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Dick's Sporting Goods Gun Regulation

Gun control has been a hot topic debate lately due to the recent events that have been happening all over the country. No political actions have taken place despite the massive outcry for it. I personally like using firearms and I own a shotgun that I have used to hunt with for three years now. I applied for my FOID card before getting a gun and I took a hunter safety education course before I was able to hunt. Owning guns comes great responsibility, you need a safe to keep your gun locked away, store the ammunition in a separate place, and keep the gun unloaded when it is stored. Those are just some safety tips that every gun owner should follow. The point I'm trying to make here is that there are some people that deserve to be able to own guns and then there are people who aren't responsible enough to own guns. clearly the United States hasn't figured out that balance yet as we wouldn't have mass shootings if there was balance. Dick's Sporting Goods has taken gun reform into their own hands. In all their stores they have stopped selling assault style rifles completely. They also have prevented the sale of firearms to all under the age of 21. There has been some controversy on the age restriction, but handguns were already restricted to the age of 21 so I don't see the problem. They have also urged lawmakers to create a more extensive background check that includes mental scanning and to make a unified database of banned people. As a gun owner I have no problem with Dick's new regulations. I would be perfectly fine with going through the extra steps when buying a firearm if it meant that the wrong people couldn't buy firearms. 


Here is a link to an article:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/28/business/dicks-major-gun-retailer-will-stop-selling-assault-style-rifles.html

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  1. dr. kyburzApril 27, 2018 at 10:26 AM

    You are a fine example, and we can only hope that more gun owners are as (or become) as responsible as you are, Tim. Thanks for sharing!

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