{"id":1652,"date":"2018-05-04T13:25:17","date_gmt":"2018-05-04T13:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/?p=1652"},"modified":"2018-05-04T14:08:22","modified_gmt":"2018-05-04T14:08:22","slug":"dicks-sporting-goods-hires-gun-control-lobbyists-to-push-for-legislation-in-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/2018\/05\/04\/dicks-sporting-goods-hires-gun-control-lobbyists-to-push-for-legislation-in-washington\/","title":{"rendered":"Dick&#8217;s Sporting Goods hires gun control lobbyists to push for legislation in Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source The Independent: Dick&#8217;s Sporting Goods is ramping up its efforts to promote\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/gun-control\">gun control<\/a>\u00a0in the United States following the February shooting at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/marjory-stoneman-douglas-high-school\">Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The sporting goods retailer \u2014 which is also one of the top firearms sellers in the US \u2014 has hired lobbyists to push for gun control in Washington. It is the latest move for the company after recently announcing it would no longer sell semi-automatic rifles in the style of the AR-15, and high capacity magazines.<\/p>\n<p>In making those earlier changes, the company also announced that it would no longer sell firearms to people under the age of 21.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-block inline-block-related-single inline-block-left\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/gun-control-us-beau-biden-joe-bill-laws-parkland-shooting-delaware-maryland-florida-vermont-a8322706.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/s3fs-public\/styles\/readmore_card\/public\/thumbnails\/image\/2018\/03\/24\/17\/gun-control-march-for-our-lives.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"capsules\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"label context-capsule\">READ MORE<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h2>Activists say gun control momentum is building post-Parkland<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"connatix\">\n<div id=\"cnx-adUnit-overlay\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"cnx-image\">\n<div id=\"cnx-video-image\">\n<div class=\"cnx-ratio\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"cnx-video-content\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.connatix.com\/s3\/connatix-uploads\/44a145cc-ff92-415b-bcf4-e1c653ec354f\/43.jpg?mode=stretch&amp;connatiximg=true&amp;scale=both&amp;height=225&amp;width=400\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"de5f464ef08277533e0d1525440160554\">\n<p><video class=\"\" muted=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\"><\/video><\/p>\n<div class=\"resize-triggers\">\n<div class=\"expand-trigger\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"contract-trigger\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"resize-triggers\">\n<div class=\"expand-trigger\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"contract-trigger\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cnx-content\">\n<div class=\"cnx-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/gun-control-latest-dicks-sporting-goods-hires-lobbyists-glover-park-group-a8335611.html\">Independent &#8211; Daily Highlights<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"cnx-sponsor\">Watch Full Screen<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The company has hired Glover Park Group to represent its efforts in Washington, according to Senate lobbying disclosures filed in late April and reviewed by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-05-02\/banks-urged-by-democratic-senators-to-take-action-on-gun-control\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bloomberg<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"teads-inread sm-screen\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"teads-ui-components-adchoices\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"teads-ui-components-label\">ADVERTISING<\/div>\n<div id=\"teads0\" class=\"teads-player\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"teads-ui-components-credits\"><a href=\"http:\/\/inread-experience.teads.tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span class=\"teads-ui-components-credits-colored\">inRead<\/span>\u00a0invented by Teads<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Dick\u2019s \u2014 which is the largest sporting goods company in the US \u2014 was joined by several other companies in changing its firearms policies or offerings after the shooting in Parkland, Florida.\u00a0 Those other companies included Walmart, Kroger, and LL Bean.<\/p>\n<p>When announcing the earlier decision to change its approach to firearms, Dick\u2019s CEO said that, while the company supports Second Amendment rights, \u201cwe have to help solve the problem that\u2019s in front of us. Gun violence is an epidemic that\u2019s taking the lives of too many people, including the brightest hope for the future of America \u2014 our kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"dnd-widget-wrapper context-sdl_editor_representation type-gallery\">\n<div class=\"dnd-atom-rendered\">\n<div class=\"image\">\n<div class=\"full-gallery\">\n<div class=\"scroller\">\n<h2 class=\"gallery-title\"><\/h2>\n<div class=\"images\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-mpu mpu5-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School left 17 people dead, including 14 students and three adults who worked at the school. The shooting was carried out by a 19-year-old former student who arrived at the school in an Uber before opening fire in one of the buildings.<\/p>\n<div class=\"relatedlinkslist inline-block-related-list inline-block-left click-tracking-processed\">\n<h2 class=\"box-title\">READ MORE<\/h2>\n<div class=\"relatedlinkslist-content\">\n<ul class=\"related\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/columbine-shooting-principal-parkland-students-gun-control-national-school-walkout-anniversary-a8313186.html\">Columbine principal says Parkland movement is unprecedented<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/florida-nra-marion-hammer-death-threats-gun-control-hearing-parkland-leon-county-a8303851.html\">Death threats force Florida&#8217;s NRA lobbyist to miss gun control hearing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/town-hall-for-our-lives-march-empty-chairs-politicians-gun-control-a8294276.html\">Gun control activists leave empty chairs for politicians at town halls<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/gun-control-bill-south-carolina-parkland-shooting-local-government-republican-joshua-putnam-a8285231.html\">SC Republican wants to ban local politicians from passing gun control<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>That shooting, which was the deadliest high school shooting in modern American history, has led to a sustained effort on behalf of gun control advocates to pressure politicians to initiate reforms.<\/p>\n<p>That pressure has included at least two nation-wide school walk outs by students protesting gun violence, many of them vowing to register to vote and hold their elected officials accountable in this year\u2019s midterm elections. Students have also organised the nationwide March for our Lives in March.<\/p>\n<p>Several states have responded to the pressure by passing gun control measures, including bills in Florida and Vermont, two states with few gun control laws on the books beforehand. Both of those states also have Republican governors who signed the new policies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Source The Independent: Dick&#8217;s Sporting Goods is ramping up its efforts to promote\u00a0gun control\u00a0in the United States following the February shooting at\u00a0Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. The sporting goods retailer \u2014 which is also one of the top firearms sellers in the US \u2014 has hired lobbyists to push for gun control in Washington. It is the latest move&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/2018\/05\/04\/dicks-sporting-goods-hires-gun-control-lobbyists-to-push-for-legislation-in-washington\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1652"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1662,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1652\/revisions\/1662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}