Gun Companies "Triggered" By Dick's Sporting Goods

(RTTNews) - Several gun manufacturers have severed their ties with Dick's Sporting Goods in response to the sporting goods company's decision to no longer sell assault-style guns.

In February, Dick's Sporting Goods announced that it would stop selling all assault-style rifles and high capacity magazines in its stores as well as raised the gun purchase age limit to 21 years old. The policies were tightened in the wake of a high-school shooting that left 17 people dead in Parkland, Florida.

Last week, federal documents revealed that Dick's had hired three Beltway lobbyists to lobby for gun control in Congress.

O.F. Mossberg & Sons Inc., a American firearms manufacturer, announced 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.

"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."

Taking a dig at Dick's, Mossberg urged its customers to "visit one of the thousands of pro-Second Amendment firearm retailers to make their purchases."

MKS Supply, exclusive marketer for American-made Hi-Point Firearms and Inland Manufacturing, announced that it will not longer sell its products to Dick's Sporting Goods & Field and Stream stores.