Following the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in February 2018 , Dick 's stopped selling assault weapons and high-capacity magazines , and increased the minimum age for purchasing guns to 21 . Dick 's - branded stores had suspended assault weapon sales following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012 , but the guns were still available for purchase at Field & Stream locations . Dick 's has never carried bump stocks
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
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