POLL: Dick’s, Walmart Suspend Sale of Some Rifles. What Do You Think?

In wake of Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, the sporting goods retailer also has removed all guns from the store closest to Newtown, CT.

In wake of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary, one of the largest sporting goods retailers in the world has suspended sales of certain kinds of semi-automatic rifles from its stores nationwide. Pennsylvania-based Dick’s Sporting Goods also has removed all guns from its chain closest to Newtown, Conn. Also today, Walmart announced it no longer will sell the Bushmaster Patrolman's Carbine M4A3 Rifle through its online store. A military-style assault rifle, the Bushmaster is in the same family of guns as the one Adam Lanza reportedly used in the massacre, the Huffington Post reports. The move by Dick's was made in respect to the victims and families of Newtown, the sporting goods chain said in a statement. Friday’s shooting left 20 …

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