Disturbing (new?) policy at Academy Sports & Outdoors

[Texan2]

All I have to add is this:

Read through this thread of conservative members arguing over a small item - THEN - ask yourself if it's any wonder why the Republicans can't get their one voice together to elect a president.

LOL...how true. There are some things it is ok to compromise on.

 

[texas_teacher]

The average guy buying a pistol at Academy will not think twice about handing over his license. 95% will not see it as any sort of issue.

The fact is though what does relinquishing your driver's license solve? Whenever I go to look at a pistol at Academy I expect to wait because the experiences I have had they only allow one customer to handle a firearm at a time per employee... Seems to me if you hired half decent employees to begin with they'd be able to watch for shifty behavior and a customer attempt to walkoff or pocket a firearm and alert loss prevention... Just my two cents...

Also knowing this is the policy in advance, what's to stop the wrong doing individual from acquiring a fake id in order to not suffer a loss when walking off with the firearm?

 

[Bithabus]

I get it...I just dont see the big deal or how I am being violated. Perhaps because you cant kill someone with a plane fare, or a rental rate, they dont make you show ID, but my point was that everyone acts as if their DL is some super secret info when its really not. We use it for lots of stuff.

As far as unhinged, it appears this thread has some folks worked up and calling others "sheeple" for respecting a business owners right to set a policy.

I dont like WalMart's policy of selling nearly rotten fruit, so I just dont buy food there anymore. I dont call them names and call people names for still shopping there, but I dont want to buy from them because of their practices. The underlying tone that they are somehow doing something wrong for trying to protect their inventory just seems odd to me.

Then again, I have probably became riled up at things other consider beneign.

Many people will not show their ID to a stranger unless they have to. I am in that camp. And, I didn't see one post advocating anything more than not shopping at Academy. They have the right to stupid and insulting policies, we have the right to not shop there.

I agree that the average person going to Academy to buy a Taurus will have no problem handing over ID before being allowed to look at a product. This person is probably accustomed to such things.

 

[Texan2]

Also knowing this is the policy in advance, what's to stop the wrong doing individual from acquiring a fake id in order to not suffer a loss when walking off with the firearm?

Nothing, but most are not ambitious enough to do so. I have been to Academy when there are 10 or 12 customers at the counter. Dont blame them for not wanting 2 guys to try and keep their eys on a dozen weapons floating around.

 

[Oldfalguy]

While Academy was purchased by the same company that owns Dollar Tree, TRS etc I doubt this is the reason for the change-
KKR is a private equity firm specializing in leveraged buyouts and has been around for 35 years and they are huge.
They will make some changes to hopefully cause it to make more revenue and then flip it- I doubt gun sales are a dent in Revenues vs
all the rest of the inventory they sell. Hate to see it cease being family owned but thats the breaks.

On the profiling issue- I think they can do it and not get caught unless they only card/hold every minority.
If every runner was a minority I would do it too-
Heck, they could just take your DL and make a copy of it and give your DL back like most prudent car dealerships do before a test drive-
Then at least they would have a record of every broke dick that comes in to coon finger a gun and doesn't buy one-
Then we would know (no one would ever tell us hahah) what the ratio is- Bet it more than 10-1 though.

 

[Texas1911]

While Academy was purchased by the same company that owns Dollar Tree, TRS etc I doubt this is the reason for the change-
KKR is a private equity firm specializing in leveraged buyouts and has been around for 35 years and they are huge.
They will make some changes to hopefully cause it to make more revenue and then flip it- I doubt gun sales are a dent in Revenues vs
all the rest of the inventory they sell. Hate to see it cease being family owned but thats the breaks.

On the profiling issue- I think they can do it and not get caught unless they only card/hold every minority.
If every runner was a minority I would do it too-
Heck, they could just take your DL and make a copy of it and give your DL back like most prudent car dealerships do before a test drive-
Then at least they would have a record of every broke dick that comes in to coon finger a gun and doesn't buy one-
Then we would know (no one would ever tell us hahah) what the ratio is- Bet it more than 10-1 though.

Let's not turn this into a race thing.

 

[TexasRedneck]

ummmmmm.....if you're referring to "coon-finger"......that's an old term even Grandpa used - nothing to do with race. You ever seen a racoon in the wild with something shiney? That sucker will turn it every direction to check it out, and 99% of the time, toss it aside for the next thing that catches his eye.

 

[zembonez]

I agree. I heard my grandfather use that term and it had nothing to do with people. Coons were everywhere in his day (Raccoons that is).

 

[Texas1911]

ummmmmm.....if you're referring to "coon-finger"......that's an old term even Grandpa used - nothing to do with race. You ever seen a racoon in the wild with something shiney? That sucker will turn it every direction to check it out, and 99% of the time, toss it aside for the next thing that catches his eye.

On the profiling issue- I think they can do it and not get caught unless they only card/hold every minority.
If every runner was a minority I would do it too-

Has nothing to do with coon-fingering.

 

[texas_teacher]

Nothing, but most are not ambitious enough to do so. I have been to Academy when there are 10 or 12 customers at the counter. Dont blame them for not wanting 2 guys to try and keep their eys on a dozen weapons floating around.

Exactly... You've got to be smart about it and keep them close, but this driver's license policy seems like they'd be trying to run too many hens in a coop which could pose to be problematic...

 

[skinman]

Seems like much ado about nothing to me...if it is that big of a deal for you, then don't buy guns there...problem solved.

 

[zembonez]

Skinman - you are right!

But then we wouldn't get to have 100 plus posts about nothing.

 

[Dawico]

But then we wouldn't get to have 100 plus posts about nothing.

I can't believe it got so out of hand.





Oh wait, this happens quite a bit. That is what makes this forum so enjoyable!

 

[TexMex247]

Boo hoo. Waa, waa, waa and all that jazz.

 

[TexasRedneck]

Well, I AM glad it's mentioned - because it's a heads-up to me not to bother goin' there.

 

[texas_teacher]

Oh wait, this happens quite a bit. That is what makes this forum so enjoyable!

Amen to that... I love how we discuss so often the what if's or the why why why's...

 

[richardnorton]

I worked at Academy once and what a bunch of loosers the management was, they didn't know the difference in company policy and federal laws, in reference to the 4473 they said you could abrivate nothing, the law says if the post office delievers with an abriviation it is ok. I refuse to buy guns there because usually the sales people are kids that don't know anything and most of the employees they hire are part time so they can get around all the hiring laws, so I don't even go into the store in Abilene, besides Wally world has better prices on ammo anyway.

 

[Jason]

Expensive golf clubs aren't used to kill people.

No, but they have been used in what should have amounted to an attempted homicide... just ask Tiger Woods!!!

 

[CJS3]

It doesn't seem to be a policy that is followed at all their stores, and it doesn't seem to be followed unless there is a crowd at the counter. The store in Katy is pretty iffy on whether it's followed or not. And as for WalMart, considering some of their PC management decisions as of late, I've stopped going there, period.

 

[LilIrishTemper]

Woo hoo! We are still lock free at Gander Mountain still as of today.