I have know Dicks since it had one store on Upper Court St in an Upstate NY town. Perhaps it is the roots of that strongly Democratic color bleeding through.
On the larger scale, since the Parkland, Fl shootings, the AR-15/M-16, along with the NRA, are turning into a political “third rail”. It makes one wonder if throwing the left their ever targeted assult rifle bone, and being done with it.
The other side of the coin is that it could be the worse mistake the NRA ever made. The assult rifle “victory” could simply be the green light the left needs to go after any and all semi automatic weapons. That would include my Glock and that would be my personal “cold dead fingers” stance.
This is a dangerous time for the Second Amendment, the NRA, and gun owners nation wide.