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Posted: 3/7/2018 11:02:22 PM EDT
Seems like BP has also buckled at the knees, and to the best of my knowledge, there was no demand
or howls of righteous indignation and anger from the leftist, "progressive", gun grabbing community... BP simply took it upon themselves to go down this route. Details are still coming in, but what basically happened is that GOAL ('Gun Owners Action League', and the 'Massachusetts Women Gun Owners'), were sponsoring a 'First Annual Concealed Carry Fashion Show at the Bass Pro Shops at their Foxboro store. https://www.shop.goal.org/product.sc;jsessionid=DDCACF6EF4F366D483B4E59C72A026E5.p3plqscsfapp004?productId=169 http://www.massreloading.com/docs/CCW-Fashion-Show-Flyer.pdf The event was meant to be part fundraiser, part educational, part just having a good time. It was first announced on 01/19/18, and to be held on 03/09/18. Suddenly, BP gets cold feet and pulls the rug out from underneath us... less than two days away, and no explanation other than "due to unforeseen circumstances", "postpones" the event (this is from corporate, not local). Yeah, I realize that there's not much love here for MA and it's liberal bullshit, but a lot of genuine, hard working 'trapped behind enemy lines', 2'ndA people put lot of work into this, only to get fucked for it. But, since this is a corporate decision, we can expect this kind of reaction elsewhere. Time to light up their switchboards Ed Cuthbertson General Manager [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Live chat... https://basspro.custhelp.com/app/chat/chat_launch/session/L3RpbWUvMTUyMDQ3Nzg0OC9zaWQvUngyREQzSG4%3D FaceBook... https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=bass%20pro%20shops Further discussion here... Bass Pro Cancelled!!!! CCW Fashion Show - Presented by GOAL and MWGO |
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I Co-Chair our local Friends of NRA dinner - the venue we hold it in backed out tonight.
Sad times. I no longer recognize the country I grew up in |
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Not the time to back down ! Keep up the fight, put pressure on these business, let them know what their shareholders will lose !
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Perfectly fine.
Just so long as you keep baking those gay wedding cakes. |
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I sent an email through their contact us feature. Basically I called them on their commitment to local organizations and community and stated this move is something I would expect from a company like REI. I also stated that they caved to people who wouldn't shop at their store and that I'll make the drive to Kittery Trading Post instead.
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I would love to see them breakdown of money spent at their brick and mortar stores plus online sales between anti gunners vs pro 2 A.
They might very well see that they are making decisions based on emotion vs business. |
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I would love to see them breakdown of money spent at their brick and mortar stores plus online sales between anti gunners vs pro 2 A. They might very well see that they are making decisions based on emotion vs business. View Quote Bass Pro and Cabelas are first and foremost hunting gear suppliers. |
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I Co-Chair our local Friends of NRA dinner - the venue we hold it in backed out tonight. Sad times. I no longer recognize the country I grew up in View Quote It is most certainly being guided with big money pressure from statist/Marxist/communist billionaires, who have a common goal of being in control. Tobacco, salt, soft drinks, etc. were all conditioning runs for this sort of process. The process of isolation of the subject was refined and also the population was lulled into believing that an object (product) is responsible for the ills of mankind, not the way the individual used it. Those of us who believe that the individual is responsible are the ideological and religious ENEMY of the former type of person. Those other people have a fervent belief that THEY ARE NOT AT FAULT FOR ANYTHING THAT IS WRONG THEIR LIVES. We come along, point a finger at them and tell them they are. It is no wonder they want to eradicate us. Regardless of how CORRECT we are, they will always see us as attacking them and their most closely held belief. That belief that....they are never wrong about anything. |
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BP around here is a joke.
Overpriced product, dumbass staff. Have not been in five years. Don't know how they stay in business with that business model. |
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Just like Dick's, BP is too damn expensive. I quit shopping there years ago.
FD FBP FBHO |
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I'll spend my points and cancel my Cabela's Visa thereafter.
Mofo's. |
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I'm starting to wonder if the banks are putting pressure on businesses.
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I'm starting to wonder if the banks are putting pressure on businesses. View Quote |
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A lot to people foresaw Cabala's fate when Bass Pro bought them out. Now for the downward spiral and crash.
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Correcting my original statement
No one knows what these circumstances were. BP is still good in my book. |
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Wow, and gun owners wonder why they're dwindling...
Did BP stop firearms sales to under 21? Did BP stop selling ARs? Has BP made a statement supporting gun control? Has cabela's done any of the same things? A single BP pulled out of having one event (which is a manager decision, not HQ) in a very gun-unfriendly state, and it's FBP and FC? |
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I Co-Chair our local Friends of NRA dinner - the venue we hold it in backed out tonight. Sad times. I no longer recognize the country I grew up in View Quote The cake case said that a business has to provide service for all, after all. |
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Send a letter to Johnny Morris at their main store address. He will respond with a handwritten letter.
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Corporate decision not "local store manager".
our side needs to be unified and prepared to win hearts & minds. Fight fire with Fire. |
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Now is the time for public reprisals.
Any of these businesses that back out or do not support need to be responded to with a negative media blitz. They are virtue signaling and they have to learn that goes both ways. |
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Wow, and gun owners wonder why they're dwindling... Did BP stop firearms sales to under 21? Did BP stop selling ARs? Has BP made a statement supporting gun control? Has cabela's done any of the same things? A single BP pulled out of having one event (which is a manager decision, not HQ) in a very gun-unfriendly state, and it's FBP and FC? View Quote or confirmation... Attached File |
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Quoted: GOAL says otherwise, and they wouldn't have posted that without reliable information or confirmation... https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/24334/GOAL-475361.JPG View Quote |
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Fuck Bass Pro.
I'm terrified of what they'll do to Cabela's. I won't buy guns there, but I buy reloading stuff there constantly. |
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Not surprised. I think most of us knew this was coming.
Who’s next? Or maybe the question is who’s left? |
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Quoted: They are already gutting the Cabela's HQ's in Sidney, NE. Moving everything to Missouri and the real estate market in Sidney is now ruined. Sad deal... View Quote When we first started going out there in Boy Scouts it was Arby's, something else (maybe a Subway or Mcdonalds I always went to Arby's since we didn't have one at home) and Cabelas there by the interstate. It really grew around there over the years. |
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Did GOAL put time and money into this event? If so they need to talk to a lawyer about recouping their expenses from BP for canceling on such short notice.
My guess is the manager got a call or email from a representative of one of the grabber groups telling him they will stage a protest at the store if they don't cancel the event. |
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This shit is getting out of hand. There is a full court press against the 2A and NRA.
Hopefully this wakes up the fudds. Also, I am sad Bass Schmoe bought Cabelas, I got a lot of good deals on used guns there. |
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Here's probably part of it. Fuck BPS and Cabelas as far as I'm concerned.
Johnny Morris with Sandy Hook Families |
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Did GOAL put time and money into this event? If so they need to talk to a lawyer about recouping their expenses from BP for canceling on such short notice. My guess is the manager got a call or email from a representative of one of the grabber groups telling him they will stage a protest at the store if they don't cancel the event. View Quote |
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Midway and Brownells!!! Forget all the rest of those overpriced Yuppy shops.
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They didn't cave to a national outcry.
They are caving to someone in power with money. |
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