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Dick's will not sell handgun ammo to LTC-A with restrictions
- Thread starter Gillham
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Well you can buy it if you have an unrestricted license. But yeah it doesn't make any sense. Does Dick's think that a restricted LTC means you can buy/possess guns but NOT ammo?? So ridiculous. I bought some 22 ammo and a gun safe there a few years ago and that's the last time I've spent money there.
slugworth
NES Member
Your really gonna draft an email and sent it to Corp??
![[laugh]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/012.gif "Laugh [laugh]")
I mean, I guess I can just sit idly, hands tied and sulk about it. Not post about it on NES and go on my merry way. Why fight right?
No, you can just take your money elsewhere instead, and get your friends to do the same. That's a lot better than trying to convince some morons that operate a chain of sporting goods stores to pull their head out of their ass. There's nothing lost by not being able to buy ammunition at Dicks.
-Mike
Oh I'm not going to try very hard to change their tune - I'll tell them they're idiots though. I was just killing time while my roommate was getting his truck's battery changed at Sears.
Walmart fills my 22LR needs and everything else I buy online. I only go to Dick's when I know they've got some crazy deal going on. Like when I bought two cans of 420rds XM193 for $150 each.
boscru
NES Member
been buying @ dicks in brockton, taunton, hanover, plymouth, and dedham at sale prices for years. never had an issue, no perp walks to the register, score card bonus points usually go to stocking hornady critical defense ammo (overpriced wherever you buy it in mass) ymmv and obviously does for most.
slugworth
NES Member
What I meant by it was you prolly have more important things to do with your time then wast it on Dick's..
It's there stupid rule. I'll keep my $$
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Ditto. Nice folks staffing The Lodge, enjoy shopping there. Only issue from time to time is finding a sales associate, but it hasn't been a stopper.
It's a benefit to all of us that Dick's sells guns and ammo, mainstreams them right out in front of the non-shooting general public including families, soccer moms, kids. When a kid can get gratuitous grief for the shape of his pizza slice, having big box stores like Dick's, Bass Pro, Cabela's, Walmart and others include guns and ammo in their merchandise mix and advertising is an important public service. In the absence of major retailers like this, we'd be left with a smattering of mom-and-pop purveyors, who, as much as we love them, are often consigned to B and C locations out of the public eye. Remember when K-Mart sold M1 Carbines in self-serve barrels sitting right out on the floor? A firearms maven today might turn up his nose at the idea setting foot in a K-Mart. Yet, is there anyone who doesn't believe we'd be better off, in terms of public acceptance of guns as normal merchandise and gun owners as normal folks, if K-Mart brought back guns and ammo?
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What I meant by it was you prolly have more important things to do with your time then wast it on Dick's..
It's there stupid rule. I'll keep my $$
Ahh gotcha. Yeah, I didn't get around to emailing Dick's corporate yet.
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Has anyone followed up with the store since the OP? is contacting corporate the way to go? do we tweet? As a younger member of the forum, ill see what tweeting their PR people does, its often faster than a corporate letter
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totally agree, even if their prices and policies suck, they serve a purpose
The cancer is spreading. There is an ad on NES selling large-cap mags ONLY to someone with a LTC-A UNRESTRICTED!! ![[shocked]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/007.gif "Shocked [shocked]")
Stupidity in the air?![[rolleyes]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/042.gif "Roll Eyes [rolleyes]")
Stupidity in the air?
The cancer is spreading. There is an ad on NES selling large-cap mags ONLY to someone with a LTC-A UNRESTRICTED!!
Stupidity in the air?
I had someone who did the same thing to me (wouldn't sell to me because of restrictions)and then got pissed when he "changed his mind" about the requirement and I didn't want to buy them anymore.
https://www.northeastshooters.com/vbulletin/threads/249969-what-license-to-purchase-30rd-PreBan-mags
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Another plus from mainstream retailers like Dick's, Bass Pro, Cabela's, Walmart, Gander Mountain is convenience. They tend to be open 7 days per week including evenings.
Ditto. Nice folks staffing The Lodge, enjoy shopping there. Only issue from time to time is finding a sales associate, but it hasn't been a stopper.
It's a benefit to all of us that Dick's sells guns and ammo, mainstreams them right out in front of the non-shooting general public including families, soccer moms, kids. When a kid can get gratuitous grief for the shape of his pizza slice, having big box stores like Dick's, Bass Pro, Cabela's, Walmart and others include guns and ammo in their merchandise mix and advertising is an important public service. In the absence of major retailers like this, we'd be left with a smattering of mom-and-pop purveyors, who, as much as we love them, are often consigned to B and C locations out of the public eye. Remember when K-Mart sold M1 Carbines in self-serve barrels sitting right out on the floor? A firearms maven today might turn up his nose at the idea setting foot in a K-Mart. Yet, is there anyone who doesn't believe we'd be better off, in terms of public acceptance of guns as normal merchandise and gun owners as normal folks, if K-Mart brought back guns and ammo?
I buy ammo where I can find it. Dick's prices usually are not so great but when they have a sale it is usually worth while. I see some of the BS that people put up with at Walmart with their store by store made up policy but people still shop there.
There is stupidity at all levels. I went to Cabelas a few weeks ago to get some 380 that was on sale on the web site. It was a different price at the store. I asked a clerk and he said that it was normal for the online prices not to be the price at the store. He agreed with me that it was stupid.
All major retail outlets have stupidity due to people in corporate offices make decisions on local policy.
There is stupidity at all levels. I went to Cabelas a few weeks ago to get some 380 that was on sale on the web site. It was a different price at the store. I asked a clerk and he said that it was normal for the online prices not to be the price at the store. He agreed with me that it was stupid.
All major retail outlets have stupidity due to people in corporate offices make decisions on local policy.
did you point out that the LR in .22LR stands for long rifle and therefore it's rifle ammo than can be sold to a FID holder?
I was going to - but it clearly wasn't going to matter. It's the fact that it can be fired from a handgun.
So that means, no 410 or 556/223 - since those too can be fired from a handgun.
I'm a Saugus resident and I sometimes shop at Dicks because it's so close.
I'd be surprised if this is a Saugus PD directive. At least the officer in charge of licencing is pretty cool and pro 2A. It was always my understanding that making you exit to the parking lot was the policy of Simon Malls.
Maybe I'll stop by tonight and get an update.
If they won't sell to anyone with restrictions, will they sell to FID holders?
I'd be surprised if this is a Saugus PD directive. At least the officer in charge of licencing is pretty cool and pro 2A. It was always my understanding that making you exit to the parking lot was the policy of Simon Malls.
Maybe I'll stop by tonight and get an update.
If they won't sell to anyone with restrictions, will they sell to FID holders?
icyclefar
NES Member
THIS!
Ditto. Nice folks staffing The Lodge, enjoy shopping there. Only issue from time to time is finding a sales associate, but it hasn't been a stopper.
It's a benefit to all of us that Dick's sells guns and ammo, mainstreams them right out in front of the non-shooting general public including families, soccer moms, kids. When a kid can get gratuitous grief for the shape of his pizza slice, having big box stores like Dick's, Bass Pro, Cabela's, Walmart and others include guns and ammo in their merchandise mix and advertising is an important public service. In the absence of major retailers like this, we'd be left with a smattering of mom-and-pop purveyors, who, as much as we love them, are often consigned to B and C locations out of the public eye. Remember when K-Mart sold M1 Carbines in self-serve barrels sitting right out on the floor? A firearms maven today might turn up his nose at the idea setting foot in a K-Mart. Yet, is there anyone who doesn't believe we'd be better off, in terms of public acceptance of guns as normal merchandise and gun owners as normal folks, if K-Mart brought back guns and ammo?
I tracked down a DSG email for the EVP. Some LinkedIn Profiles for messages and a couple of e-mails for community marketing managers for the Boston area.
I just need to draft an e-mail that's professional in nature and see if it gets anywhere.
I just need to draft an e-mail that's professional in nature and see if it gets anywhere.
dwarven1
Lonely Mountain Arms
When they ask me that I just stare at them and ask "Since I'm obviously over 21, why are you even asking me that?". (they look at the grey beard and the thinning hair get tend to mutter... and sell me the ammo. I actually did buy a box at WallyWorld so I could try it out before deciding if I wanted to order a case of it. 300 Blackout, 120 gr supersonic bullets.)
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