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VIRTUE SIGNALING: Dick’s Sporting Goods Ends Sales Of AR-15s — AGAIN

Ryan Saavedra

On Wednesday, Dick’s Sporting Goods announced that they would no longer sell “assault-style rifles” after the recent Florida school shooting, which is now the second time that the sporting goods store has enacted a policy banning the sale of certain types of firearms after a mass shooting.

In a press release, Dick’s said that “thoughts and prayers are not enough,” a sentiment reiterated by CEO Edward Stack on CNN, where he said that thoughts and prayers “don’t do anything.”

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