Dick’s Sporting Goods overhauled its gun policies after Parkland. Th...

05/31/19

Dick’s Sporting Goods overhauled its gun policies after Parkland. The CEO didn’t stop there.  The Washington Post

Ed Stack, the chief executive and chairman of Dick’s Sporting Goods, had made the rounds through talk shows and news networks, announcing that his company would stop selling assault-style weapons and take other steps to limit firearms sales. The backlash was swift from gun-toting customers, pro-gun lawmakers and the National Rifle Association. But on that day, Stack was focused only on the wrenching stories he was hearing. One father told him that his daughter was just one second away from escaping the gunman. A mother told Stack that every night, she went into her son’s bedroom and talked ...

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