None of these type stores even com close to “relying” on hunters to survive and many (probably most) don’t give a good darn about the politics involved - they’ll go wherever they can find what they need at a price they can afford, period. Most sporting good chains don’t rely on hunting or even shooting sports to survive. Hunters only comprise a small percentage of their client base and while they don’t mind the business if they can get it, they will absolutely NOT risk offending the other other client bases to support one small group. Heck, I can’t blame them. Principles are great if you can afford to have them, when it comes to your business; but sometimes you can’t afford them and your responsibility to your familyshareholders/employees/etc, and putting food on their tables come first. It’s real easy, on the internet, to have principles with other people’s businesses and money. Lol.
I think many hunters have an over-inflated sense of how much they contribute, financially, to some of these stores. Particularly in states where hunting seasons are pretty limited in duration; compared, say, to a state like Texas or Florida, where hunting is available year-round. I’m pretty sure those libtard hippy snowflakes account for a far larger proportion of overall sales, at a typical sporting goods store like Dicks, Academy, REI, etc, than do hunters. A quick look at the Fred Meyer webpage, and the fact it’s owned by Kroger’s grocery stores makes it pretty obvious that their business has little to anything to do with hunting or hunters. I can’t understand why anyone would care about a grocery store deciding they don’t want to sell guns or ammo any more. Big deal. They probably put a big hurt on some local mom and pop gun stores when they began selling guns by using their enormous capital base to undercut prices and corner the market. I’ll bet that didn’t bother anyone that saved $50 on their Remington 700 BDL. Lol. Now, the sky is falling because they don’t want to sell guns next to the organic wheatgrass section. *rolleyes*
The states where most of those stores are located are part of the Left Coast and have fully capitulated to the progressive left. With the SLIGHT exception for Alaska. Very slight. If I was forced to live in the communist states of Oregon or Washington I think I’d have a lot bigger things to worry about than whether I can pick up a box of ammo with some strawberries and a carton of cream. Lol. I don’t expect anything less than that from a store based up there. I’d be more worried about the climate change that’s made this decision by Kroger a solid business decision. This is less about the company than about the politics of communities these stores serve.
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