Oregon 20-Year-Old Sues Dick’s Sporting Goods

[RVTECH]

I'd like to know if he was intending to actually buy a gun and would have dropped his dime if allowed.
If so, I'm behind him 100 %

I agree but we may never know. AND if he were NOT actually going to buy is he a 'shill' for someone choreographing this?

 

[wired]

Choreograph away. Dick's needs to get slapped and slapped hard by whatever means necessary.

 

[ma96782]

BUT, But, but....Dick's CEO says he is a supporter of the 2nd A and says that he is gun owner (just like some Democrats and RINOs).....

But don't get me wrong....because, I don't agree with EVERYTHING the video says. My point is about Dick's Sporting Goods and the CEO of Dick's. Start at 02:18 if you like.

Aloha, Mark

 

[etrain16]

I heard that the OR Labor Commissioner, Brad Avakian, who is definitely no conservative, came out yesterday with a statement that essentially supports this kid's side of the story - he said this may actually be discrimination. After I picked my jaw up off the floor and cleaned my shorts out, I had to come tell you guys

I think at least some of the dems in Oregon are aware that they turned 'discrimination' into an easy lawsuit for anyone that doesn't get what they want. If they want the bakers' ruling to stand, they have to be consistent in their application of the law or another judge may overturn the whole thing. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

Personally, I'm on the side of the baker and any other business that chooses to reject business they don't want based on their choice. I also support folks not giving business to those companies if they don't like their views. If Dick's wants this policy, fine, I hope it hurts them financially. But so long as we're under the forced service policy the Democrats have pushed for LGBT rights, etc. I'm all in favor of using their tactics against them.

 

[Squidly]

Bake the Cake, bubblegum!

There's a lot to love about Texas.

 

[Jcon268]

Bake the Cake, bubblegum!

There's a lot to love about Texas.
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I think you just hit the nail on the head buddy. Are gun owners a protected class though? Like gays?

 

[turbo_vanner]

I think you just hit the nail on the head buddy. Are gun owners a protected class though? Like gays?

Doubtful, gun ownership is a choice, protected classes are not, except for marital status and religion.

 

[Squidly]

I think you just hit the nail on the head buddy. Are gun owners a protected class though? Like gays?

That needs to change. All it would take is a motivated individual with the time & funds to push it through the court system. We would not have the activist support like they do.

 

[Squidly]

Doubtful, gun ownership is a choice, protected classes are not, except for marital status and religion.

I'd be willing to bet there are some protected class gun owners here.

 

[galvweld]

Please, remember the issue before us is a Right, not something proffered , as written in the 2nd Amendment. If they can continue to limit that right when will they deny the free people other Rights. The battle isn't with the retailer it is will the Government. More of us need to register to vote, run for office, and vote. Boycotts are not the first resort. What have you done today to preserve your Rights?

 

[turbo_vanner]

I would assume gun rights advocates are among the most registered and active groups of voters, the numbers are just not there.

Personally, I have a long list of priorities that rank above the 2nd amendment.

 

[galvweld]

Appreciate your comments. Yes, to become politically active as the opponents will likely increase the numbers. Your last comment makes my point. "Other" priorities that are Rights related are under attack as well. It is not a single issue attack. I see it as a multiple front assault. It's creeping Socialism. Evil has many forms and faces.

 

[Superglide]

That needs to change. All it would take is a motivated individual with the time & funds to push it through the court system. We would not have the activist support like they do.

Here we have a great case to support and just about half of the comments here on this thread have cynical or negative implications. This is on a firearms forum!
People doubting the plaintiff's motivations and the lawyer's intentions. Proposing simple solutions like go shop elsewhere or I am OK with raising the age cause I know some dippy kids. Then many of the same people (of course not you) will bemoan the fact our rights are going away, better somewhere else or not respected at all.
This is a huge 2A case which appears to have statutes on it's side for once. Not interpretations, but clear language. If you can't get behind that I don't know what you would be waiting for.
A knock on the door, perhaps?

 

[Jcon268]

I hear too many liberals talking from both sides of their mouths when referring to AR15s. On one hand they are a wimpy weapon not capable of standing up to tyrannical military forces....and then on the other hand they are this big bad murdering machine. They are better at this manipulation game. Everybody I've taken to shoot my rifles had a newfound respective and overall perspective afterward. We need to educate people on the left so long as they're the open minded type.

 

[turbo_vanner]

well I think an ar15 is much more effective at mowing down school children or concert goers than stopping a tank, drone, or guided missle, so there is a point to that.

Can't say im interested in using my ars for either though.

 

[wired]

I think that small arms can completely wear down a determined, well funded and well equipped enemy . Look at what's been going on in Afghanistan for not just the time we've been stuck there but for decades. Vietnam before that. Guerrilla warfare is fought with small arms and that is what wins modern wars over time even against tanks, airplanes and helicopters.

Let me be a bit less ambiguous. We are losing in Afghanistan!

 

[Jcon268]

well I think an ar15 is much more effective at mowing down school children or concert goers than stopping a tank, drone, or guided missle, so there is a point to that.

Can't say im interested in using my ars for either though.

Yes but all handguns could be lumped into the same argument. I've still never received one reasonable answer to the question..."why now?" Why have these guns been around for so long and mass school shootings have just taken off? AR15s are no more dangerous than they were 30 years ago.

 

[thorborg]

I would honorably like to agree with you but in this case I dont. Simply because of past litigation and what "we've" become.....If they're gonna do it, why shouldnt we????

I simply woulda gone to another bakery, but they didnt. It opened up a door for future litigation. I agree, he shoulda went somewhere else, LGS for example, but its as big enough issue at this point as cakes.......just sayn

Your words, "what we've become" seem to personify your acceptance to deceive. How is that "fixing things"?
Too many have been falsely transgressed with the paraphrased adage; "if he didn't do it, he could of, so hang em anyway and make an example of him" by shyster lawyers and or the sanctimonious among us.
I don't like Dicks, Never have and in due time things will come to pass for all the right reasons. Greed, sensationalism, narcissisms and the like are not "right reasons".

If a national finger was pointed at you, how long would it take you to scream foul? would it give new meaning to entrapment, railroaded, duped, falsified evidence? I have no problem fighting fire with fire but not with setting a fire just so I can put it out and make a point. (or money)
....Just sayin

 

[Argonaut]

Yes but all handguns could be lumped into the same argument. I've still never received one reasonable answer to the question..."why now?" Why have these guns been around for so long and mass school shootings have just taken off? AR15s are no more dangerous than they were 30 years ago.

I think they have become so common and inexpensive to buy they are the the Winchester M94 of our age. The numbers in circulation must be staggering. To me, they are good for a couple of things, shooting coyotes and people outside the common sporting and range uses. That does not make them evil just not as useful as other caliber's and guns. I own 3, and enjoy shooting them, used them extensively in the military and consider them an effective firearm but like any other, nothing evil about them but by there sheer numbers and use by bad guys become a natural target of the anti's. All handguns were lumped into the same argument and the legal age of ownership was raised to 21.

 

[Izzy1321]

I'm pretty sure Bi-Mart has less influence over market inflation than you would assume, same goes to Dick's. Particularly when it comes to anything guns. Gun owners are a crowd that typically like to buy from gun stores and places where they feel less stereotyped. I never liked buying a box of ammo next to mom bringing Jimmy through the checkout line for new soccer cleats. When all else fails, there's the internet. Haven't seen any local Sporting Goods stores beating out any internet prices lately. Definitely not on selection.

My Walmart equals internet ammo prices at times. It's only 2 miles from my house, I pay cash only and buy as much, or as little as I want. Example: Federal .45 acp 230gr.FMJ, aluminum cased, 200 count box for $56.84, or $14.21 a box of 50. They shoot fine in all my various 45s and I can only beat that price by reloading my own.
If I do internet sales, they only seem to pay off if there is free shipping.