Dick’s Sporting Goods is removing guns and hunting-related products from 440 stores, the retailer announced this week.
The move comes after the company pulled guns and hunting merch off shelves in 125 stores last year in response to dwindling sales in those categories.
Dick’s took a hit after CEO Ed Stack switched up company policy on gun sales in the wake of the 2018 mass killing in Parkland, Florida.
Specifically, Stack ordered stores to stop selling guns to adults under the age of 21 and discontinued the sale of AR-style rifles as well as magazines with a capacity of more than 10 rounds in affiliate Field & Stream locations.
Stack destroyed the existing inventory of modern sporting rifles worth around $5 million as opposed to shipping them back to manufacturers or selling them at a discount to consumers.
“I said, ‘You know what? If we really think these things should be off the street, we need to destroy them,’” said Stack in a 2019 interview with CBS News.
On the heels of that stunt, Stack embraced a public role as a business leader for gun control, calling on Congress to enact “common-sense” gun laws. He even went so far as to hire lobbyists to push for tougher 2A restrictions at the federal level.
SEE ALSO: Mossberg Joins Springfield, Cuts Dick’s Off
As a result, several firearms manufacturers — Mossberg, Springfield — stopped doing business with Dick’s altogether.
“As we enter 2020, we remain enthusiastic about our business and have been pleased with our start to the year,” said Stack in a press release this week.
“We are excited to continue to focus on and enhance our 2019 strategies, which include optimizing our inventory and floor space, delivering differentiated merchandising and driving athlete engagement across all channels,” he continued. “Our outlook balances this enthusiasm with a degree of caution over the coronavirus and how it may impact our business.”
Dick’s had a better than expected fourth quarter which helped the stock price jump 12.2 percent on Tuesday. But consolidated net income for fourth quarter 2020 ending on Feb. 1, 2020, was $69.8 million, down from $102.6 million in fourth quarter 2019.
Thankfully there are a lot of other places to get hunting equipment. While we can’t be certain, it does appear that their decision to pull back a little has meant a tremendous loss to the store.
I’ve always liked Dick’s for a lot of sporting goods, guns can be a competitive business and it looks like they are losing out!
Awesome! We need more retail space for businesses! You Go Dicks!
As far as I’m aware, there never has been a Dick’s in Hawaii. Judging by what I’ve read, doesn’t look like I’ve missed much. Believe it, or not Hawaii has one of the highest per capita rates of gun ownership in the country. Local folks, here pretty much buy their firearms from local dealers they know and trust.
Me or none of my friend will ever shop at Dick’s. They are a bunch of Dick’s with there political correct stand against the second amendment. They are totally un-American, and anti-contitution. Hope they go broke.
Hope they go under.
Never shopped there.
Decided back when they began pulling this anti-gun whackery that I would never start.
And to date I never have.
I give them two years at the outside.
I stopped shopping Dicks. They lost my business. Im a Fisherman too and spend loads of money on outdoor products. NEVER at DICKS Cabela’s rules now.
Support local pro second amendment gun shops. Unfortunately there are some that are fudd shops.
I stopped shopping at Dicks since they treated me like their name. I stopped by the Las Vegas store a couple of years back and they came up with some BS about selling AR style rifles to Arizona residents ( we can buy long guns same day) even with my Nevada concealed carry permit. Never again, let them supply ANTIFA with airsoft
Wait … what?? ….Dick’s is still in business??? Who knew???
The store is appropriately named.
I sincerely hope his bottom line bottoms out!
Well, they had to go political and now they will pay the price. Remember Gibsons bargain center? They started in the 1930’s and were very successful until the mid 80’s and sold out. Now Dick’s went limp and conformed to the leftest ideas instead of sticking with it’s valued, customers. Did you really think the left would really support you?
Continue to shop at Walmart. Boycott Dicks. Let the american public demonstrate that we no longer embrace Dicks bussiness principal’s or support of American liberties.
Unfortunately, the CEO of Walmart, pulled the plug on all slaes of handgun ammo in Walmart Sporting Goods. I’m not sure of the other states outside of Colorado, but I’m pretty sure that it’ll take place. It’s mostly shotgun, and long rifle ammo that they sell, with the exception of .556/.223, and any type of AK47 ammo. If they want to isolate the people who support the 2A…I won’t shop there! Besides,they support the leftist agenda, and fund their gun grabbing ideals. 🤬
Let’s not forget the Gov of NY and the lending institutions that helped Dick’s make choices for the decision to bail on the constitution and patrons who supported there store’s. Boycott all them too!
One of the companies trying to take our rights away is Bank of America. They will not accept a transaction On their Credit Cards for a Gun. I called them when my credit card was refused approval just last week and they confirmed they will not approve Gun purchases. I let them know I was canceling my card as I did not feel it was right to punish Legal gun Owners for Illegal acts of Criminals.
I AM GLAD THEY FINALY CUT THERE DICKS OFF.
Walmart needs to be/go next-It’s terribly inconvenient-but I don’t/will not buy ANYTHING from them, And if you profess to love our constitution-YOU SHOULDN’T either!
Rule #1
When you’re stuck in the bottom of a hole don’t keep digging.
Boy, Stack’s is a real financial wiz. I guessed he showed us. I’ll just file for Bankruptcy.
will mossberg be having sales on there rifles now. do to no more rifle sales at dicks
Go bye and good riddance to Dicks. Most all gun owners abandoned them years ago.
More than it may bother me that guns/hunting gear leave a store chain, I respect their right to decide on and act on a social/public health issue. I respect a reasonable and principled stand enormously. I continue to send them my business.
Interesting, but I would not have noticed because I would not set foot in one of their stores.
The only way I’d travel to within 500′ of those loser stores is if they were giving away AR-15’s or ‘bullets and clips’ but who would believe anything published by knee-jerk idiots?
Jab them with a fork; they’re done. The 2nd Amendment is not about hunting.
I have not been in any of their stores since their first anti-gun bovine excrement – not that I bought mush there anyway.
Dicks will now be the undisputed leader in tennis ball sales.
Now those dicks can concentrate on their new core customers, fat women looking for cute shoes and yoga pants (which those buffalos shouldn’t be wearing)!
I stopped shopping at Dicks sometime ago. My experience has been that their management people could care less about their customers. So screw ‘em.
Well they can’t say they are a Sporting Goods store now. The only other thing I can say is BY BY DICKS you did it to your selves…
The name of this store says it all…..
Oh no please, say it ain’t so! Haven’t been in a Dicks in 15 years and that was enough. In this case, I would rather see an empty building than see a Dicks.
The simple fact is that the manufacturers quit Dicks. No supply source, no business.
you nailed it , there were several arms company’s that pulled out ! now lets join them and help dick’s get the hell out of business all together ! boycott –boycott–boycott ! send stack home to the swamp where he belongs !
RIGHT ON BROTHER
So happy for them. I guess they’d rather do business with athletic footwear companies that use child labor in China. Mossberg and Springfield did good to ‘cut Dick’s off’.
Agreed!
“ Dick’s pulling out “ Solid headline guys I commend you. Lol
Funny I thought the exact same thing. Lol
That’s pretty harsh punishment from Mossberg it says they will cut Dick’s ouch
Do you know the difference between Dicks and Walmart when it comes to the 2nd Amendment ?
Dicks got their name right.
Never give up any right to the government. Once done you can never get them back. You may not need or care to have a gun now but that sentiment can change very quickly if the wrong things began to happen.
We stopped doing business with them when they came out as a unconstitutional business. And closed our accounts with BofA also we can kill them them off by not giving them our money! I urge all people that believe in the constitution to boycott all of these business your wallet is more powerful than you think it’s why politicians beg you for money?
I realize its childish, but you started it with that headline. Is Dick’s pulling out of firearms, or are we pulling out of Dick’s?
Next headline,Dick’s outta business.
Who cares? Dicks wants to be the go-to for the liberal elitists and crazy, out-of-touch, clueless leftists. These people sit around playing video games and tweeting, most don’t do anything athletic or go outdoors other than walking their yip-yap dogs anyway.
Dick’s will end up like Sports Authority. After SA stopped selling firearms, hunting and camping equipment – they became the “Clothes Authority”….. which led to their demise within a few years….
Had the same thought. I had one near me and would stop in occasionally to buy my hunting/fishing license, camping fuel etc. It was convenient. Came in one day and it was just all GONE. The store closed about 9 months later.
That may be the trend for them since their sales are already down and this current stock market crisis may finish them for the good.
Coming soon to a corner store near you, the new and improved “Dicks Dollar Store”. Dick is a good name for them.
Close them down and board the windows for all I care. When they took a stand against the Constitution, I vowed to never even look their way again.
I completely agree I would NOT shop at Dicks for ANY reason. It is sad the store had sales increases in December. Cant wait to DIKSQ symbol on the stock market listing, and for lease signs on the properties.
being honest I didn’t read the entire thing. But read a lot of people’s opinions and didn’t see anyone mentionimg ALL this anti gun B.S. from Pricks was and is an attempt to get himself into the white house. He I THINK officially announced it or maybe it was just some stupid kid tweet he made but I remember reading here in one of these blogs or whatever there called(I’m a grown man and don’t care to learn to be a court house stenigrapher who only types in short hand)that after he had already done his publicity stunt and SUPPOSEDLY destroyed all the guns even though there hasn’t been ONE SINGLE PICTURE OR video of them even entering a smelting facility let alone being fed into the molten metal and basically the moron from Pricks who was or is the CEO was throwing his hat into the presidential race and ONLY THEN did the AR melting that again NOBODY CAN VERIFY made sense WHY IT WAS TRULY DONE!
And just like everyone said they really offer nothing ALL the years I played three sports… Soccer, baseball, and basketball and I played from day one I was allowed to by my age till I left in eighth grade and ONLY ONCE they had what I needed which was a cup and jock strap. Huge sale at fifteen bucks max! But every year I might at least three sets of creates, balls that needed replacing, shin guards, head to practice in that we coukdnt use like our uniforms for games and SO MUCH MORE AND NONE of that was bought from Pricks sporting no goods. I lived in San Diego and there is EVERYTHING in San Diego and even in those stores there was NEVER ANY quality for example hand sewn soccer balls and all they had were the cheap ones schools get for free and literally wobble while trying to take it up the field by dribbling with our feet of course so is kids had to literally adjust and account for that messed up bounce or roll that’s kick the ball in an odd direction and that’s ALL the quality they’ve EVER had in regards to sporting stuff and now that’s ALL they really sell so not only will they go UNDER HE ALSO FOR SURE WON’T BE PRESIDENT especially after SO MANY people realized that TRUE WOMAN RAPING MORONS like trump who’s OWN EX WIFE accused him of rape while they were married AND SIXTEEN MORE WOMEN AND THAT A COWARD ID LOOOOOVVVVEEEEEEE TO CATCH DOWN A DARK ALLEY!!!!! The guys motto is “grab ’em by the pu$$y!!!!!!!! BUT ALL THE MORONS WHO VOTED FOR HIM ARE COOL WITH THAT SINCE IT’S NOT THERE MOM, DAUGHTER, WIFE, GRANDMA being RAPED! But if your filthy rich and\or a moron TV NOTHING then it’s FINE TO RAPE people AND OUT RIGHT DAMN NEAR SAY HE DID EXACTLY THAT! HAD NO PROBLEM SAYING TO CAMERAS to grab ‘an by their ……!
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO VETTING THE PRESIDENTS?!
Slim
Nice Rant!
Probably made a back room deal ever heard of a liberal giving up 5 million? Or donated to some anti American group or terrorist!
Wow….you are quite disturbed, aren’t you? You should concentrate on FACTS and not your opinion and second hand information. Please consult a mental health professional and if you are on prescribed medication, please don’t forget to take it…often. Thank you and may God bless you and your disturbed thoughts. Oh…..you might want to consider reviewing your posts before sending them on their way and maybe that will keep your misspelling at a minimum. Have a good day!
Wow, you can sure tell when the meds wore off…
Remember those T-shirts back in the 80’s? “See dick drink/smoke see dick drive/choke see dick die/choke; don’t be a dick.” I guess we have a new one now: See dick bold see dick fold see dick cold; DON’T SHOP AT DICK’S SPORTING GOODS!”
If I was a shareholder of Dick’s stock, I would have wisely sold all holdings long ago. Barring that, I’d ask for Stack’s resignation as CEO. I don’t know what this clown’s “Business Plan” is, but it truly is a joke. Nothing like running what was a perfectly good company into the grave.
Ed Stack is a DICK……have a nice day !
Have never and will never spend a penny in (BIG) DICKS….Anti 2A they should be shutdown.
Dicks Sporting goods has never even been considered a quality store, I used to go and look around and they don’t have what I need, want or use. I live in Twin Falls, Idaho and it is dead in the store, I wish they would just close their doors; their prices are too high, not a large enough ranges in sizes and a bunch of yuppie sales people. When they quit selling Hunting supplies and guns it didn’t hurt anyone because they didn’t have the right equipment. Good riddance to another left wing liberal group of jerks.They should stop selling Jock Straps because the President hasn’t got any Balls!
They can close their worthless stores -all of them^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
So what? I have not set foot into a Dick(head) building since they first announced they were getting rid of guns. I look forward to hearing about the Going Out of Business Sales! I STILL WON’T BUY A DAMNED THING FROM THEM!
Would everyone feel the same way if they decided to stop selling baseball bats or golf clubs ??? I think not !!! I will continue to shop at Dicks and Walmart and could care less. This is still America and businesses can still choose what they sell. They still have great fishing gear and the last time I checked, Cabela’s and Bass Pro still sell firearms. Here, hold my beer while I waive my American Flag……………
GREAT FISHING GEAR????????? They sell cheap crap and none of the products us local fisherman use. A Dicks in FL sells the same stuff as a Dicks in OH. A least one would think they would entertain to the fishing in the area. Support your local family own outdoors shops. These are the people that listen and sell what works in your area. You’ll catch more fish and put more fur on the ground.
And you’ll be waiving your rights as well as your flag. The rest of us will wave our American flags as we defend our rights.
(Was “waiving “, as in giving up, surrendering, intentional or do you just need a spelling lesson? )
He also does not know that it is couldn’t care less.
Looks like Lefty Wally was a short bus rider.
Hang on a second, which amendment covers bats and golf clubs? I don’t recall… You certainly have the right to shop anywhere you please, even if the company is radically anti constitution. Of course, everyone else has the right to make fun of you, and talk shit about anti constitution companies. Free speach, baby!
Sure, businesses can choose what they sell, but they can no longer choose who they sell to, now can they. So much for “..this is still America..”. Personally, I’m a little tired of this version. I prefer America 1.0. The new version doesn’t live up to the hype.
By the way, Cabelas and BassPro outclass Dick’s in fishing gear, but you do you.
Smart business move. There is no real margin in firearms, and the 2A groups already left Dick’s a year ago. Dick’s was one of the only B&M stores that post a positive comp number last year so I would say they know what they are doing. I never bought my supplies from them anyways because it was mostly hunting long guns. Will still visit for my shoes and golf, and will go to a gun store for my 2A needs.
Here hold my beer while I buy Wally a ticket to Canada
I will no longer shop at DICK’S
I will close out my account and block their emails
UNBELIEVEABLE
Right On. Welcome aboard!
Many of us did that over a year ago and we don’t miss the scum a bit.
Dicks has never been in to hunting .They just use guns for PR.Thats why there called dicks.Who cares get on.
Give it time and the internet sales will put this piss stain of a company out of business
Lucky for our area here in West Michigan we have a Dunhams a mile from the Dick Head store. Will never step foot in a Dicks, Buffalo Wild Wings or any other anti-gun place brick and mortar store. Just like I won’t shop online at the place that raised the .22 ammo prices when Obomass was president. Having a senior moment, don’t remember the online gun store. My money spends just as good at Dunhams. F#@& Off Dick heads. Cmon and take’m…
Hey, if the dick that owns Dick’s wants to go out of business, then let him. FLC’s don’t deserve our business or respect.
MANY OF US BELIEVE THE POLICY ESPOUSED BY DICKS IS FOOLISH AND ANTI AMERICAN. I WILL NEVER WALK INTO A DICKS OR ANY OTHER STORE THESE PEOPLE OWN OR MANAGE. OBVIOUSLY THE MILLIONS OF LAW ABIDING GUN OWNERS ARE NOT WANTED AS CUSTOMERS BY THESE FOOLS. SO BE IT. I HOPE TO ATTEND THEIR BANKRUPTCY HEARINGS
DITTO!
Funny about dick’s is that they started out their business in Binghamton NY and dealt mainly in firearms, reloading equipment, trapping supplies, fishing supplies and etc. The originators of Dick’s were truly dedicated outdoors people and my Father who had an FFL, dealt with them a lot. Oh how times change and the effeminization of the current leadership has cow towed to the importation of cheap clothing and other crap from china. Floating stocks on such crap was a way for them to build fake wealth and once entering the grind of capitalization, they themselves lost their origins and became fake. So sad.
Truth!
Never deal with a dick
The first Dick’s I went into some years ago in LA County, had no sporting goods, just athletic gear. Another one had a small amount of fishing tackle. Guess paying pro fisherman to pitch them was a waste.
We never purchased a firearm at Dick’s. Rather we have supported our local stores for these purchases, where we have always received good advice and consistently good followup when any gunsmithing was required. The views expressed by leadership at Dick’s, related to 2A, were disappointing and we subsequently switched all of our other camping and traveling needs to other venues. Additionally, we are happy to state our adult children have followed our example and for our generation and the next in our family we couldn’t be happier.
Well done, and Well stated.
Dick’s, living up to their name every day.
Dicks sucks the one time I was in there we couldn’t get help. I got so mad having the help walk around us that I called for the manager at the top of my lungs after yelling 6 times the manager came out of hiding and asked us to leave. And that was before they started crying about guns. Haven’t and wont set foot in one of their stores or dicks sporting goods park.
I wrote Ed Stack a letter the day he announced that he was anti-gun. I told him I would never step into one of stores again. I really liked the Field & Stream store near me in Pittsburgh, but I’ve not even thought of entering one of his stores since that day. I hope his board pushes him out if not, the company deserves to fold.
Academy Sports just had their business go up again.
Dick’s is headed out of business by the looks of the numbers. They only sell high priced imported third world merchandise, from what I saw last time I made the mistake of going into one of their stores. they used to be a class store. Since they turned their back on firearms buyers and started the anti gun crap I will not go into one of their stores as a lot of people I know feel the same.
I will save them some time so they do not waste any money because they will need it for when they go Bankrupt ! Do not put one in the Montgomery county area in Texas. God bless Texas.
What sucks is they came here (IN) and bought out what I consider an awesome store. I’ve rarely spent $$/shopped there but definitely wont step another foot in their store again and spreading the word as much as I can. Good bye, dicks
I’ll be glad when the local Dicks closes so we can get a real sporting goods store in there. Haven’t shopped there in years and won’t ever.
They should just sell dildos (that way they can keep their name). Biden, Bernie , and all the other democratic party members will be first in line if they do that. There’s enough money in those lined pockets to keep em afloat for a bit.
It was my favorite store until they started the nonsense of anti-gun and anti-2nd Amendment policies. Glad to see Mossberg and Springfield cutting business with them. I actually got my Mossberg 500 from them years ago. DICK’S SUCK’S
So, I guess no one has ever been beat to death by a baseball bat or a golf club. The ‘Dick’ less ceo should stop selling these items also. It’s great to go into their stores and get with the salespeople and waste their time so they can’t help any real customers that are there.
I don’t shop at the dicks. Too much bad politics for a below par retailer.
A bit hypocritical since Dick’s owns Field and Stream stores that sell a ton of firearms!
Just another overpriced clothing store. Prices were too high when they sold guns. It’s an interesting comment on American consumers that Dicks is still here while Sports Authority, a much better and less expensive store for non-firearms sporting goods, is gone. Makes you suspect that firearms is what kept Dicks in business, and dropping them will finally kill it.
I haven’t shopped at DICK’s/Field & Stream since they started this nonsense. If anyone in my family (including granddaughter), needs some sort of sporting item or equipment, we go else where, and have found everything we need.
Who cares, have not shopped there since they began their stupidity!!!!!! and won’t !!!!!!!
I’ll never ever shop at dicks. Funny how the name of the place reflects on the CEO.
No big loss since Dink’s was so expensive and had piss poor customer service
The owner of dicks is exactly that…..what a fricken idiot…..I hope they go bankrupt….I wouldn’t buy a roll of toilet paper from the idiots if I had diarrhea
The Dick’s store where I live has a parking lot that resembles a “ghost town”. On a good day you might spot 3-4 cars there.
Give it a few mores years and they’ll go under for good.