RadioOnFire.com - Dick's Sporting Goods announced Wednesday the chain will no longer sell assault-style weapons.
The retailer will also no longer sell firearms to those under the age of 21, nor will they sell high-capacity magazines.
The announcement comes two weeks after a shooting at a high school in Parkland, Fla. killed 17, and on the same day students returned to classes at the school.
"We deeply believe that this country's most precious gift is our children," the store said in a statement. "They are our future. We must keep them safe."
We deeply believe that this country's most precious gift is our children. They are our future. We must keep them safe. Beginning today, DICK'S Sporting Goods is committed to the following: https://t.co/J4OcB6XJnu pic.twitter.com/BaTJ9LaCYe— DICK'S Sporting Goods (@DICKS) February 28, 2018
Chairman and CEO Edward Stack said on "Good Morning America" that Dick's is prepared for any potential backlash, but will never allow the sale of such guns in its stores again.
Stack on Wednesday called on elected officials to ban assault-style firearms, bump stocks and high capacity magazines and raise the minimum age to buy firearms to 21. He said universal background checks should be required, and there should be a complete universal database of those banned from buying firearms. He also called for the closure of the private sale and gun show loophole that waives the necessity of background checks.
The gunman who killed 17 people in Florida, mostly students, had purchased a shotgun at a Dick's store in November 2017, Stack said, although that was not the gun used in the school shooting.
Walmart Inc., also a big gun seller, stopped selling AR-15 rifles and other semi-automatic weapons in 2015.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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