Attention: Academy Sports supports gun grabbing liberals
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So - what's yur point? Really... What would you have us do?
Americans can give their money to whomever they wish in an election.
They sell rifles and handguns and ammo for them both. As long as they do and have a good selection at very competitive prices of all I'll continue to shop there.
It's a little bothersome that a store that sells the selection of firearms related products that Academy does would be so shortsighted as to give money to candidates that would just as soon see them stop but that's their right.
When it stops being their right is when we have to start worrying.
Americans can give their money to whomever they wish in an election.
They sell rifles and handguns and ammo for them both. As long as they do and have a good selection at very competitive prices of all I'll continue to shop there.
It's a little bothersome that a store that sells the selection of firearms related products that Academy does would be so shortsighted as to give money to candidates that would just as soon see them stop but that's their right.
When it stops being their right is when we have to start worrying.
Marshall
Member
There goes any of my business.
Preacherman
Member
Academy's management/directors may donate to Democratic Party causes, but they sell firearms and ammo, which is a de facto pro-Second Amendment position. If I have the right to donate to politicians of my choice, how can I deny the same right to Academy's bosses?
I think there's a big difference between private donations and public appeals to support a particular party (as Tim Leatherman found out the hard way...).
For that matter, why don't we get the NRA listed as a "blue" business? After all, they donate to pro-2A Democrats as well as Republicans!
I think there's a big difference between private donations and public appeals to support a particular party (as Tim Leatherman found out the hard way...).
For that matter, why don't we get the NRA listed as a "blue" business? After all, they donate to pro-2A Democrats as well as Republicans!
Marshall
Member
Preacherman, who's wanting to deny them?
Fact is, Democrats vote more anti-gun than the others. If I keep buying product from Academy, they are taking money they make from me and putting it toward an anti-gun political organization that would like to see Academy continue in business but without the ability to sell guns. Why Acadamy doesn't realize this, who knows? Or, maybe they do.
Fact is, Democrats vote more anti-gun than the others. If I keep buying product from Academy, they are taking money they make from me and putting it toward an anti-gun political organization that would like to see Academy continue in business but without the ability to sell guns. Why Acadamy doesn't realize this, who knows? Or, maybe they do.
auschip
Member
Incorrect, They take money from you (trading you for goods), then apply it to the corporate bottomline. The proceeds from all sales are then split into several different pieces or rather budgets, one of those being payroll. A salary is paid to the top executives (out of the payroll budget), of which they are free to do anything they want with their money. While I disagree with how they spend their individual income, it has exactly zero impact on how the business is run.
Of note, the Academy in my area started selling Bushmaster Ar's in both evil black and camo.
Lone_Gunman
Member
I think company executives have the right to donate to whatever political causes they want.
I, however, have the right to do business with whoever I want, for whatever reason.
Remember a year or two ago when the Dixie Chicks made disparaging comments about Bush and the USA in general when on tour in Europe? Their record sales plummeted, and many on the left tried to claim their 1st Amendment rights were being encroached upon. Thats Baloney, and the same thing applies to the people at Academy. They can say or do whatever they want, but should not be so stupid as to think there are no consequences.
I, however, have the right to do business with whoever I want, for whatever reason.
Remember a year or two ago when the Dixie Chicks made disparaging comments about Bush and the USA in general when on tour in Europe? Their record sales plummeted, and many on the left tried to claim their 1st Amendment rights were being encroached upon. Thats Baloney, and the same thing applies to the people at Academy. They can say or do whatever they want, but should not be so stupid as to think there are no consequences.
Very enlightening, given that I buy from them a lot
Preacherman, that's a false analogy, because the NRA doesn't contribute almost exclusively to the Dem party candidates - in fact, candidates in that party are in the vast minority of contribution recipients:
Absolutely no comparison. No one's denying them the right to donate to whomever they want, but as others have said, if you don't agree with that party, then why give your money to a store (which has lots of substitute competitors) who is going to turn around and give some of your money to that party?
Preacherman, that's a false analogy, because the NRA doesn't contribute almost exclusively to the Dem party candidates - in fact, candidates in that party are in the vast minority of contribution recipients:
(emphasis mine)
Absolutely no comparison. No one's denying them the right to donate to whomever they want, but as others have said, if you don't agree with that party, then why give your money to a store (which has lots of substitute competitors) who is going to turn around and give some of your money to that party?
Silver Bullet
Member
The bottom line is ... the bottom line. You have a choice where you buy products. If you buy from a blue-supporting company, more money will end up in blue politicians hands, regardless of whether the company had a “right” to spend their money as it wished.
Another example: if you subscribe to a magazine that is anti-RKBA, it is not enough to skip the anti-RKBA articles. You need to realize that your subscription money is empowering them.
Another example: if you subscribe to a magazine that is anti-RKBA, it is not enough to skip the anti-RKBA articles. You need to realize that your subscription money is empowering them.
Standing Wolf
Member in memoriam
I don't ever do business with anti-Second Amendment bigots.
macavada
Member
I think I'll have to start spending MORE ammo and gun money at Academy from now on.
Marshall
Member
No, I was not incorrect. The more money the stores make the more money the top executives get. Profits from what I buy end up going to Blue candidates regardless of how it's given to them or buy whom. They sure do have the right, but I don't have to support them.
If every pro gun Republican stopped buying products from them, they would closed their doors and there would be no executives donating to the Blue candidates or the party which is anti-gun.
rhubarb
Member
Let's see if I got this right:
Academy as a company makes bucketloads of money by selling rifles, shotguns, handguns, evil assault weapons (saw a camo AR there last week), ammo, cleaning supplies, and all other sorts of accouterments for firearms.
Academy executives give their own personal money to liberals.
Therefore, I shouldn't shop there.
That don't even make no sense to me. I'm all for supporting the Second Amendment through where I shop, but that don't add up. Is there a bigger retail outlet chain for such a wide variety of firearms? Wally World's bigger but don't carry near as much stuff. Please correct me if my assumption about Academy's place in the firearm world is wrong, but it seems that Academy Sports and Outdoors is therefore, as mentioned in earlier posts, one of the largest supporters of the Second Amendment in the United States.
I'll keep shopping there for the selection, pricing, and good help they have on hand. Shoot, I was in there a month or so ago and there was a gentleman at the gun counter buying a Mini 14 to shoot the feral pigs on his ranch. All his guns had been stolen
. The guy at the counter offered to help him thin the herd and gave his personal number to the customer. Now that's service. The last time I was at WalMart I asked for a box of 9mm WWB. The clerk put her hand on 7mm Mag. "This one?" Ignernt dingleberry.
That was before I found that 9mm WWB is $1.00 per 50 cheaper at Academy than Wammart. Then I realized that everything in the gun section at Academy was cheaper. Wah-Mart doesn't sell as much firearm stuff and what they sell is more expensive. Academy has a fairly limited variety, won't do special orders, doesn't carry used or milsurp guns, doesn't do FFL transfers, doesn't accept trades, and rarely has know-it-all mall ninja types hanging around; therefore does not compete with the local gun shops. For what they have, I like 'em. Yep, I'll keep shopping at Academy, thankyouverymuch.
Academy as a company makes bucketloads of money by selling rifles, shotguns, handguns, evil assault weapons (saw a camo AR there last week), ammo, cleaning supplies, and all other sorts of accouterments for firearms.
Academy executives give their own personal money to liberals.
Therefore, I shouldn't shop there.
That don't even make no sense to me. I'm all for supporting the Second Amendment through where I shop, but that don't add up. Is there a bigger retail outlet chain for such a wide variety of firearms? Wally World's bigger but don't carry near as much stuff. Please correct me if my assumption about Academy's place in the firearm world is wrong, but it seems that Academy Sports and Outdoors is therefore, as mentioned in earlier posts, one of the largest supporters of the Second Amendment in the United States.
I'll keep shopping there for the selection, pricing, and good help they have on hand. Shoot, I was in there a month or so ago and there was a gentleman at the gun counter buying a Mini 14 to shoot the feral pigs on his ranch. All his guns had been stolen
. The guy at the counter offered to help him thin the herd and gave his personal number to the customer. Now that's service. The last time I was at WalMart I asked for a box of 9mm WWB. The clerk put her hand on 7mm Mag. "This one?" Ignernt dingleberry. That was before I found that 9mm WWB is $1.00 per 50 cheaper at Academy than Wammart. Then I realized that everything in the gun section at Academy was cheaper. Wah-Mart doesn't sell as much firearm stuff and what they sell is more expensive. Academy has a fairly limited variety, won't do special orders, doesn't carry used or milsurp guns, doesn't do FFL transfers, doesn't accept trades, and rarely has know-it-all mall ninja types hanging around; therefore does not compete with the local gun shops. For what they have, I like 'em. Yep, I'll keep shopping at Academy, thankyouverymuch.
Art Eatman
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Last I heard, if a business went broke on account of a lack of customers, the owners sought a new line of work. Seems to me there'd be a hiatus in executive income which possibly precluded political contributions...
, Art
, ArtTheDutchman
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My Buddy use to date the owners daughter while she was at UT.
Since I think many of the GOP's policies and positions are antifreedom and indicative of mindset that curtails personal freedom - except for mild support for the RKBA - I guess I can't buy from anyone who supports them.
So I can't buy guns and ammo anywhere!!!
I'll buy from Academy as their prices are good. Their owners have the right to support whomever they want.
I'm not going to buy from the rude, thieving major gun shop in San Antonio.
So I can't buy guns and ammo anywhere!!!
I'll buy from Academy as their prices are good. Their owners have the right to support whomever they want.
I'm not going to buy from the rude, thieving major gun shop in San Antonio.
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