Justice
Businesses Spurn the NRA. Where Are the Mayors?
For the most part, mayors of potential NRA host cities haven’t shown the same resistance as a growing number of private companies.
Dick’s Sporting Goods and Walmart are the latest companies to take a hard turn on guns. Dick’s announced on Wednesday a host of new store policies following the discovery that the shooter in the Parkland massacre once purchased a shotgun at a Dick’s outlet. No longer will Dick’s sell assault-style rifles or high-capacity magazines, and regardless of state law, no Dick’s will sell to anyone under 21. Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, declared the same age limit.
The Dick’s statement went further, issuing a list of demands for the government, including a federal ban on assault-style rifles.