Dick’s Keeps
Digging
NRA-ILA
Friday, May 4, 2018
The first law of holes, sometimes attributed to cowboy
philosopher Will Rogers, suggests, “If you find yourself in a hole, stop
digging.” In other words, don’t make a bad decision worse by expanding it, with
the hope that you will eventually extricate yourself. The hole will just get
deeper. Somebody may want to mention this to Dick’s Sporting Goods.
After the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School tragedy,
the retailer caved in to pressure from the gun-ban community and began to enact a number of anti-gun
policies at both Dick’s Sporting Goods and Field & Stream
stores. The most egregious of these new policies was the refusal to recognize
the Second Amendment rights of adults aged 18-20 by refusing to sell them
firearms.
Dick’s then doubled down by announcing it would
not just remove certain types of semi-automatic rifles from its stores, but
would actually destroy its entire stock of these commonly-owned firearms, along
with their accessories. Yes, you read that right. Dick’s will
destroy firearms.
But if anyone who supports our Right to Keep and Bear
Arms was still confused about Dick’s position on our firearms freedom, a recent article at
theFederalist.com should remove all doubt.
The Federalist reports that Dick’s Sporting Goods has
hired three new federal lobbyists to promote gun control in Congress.
Evidently, Dick’s has cut ties with a lobbying firm it had used for a number of
years to protect its business interests on issues like tax reform,
cybersecurity, and patent litigation reform. New lobbyist registration
documents state the new lobbyists were hired for “[l]obbying related to gun
control.”
Considering this development, perhaps encouraging Dick’s
to stop digging is pointless. It’s entirely possible that the chain realizes it
has irrevocably damaged its image among the pro-freedom community, especially
with those who take part in outdoor activities. That is a reasonable
assumption, given this latest development. If this is the case, as it
appears to be, Dick’s new lobbying venture is likely meant to fully embrace
anti-gun advocacy at all levels and through whatever means necessary.
So as Dick’s continues to develop its anti-gun bona fides
by fully embracing a gun control agenda, we note that the retailer continues to
stock small shovels and trenching tools in most of its locations. We can’t
verify whether they outsource the heavier implements needed for the major excavation
at corporate headquarters in Pennsylvania.
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