In apparent effort to increase sales at local mom and pop gun shops, Dick's Sporting Goods decides not to sell scary guns

If you're a person who pays attention to guns, gun ownership, or 2nd Amendment issues, you've probably heard the (allegedly) big news. Dick's Sporting Goods, one of the nation's largest sporting goods chains, is no longer going to sell "assault weapons." If you really pay attention, and have a good memory, you might be experiencing a bout of Déjà vu. That's because you've heard this news before. Dick's enjoyed widespread publicity when it made basically the exact same announcement about 6 years ago. In the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting, Dick's said it would no longer stock "scary looking weapons that are functionally the same as less-scary weapons" - also known as "assault rifles." For a while, they were true to their word.