NEWTOWN, Conn. —
The National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®), the trade association for the firearms,
ammunition, hunting and shooting sports industries, Board of Governors
today unanimously voted to expel Dick’s Sporting Goods from membership for
conduct detrimental to the best interests of the Foundation.
Dick’s Sporting
Goods recently hired a Washington D.C.-based government affairs firm, for
“[l]obbying related to gun control.” Dick’s Sporting Goods CEO Edward W.
Stack announced earlier this year the retail chain would end sales of
modern sporting rifles, voluntarily raise the age to 21 to purchase
firearms in their stores and called for more restrictive legislation.
Dick’s later announced they would destroy the remaining modern sporting
rifle inventory. NSSF responded that business decisions should be individually
made, but was nonetheless disappointed and the decision does not reflect
the reality of the vast majority of law-abiding gun owners.
About NSSF
The National
Shooting Sports Foundation is the trade association for the firearms
industry. Its mission is to promote, protect and preserve hunting and the
shooting sports. Formed in 1961, NSSF has a membership of more than 12,000
manufacturers, distributors, firearms retailers, shooting ranges,
sportsmen's organizations and publishers. For more information, log on to www.nssf.org.
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