Academy stores Hid their AR-15s behind a door, after Sandy Hook. It was a deceptive PR stunt.
When the company's fear of the gun-grabbers dissipated, they quietly brought them back into plain view.
At the Dick's near us, it always seems to have so Few cars in the parking lot. The store is on the largest boulevard in this area, Germantown Rd. (TN), and approx. 300 yards from I-40. And it is next door to Costco.
They must be going the way of the 'late' Gander Mountain, unless the US govt. plan to rescue them (Dick's) with our tax dollars.