Dick’s Suspends Sale of Modern Rifles on Website, in Stores
Falls Church store amongst sporting goods chain’s locations to suspend sales of modern rifles.
National sporting goods chain Dick’s has removed all guns from display in their store closest to Newtown, CT and suspended the sales of modern sporting rifles in all stores—including the one on Columbia Pike in Falls Church. The move comes on the heels of Friday’s shooting in Connecticut that left 26 people dead, including 20 children. “That’s the right move,” said Charles Long outside the Falls Church Dick’s on Tuesday. “You can’t blame them for what happened but it’s the best thing to do in light of what happened.” In a statement released Tuesday, the sporting good chain said the move was: “Out of respect for the victims and their families, during this time of national mourning.” On Friday, Adam Lanza shot his mother four times while she…
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