Big Gun Manufacturers Cut Ties With Dick’s Sporting Goods

More craptastic, self-imposed bad news for Dick’s Sporting Goods.

First, the National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®) dropped Dick’s, now this.

Multiple gun manufacturers are cutting off Dick’s. (HAHA– See what I did there?)

Mossberg is OUT.

Mossberg is the largest shotgun manufacturer in the US, and shotguns may be the best selling firearms at big box stores like Dick's. That's gonna leave a mark.

— Stephen K (@Gator_Country) May 9, 2018

The statement reads:

NORTH HAVEN, CT – O.F. Mossberg & Sons, Inc., a leading American firearms manufacturer, announced today its decision to discontinue selling products to Dick’s Sporting Goods, and its subsidiary, Field & Stream, in response to their hiring of gun control lobbyists in April 2018.

Effective immediately, O.F. Mossberg & Sons will not accept any future orders from Dick’s Sporting Goods or Field & Stream, and is in the process of evaluating current contractual agreements.

“It has come to our attention that Dick’s Sporting Goods recently hired lobbyists on Capitol Hill to promote additional gun control.” said Iver Mossberg, Chief Executive Officer of O.F. Mossberg & Sons. “Make no mistake, Mossberg is a staunch supporter of the U.S. Constitution and our Second Amendment rights, and we fully disagree with Dick’s Sporting Goods’ recent anti-Second Amendment actions.” Consumers are urged to visit one of the thousands of pro-Second Amendment firearm retailers to make their purchases of Mossberg and Maverick® firearms.

Firearm retailers can be found through the Mossberg Dealer Locator by visiting http://www.mossberg.com/dealers/

Wait. There’s MORE. MKS Supply released a statement as well.

Because the right to keep and bear arms was recognized by our founding fathers to be a fundamental right, they ensured its protection under the Second Amendment. Just as we show our commitment to our customers by standing behind their Second Amendment rights.

In recent months, Dick’s Sporting Goods and its subsidiary, Field & Stream, have shown themselves, in our opinion, to be no friend of Americans’ Second Amendment. We believe that refusing to sell long guns to adults under 21, while many young adults in our military are not similarly restricted, is wrong. We believe that villanizing modern sporting rifles in response to pressure from uninformed, anti-gun voices is wrong. We believe that hiring lobbyists to oppose American citizens’ freedoms secured by the Second Amendment is wrong. Dick’s Sporting Goods and Field & Stream, in purportedly doing all of these things, have demonstrated that they do not share our values.

You made your bed. Lie in it, Dick’s.

h/t Townhall