Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a statement on Wednesday commended Dick's Sporting Goods for changes the sport goods company made to
its gun sales policies.
Companies like L.L. Bean, Walmart Inc., Kroger Co. and Dick's Sporting Goods Inc. have all announced new
gun sales policies in the wake of the massacre in Parkland, Fla..
This announcement makes Kroger the third major retailer to change
its gun sale policies in the wake of the school shooting in Parkland, Fla. on Feb. 14.
Not exact matches
The union is part of a national wave of activism trying to get the firearms industry to improve
gun safety and
sales policies.
The union is part of a national wave of activism trying to get the firearms industry to improve
gun safety and
sales policies after another deadly mass shooting, this time at a Florida high school in February that left 17 people dead.
Here are all the retailers that have changed their
policies on
gun sales following the Parkland, Florida shooting:
Dick's said its hunting business posted negative comparable - store
sales and expects the challenges to continue this year, with its new
gun policies being an additional burden.
President Trump backed a Senate proposal to expand background checks on
gun sales, as part of a call for a sweeping overhaul of U.S.
gun policy in the wake of the Florida school shooting.
There has been no spike in
gun sales so far — but if
gun enthusiasts believe the political climate is ripe for new
gun control
policies, it might cause them to stock up on
guns.
And
gun sale trends could change if President Donald Trump makes another surprising comment about
gun control or commits to a
policy push on the issue, as he seemed to do in a recent White House roundtable.
President Donald Trump backed a U.S. Senate proposal to expand background checks on
gun sales, as part of a call for a sweeping overhaul of U.S.
gun policy in the wake of the Florida school shooting.
The analysts found little or no research on the impact of other
policies, including
gun - free zones, firearm
sales reporting requirements and bans on assault weapons.
Support for requiring background checks for all
gun sales remained high, with 85 percent of
gun owners and 83 percent of non-owners favoring the
policy.
But some
policies, like expanded screening, treatment of mental illness, and restrictions on
gun sales to people who have been convicted of stalking, were still considered effective in reducing
gun homicides.
According to the experts, the most effective
policies was one that requires
gun sellers to run background checks on all potential buyers and another that prevented
gun sales to anyone convicted of violent misdemeanors.
A recent update to YouTube's content
policies added new restrictions on the display of
guns and firearms, including an attempt to prevent content that promotes the
sale of
guns and
gun accessories, as well as content that teaches viewers how to manufacture or install firearm add - ons.
Such a percentage of
sales from bitcoin is doubly notable, seeing how Cargill can't do business with bitcoin merchant services firms like BitPay because of their
policies against onboarding
guns - and - ammo businesses, a
policy which BitPay confirmed still exists, thought he initial press - release detailing the
policy has been removed.