{"id":84545,"date":"2017-12-26T12:56:30","date_gmt":"2017-12-26T17:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=84545"},"modified":"2017-12-26T12:56:30","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T13:53:39","slug":"palm-beach-shopping-malls-dicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/palm-beach-shopping-malls-dicks\/","title":{"rendered":"Palm Beach Post: Selling Guns at Shopping Malls is No Bueno"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_84546\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gastatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Dicks_Sporting_Goods_Exterior.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"palm-beach-shopping-malls-dicks\" title=\"Palm Beach Post: Selling Guns at Shopping Malls is No Bueno\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-84546\" title=\"Palm Beach Post: Selling Guns at Shopping Malls is No Bueno\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-84546\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Dicks_Sporting_Goods_Exterior-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"Dick's\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Dicks_Sporting_Goods_Exterior-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Dicks_Sporting_Goods_Exterior-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Dicks_Sporting_Goods_Exterior.jpg 679w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-84546\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dick&#8217;s Sporting Goods is not a magnet for carnage, despite what the author of the op-ed posits. (Photo: Wikipedia)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Selling firearms at shopping malls is a horrible idea, argues Rick Christie, a staff writer from the Palm Beach Post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can purchase a lot of things at the mall nowadays, from candles to cars,\u201d he opines in a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mypalmbeachpost.com\/news\/opinion\/christie-commentary-guns-shopping-malls-are-bad-retail-mix\/0d3rjoMDQ5AG28hqYzv0rO\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"palm-beach-shopping-malls-dicks\" title=\"Palm Beach Post: Selling Guns at Shopping Malls is No Bueno\">op-ed<\/a>. \u201cBut a hunting rifle? No. Too many targets. Too little security. And too much individual instability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What led him to sound off on the subject is news that Dick\u2019s Sporting Goods might move into The Gardens Mall, in Palm Beach. Dick\u2019s, as we all know, sells firearms and ammunition.<\/p>\n<p>Christie\u2019s argument hinges on various tired anti-gun arguments. To give you the rundown: There is \u201cjust something wrong about this,\u201d it has a \u201cdisregard for public safety,\u201d makes it \u201ceasier\u201d for bad guys or careless gun owners to hurt people, \u201ca criminal could smash the window and grab it,\u201d it\u2019s harder on security officers, and concealed carriers might get confused and shoot a gun purchaser.<\/p>\n<p>My favorite is the last one because it takes the absurdity to a whole new level. Christie actually quoted local Police Chief Stephen Stepp to make that point.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou go with an expectation at the mall that you\u2019re not going to see somebody walking through the mall or walking through the parking lot with firearms,\u201d said Stepp.<\/p>\n<p>Stepp went on to explain the mindset of concealed carriers who see folks purchasing or returning long guns at Dick&#8217;s. &#8220;They may say, \u2018Hey, I\u2019m going to be the hero\u2019 and take out this guy they perceived as a threat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That is so detached from reality it is laughable. Pretend a father is walking into Dick\u2019s to return a Ruger 10\/22, accompanied by his young son. Now, I\u2019m just going to go up and shoot them both in the face because they are a \u201cthreat&#8221; and I want to be a hero. Give me a break!<\/p>\n<p>For the vast majority of concealed carriers, a gun is a defensive weapon. Not an offensive one. Something to deploy only when things go (to use Clay\u2019s phrase) pear-shaped. If there\u2019s even the slightest bit of unease about a potential individual, or situation, the goal is to get outta dodge ASAP. Call the cops. Be a good witness, as they say. The notion that every gun owner wants to be Wyatt Earp is part of the pathology of anti-gunners.<\/p>\n<h2>SEE ALSO:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/small-town-in-tizzy-over-gun-store-name\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"palm-beach-shopping-malls-dicks\" title=\"Palm Beach Post: Selling Guns at Shopping Malls is No Bueno\">\u00a0Small Town in Tizzy over Gun Store Name<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Most people, regardless of there experience carrying, understand the basics of threat assessment. Intuitively, they know the difference between a casual shopper and \u201cHey, there\u2019s something off about that guy.\u201d They also know the difference between a guy carrying a newly purchased rifle in a box and a crazed psycho loading, pointing, aiming and shooting one in public.\u00a0 The latter situation requires some sort of intervention, the former does not.<\/p>\n<p>The only people that are going to have trouble with guns being sold at Dick\u2019s are the hoplophobes. Those with an irrational fear of guns. Those who see a gun, any gun, and think, <em>Oh my god! This father and his ten-year-old boy are dangerous.\u00a0<\/em>But thankfully, they&#8217;re so afraid of guns that we don&#8217;t have to worry about them shooting anyone or trying to take matters into their own hands.<\/p>\n<p>With over 600 Dick\u2019s stores nationwide, many of which presumably sell guns and are close to malls and shopping centers, there is no evidence to suggest that these retail outlets are magnets for carnage or reckless vigilantism. None whatsoever. Like every other anti-gunner out there, Christie&#8217;s fears are widely overblown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cYou go with an expectation at the mall that you\u2019re not going to see somebody walking through the mall or walking through the parking lot with firearms,\u201d said Stepp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":84546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,25,216],"tags":[132,607,122],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-84545","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gunsamerica-authors","8":"category-current-events","9":"category-s-h-blannelberry","10":"tag-buzz","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-r2kba"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Palm Beach Post: Selling Guns at Shopping Malls is No Bueno<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Palm Beach Post: Selling Guns at Shopping Malls is No Bueno - Authors\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/palm-beach-shopping-malls-dicks\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Palm Beach Post: Selling Guns at Shopping Malls is No Bueno\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cYou go with an expectation at the mall that you\u2019re not going to see somebody walking through the mall or walking through the parking lot with firearms,\u201d said Stepp.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/palm-beach-shopping-malls-dicks\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gun Reviews and News | GunsAmerica.com\/Digest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gunsamerica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-12-26T17:56:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-21T13:53:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Dicks_Sporting_Goods_Exterior.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"679\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"510\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"S.H. 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