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I was out wandering about and ended up at Dick's I asked the gun clerk to look at a rifle. He said he needed to see my ID first, then had to hold on to it while I looked at the rifle. I asked why he said it was company policy since "some guy on Texas asked to see an 870 and ran out of the store with it..." he didn't take the trigger lock off either, but that's a whole other rant.

I don't look like I'm under 21 or 18 so age isn't a factor. I guess I can kinda understand the policy but gun people don't generally like giving their ids to anyone. It made me feel like they didn't trust me to look at something I might have bought. It put me off of giving them any of my money.... again.... still.

I can understand Dick's Sporting Goods being a little cautious, but then again I'm cautious about where I spend my money too. If they really don't want to sell guns then why not just take the gun counter completely out of the store. If they're worried about someone stealing a firearm by dashing out the door, then they should install a panic button that automatically locks the doors so a thief cannot exit the store. Typically, this is the reason why stores place the gun counter all the way in the back to prevent someone from having a short sprint out the front. In some cases, there are many obstacles one would have to navigate to even make it to the front exit door.

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Bullseye

Dick's is awful in pretty much regard around here.

They're the bottom of the chain, below all the other chain stores that comprise the bottom of the barrel. Scrape hard enough and you get to Dick's.

Yeah that's pretty much my thought on the place. I got a $100 gift card and can't bring myself to spend it.

If it's a Dick's gift card it's already spent.

Did you talk to the manager? It might be that this kid had some strange idea of company policy. At least when confronted with some obviously dumb idea, the response has been that they misunderstood the policy.

Maybe I'll work going into the local Dick's and see if that's the policy here into my busy schedule.

The Dick's near me is further than Caballa's . I've only been in to Dick's once since it was built. Since Cabella's is closer I always go there.

greener wrote:If it's a Dick's gift card it's already spent.

Did you talk to the manager? It might be that this kid had some strange idea of company policy. At least when confronted with some obviously dumb idea, the response has been that they misunderstood the policy.

Maybe I'll work going into the local Dick's and see if that's the policy here into my busy schedule.

who knows, this one doesn't carry handguns andkeeps the longguns under double lock and key.

bgreenea3 wrote:

greener wrote:If it's a Dick's gift card it's already spent.

Did you talk to the manager? It might be that this kid had some strange idea of company policy. At least when confronted with some obviously dumb idea, the response has been that they misunderstood the policy.

Maybe I'll work going into the local Dick's and see if that's the policy here into my busy schedule.

who knows, this one doesn't carry handguns andkeeps the longguns under double lock and key.

The one in Portage? I wasn't impressed with the clerks when your mom, favorite eldest child and I were in there last May.

I went by one of the Richmond Dick's today. Asked to see the Marlin 30-30 they had on sale. The clerk handed one to me and went to the other end of the counter and messed around until I was ready to put it back. He was polite.

Maybe you just got a clerk whose head was in a dark place.

I don't think any Dick's carries handguns. They do have handgun ammo, and some cleaning gear for them. Never saw a holster or other handgun accessory.

The local Dick's is my closest gun-related brick and mortar. It's about a block away, in the shopping center my subdivision borders. I was in there last month when a customer at Sportsman's ( a mile away) told me he'd just been there and they had a pallet of Value Packs. I got one that day, and one the next day. It actually lasted 2 1/2 days.

That was the first I'd been in Dick's in at least a year. I don't expect much from a clerk who maybe gets a dollar over minimum wage, and is barely out of high school. That's all I've seen there, anyway.