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  • gdr_11

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    Not sure which forum this would go in but I was a bit set back to see that the current weekly ad for Academy Outdoors contained no firearms. Does anyone know if this is related to the lawsuit or the recent school shootings?
    ARJ Defense ad
     

    MTA

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    That seems strange to me. I am going to be by the one in Denton today and I will take a look. I was in there on Sunday and they had an internal store flyer for weapons. I didn't look at the big flyer though
     

    majormadmax

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    Pure coincidence, this week's ad focuses on baseball as Spring training has started.

    Plus, one instance does not a trend make. Wait until next week to see if there are any guns in the ad. If not, then you'll have a valid point...
     

    gdr_11

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    Pure coincidence, this week's ad focuses on baseball as Spring training has started.

    Plus, one instance does not a trend make. Wait until next week to see if there are any guns in the ad. If not, then you'll have a valid point...

    I thought this might be the case since there seemed to be extra athletic gear featured. I hate to think Academy would go soft in the face of the Soros funded media hype.
     

    ROGER4314

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    The Academy ad that we receive in Baytown has pistols and several rifles on sale. I looked at it last night.

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    Makes me wonder if Academy has plans to hide the scary black guns again, didn't take much the last time.
     

    Southpaw

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    Makes me wonder if Academy has plans to hide the scary black guns again, didn't take much the last time.

    Went in yesterday to see myself and no. Actually messed around with and ARX. There were also 2 separate ads on the counter full of guns, didn't catch the date so I suppose they could have been old, but there were a lot of them
     

    easy rider

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    Went in yesterday to see myself and no. Actually messed around with and ARX. There were also 2 separate ads on the counter full of guns, didn't catch the date so I suppose they could have been old, but there were a lot of them
    It's been a couple weeks since I last visited Academy and I hadn't heard anything, but as fast as they caved the last time, I wouldn't be surprised if some snowflake faints at the sight of them and down they come.
     

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    They take them off the website after every major shooting.. its a PR thing. They dont want articles written with their ads cut and pasted into them. Its happened the last 3 times. I always check.
     

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    Makes me wonder if Academy has plans to hide the scary black guns again, didn't take much the last time.
    The husband stopped by the gun counter and told them that it was a good thing that they were still up so he wouldn’t have to razz them like last time (Pulse).
     

    Southpaw

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    They have always had them online, it's the weekly ad (https://www.academy.com/shop/store/WeeklyAd) that they seemed to be missing from...

    I was responding to accordingtomme's post about them taking them down online as well.


    They take them off the website after every major shooting.. its a PR thing. They dont want articles written with their ads cut and pasted into them. Its happened the last 3 times. I always check.
     
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