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Dick's Sporting Goods, age discrimination suit
« on: March 06, 2018, 09:46:47 AM »
Wondered how long it would take this to happen.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/20-year-old-sues-dicks-walmart-over-new-gun-policies/2018/03/05/c61d80a2-20f8-11e8-946c-9420060cb7bd_story.html?utm_term=.bae1f5a6f7ef

Short version, Oregon has a statute which generally says no discrimination based on age unless objectively defined mitigating circumstances exist. In other words, if you meet the legal criteria for purchasing a firearm and have the money to do so, they have to sell it to you unless they can show a good faith, legally-defined reason for denial. 20 year old goes into purchase .22 rifle and is denied based solely on age, seemingly running directly afoul of aforementioned statute.

This one actually has some teeth. It'll be interesting to see how it plays out.

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Re: Dick's Sporting Goods, age discrimination suit
« Reply #1 on: March 06, 2018, 10:02:54 AM »
I love the taking of the Progressive's laws and using them against them.
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Re: Dick's Sporting Goods, age discrimination suit
« Reply #2 on: March 06, 2018, 10:04:56 AM »
It will be interesting to see how that plays out in the Oregon courts. I saw the governor just signed gun control legislation closing the "boyfriend loophole" as she called it.
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Re: Dick's Sporting Goods, age discrimination suit
« Reply #3 on: March 06, 2018, 10:19:43 AM »
Quote from: Ben on March 06, 2018, 10:04:56 AM
It will be interesting to see how that plays out in the Oregon courts. I saw the governor just signed gun control legislation closing the "boyfriend loophole" as she called it.
Something tells me it does a lot more than just make straw purchasing illegal (again). 
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Re: Dick's Sporting Goods, age discrimination suit
« Reply #4 on: March 06, 2018, 10:25:39 AM »
Quote from: MechAg94 on March 06, 2018, 10:19:43 AM
Something tells me it does a lot more than just make straw purchasing illegal (again).  

It appears to be related to "domestic violence". A term that always scares me when related to gun (and other) rights, because not only is the term broadly abused regarding what constitutes "violence" but the reporting parameters are always ripe for false accusations ("getting even" in bad breakups, etc.)with little to no recourse for the accused.

Sorry for the early thread veer Brad.  =D
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Re: Dick's Sporting Goods, age discrimination suit
« Reply #5 on: March 06, 2018, 11:37:43 AM »
Bake the cake, Dicks.
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Re: Dick's Sporting Goods, age discrimination suit
« Reply #6 on: March 06, 2018, 11:39:06 AM »
Dick's, it not just a name, it's an attitude.

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Re: Dick's Sporting Goods, age discrimination suit
« Reply #7 on: March 06, 2018, 11:53:43 AM »
Quote from: fistful on March 06, 2018, 11:37:43 AM
Bake the cake, Dicks.

BAKE IT!   :police:
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Re: Dick's Sporting Goods, age discrimination suit
« Reply #8 on: March 06, 2018, 03:53:59 PM »
Quote from: fistful on March 06, 2018, 11:37:43 AM
Bake the cake, Dicks.

Good thing you capitalized that.
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Re: Dick's Sporting Goods, age discrimination suit
« Reply #9 on: March 06, 2018, 05:37:30 PM »
What gunowners were still shopping at Dicks since they did the same after Sandy Hook? Their stock price and revenue has mostly been down since then anyway; I didn’t and don’t think they will be in business much longer either way.
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Re: Dick's Sporting Goods, age discrimination suit
« Reply #10 on: March 06, 2018, 10:32:27 PM »
Quote from: Ben on March 06, 2018, 10:25:39 AM
It appears to be related to "domestic violence". A term that always scares me when related to gun (and other) rights, because not only is the term broadly abused regarding what constitutes "violence" but the reporting parameters are always ripe for false accusations ("getting even" in bad breakups, etc.)with little to no recourse for the accused.

Sorry for the early thread veer Brad.  =D

From what I've heard, it's basically the Laughtenberg Amendment, except they tacked on stalking convictions. So, almost entirely redundant to already existing federal law.

Could have been worse. Much worse.
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Re: Dick's Sporting Goods, age discrimination suit
« Reply #11 on: March 07, 2018, 10:50:44 AM »
Quote from: Ben on March 06, 2018, 10:25:39 AM


Sorry for the early thread veer Brad.  =D

What took you so long?

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