They sold Cruz a shotgun (that he didn’t use), they’re just trying to cya.
Via Daily Caller:
Dick’s Sporting Goods, the country’s biggest sports equipment retailer, announced Wednesday that it would no longer sell AR-15 style rifles like the one used in the Parkland, Fla., school shooting.
Gun control activists hailed the move as the latest example of a major U.S. company distancing itself from the controversial firearm, which they say is the weapon of choice for mass shooters.
Dick’s CEO Edward Stack told CNN that he and other executives at the company were influenced by Parkland shooting survivors’ push for new gun control laws, including restrictions on who can buy AR-15 rifles.
“As we sat and talked about it with our management team, it was — to a person — that this is what we need to do,” he said Wednesday. “These kids talk about enough is enough. We concluded if these kids are brave enough to organize and do what they’re doing, we should be brave enough to take this stand.”
But the decision might not be as courageous as Dick’s executives have portrayed it to be. That’s because the company has not sold AR-15 style rifles at its main stores since 2012, when it removed the guns from the shelves of its Dick’s-branded locations.