and would impose age restrictions on those looking to purchase a weapon. But what they were championing as growing momentum for their gun control cause may just be a case of political opportunism because Dick’s made the same announcement in 2012 after Sandy Hook, but neither ABC nor NBC cared to mention that key tidbit that evening.
“In what could be a tipping point in a growing corporate response to the Florida school shooting, one of the country's biggest sporting goods retailers announced today that it will stop selling assault-style rifles along with the sale of any guns to those under 21,” announced anchor Lester Holt enthusiastically during NBC Nightly News.
The story was boosted by reporter Kate Snow who sat down with the company’s CEO, Ed Stack as he explained his contrived reasoning. Stack told Snow that they were pulling the guns because the shooter had purchased a SHOTGUN from one of their stores, even though it wasn’t used in the shooting. “The company is no longer selling assault-style rifles or high-capacity magazines. And will not sell any firearms to anyone under 21,” Snow touted.
“At Dick's Sporting Goods stores today, the decision welcomed by some gun owners,” Snow noted before playing a clip of one man ridiculously proclaiming, “What's an ar-15 for? It’s to kill people.”
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