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Google, roku tv, still going to be carrying nra tv. warren buffett hasnt said whether hes going to do anything, but as of now hes continuing business as usual. >> he says he doesnt want to get involved in these things, a lot of companies are saying were giving up these discounts to not get involved, ed stack and rei and these companies have actually gone further to say were getting involved in the debate and everybody should be. >> its a big deal. >> companies and even gun retailers are pushing ...

No more nra branded credit card, airlines. corporate activism can be good for business. it has some questioning motives. consumers love companies that take a stand. as the "new york times" op-ed says, people may prefer that their brands prove this love by identifying with favored social causes rather than the old fashion way of paying their workers a little bit more money. they want to be on the right side of life long brand affiliation. >> ed stack has to sit down with the board and run it by t...

Companies are blunts criticism of tax cuts or pay structures or monopolies by getting on to popular social. >> you believe this could help sales? i think it could force them into bankruptcy. >> you do? >> millennials dont shop at brick and mortar stores. people in gun country do. they were all sta stay #boycottdicks. no doubt about it. it is a stand. im not sure how this works out for them. based on who customers are for them. >> we will see. walmart and dicks. >> ed stack is a gun owner and pro...

Ar-15 and similar weapons in 2015. now it is stopping sales of online items resembling assault style weapons like air soft guns and toys. walmart put out a statement in which it said our heritage as a company is always been in serving sportsman and hunters and continue to do so in a responsible way. dicks, the largest retailer was the first to start this trend. it has ended sales of aassault-style rifles on their stores and they will stop selling high-capacity magazine and prohibit gun sales to ...

Whose father founded the company who is conservative. ed is conservative. not only conservative but he understands who his audience on the sporting goods side is. who have tended to be people that want to buy gun equipment. so it is interesting josh -- josh is a nbc contributor and senior editor at business insider. this does lead me to think this is not just nonsense. this is a sea change. for some reason something has happened in parkland, florida, that has given rise to a movement that americ...

The ceo of dicks sporting goods says the company will stop selling assault style rifles like the one used in the parkland shooting. alison kosik joins us. what have we learned? >> youll see change happen before i think you see anything happen with congress. this morning were hearing from dicks saying no longer will you be able to buy assault-style rifles at its stores. its taking those weapons off the shelves. just to be clear, its the dicks sporting goods stores that took the weapons off the sh...

Locations across the country, those stores continued to sell those assault-style rifles. as of today, according to ceo ed stack, all stores under dicks will no longer car those assault-style rifles and high capacity magazines that make it easier for shooters to shoot round after round after round without having to reload and no dicks will sell any guns to anybody under the age of 21. were seeing corporate america, stepping up and listening to those kids in parkland and actually doing something, ...

Base, brianna. ed stack felt this was necessary to take these messages where congress wont and take these messages for those kids. >> very interesting interview. alison kosik thank you so much in new jersey for us. >> sure. >> this announcement comes as students return to class at marjory stoneman douglas. 17 of their classmates and teachers were killed in their mass shooting weeks ago. photos from inside the school obtained by cnn show a makeshift memorial. there have been a number of these. ma...

So it is a significant move. i think their customer base will just go around them and buy guns. this is what happens when you ban any type of gun or clip or whatever, people get around of existing regulations as it stands. but were seeing this week something we havent seen in the wake of almost any other shooting, mass shooting, is that people on the gun side of the equation are finding areas to wiggle. republicans are suggesting -- >> ed stack is a republican. >> donald trump has said a couple ...

Interview, that those kids were being so brave in speaking up and speaking out, within minutes or hours of the situation, of the massacre, and havent let up. so, you know, gun owners and folks who want to buy guns, they can go around dicks sporting goods, thats fine. but the fact that ed stack and dicks sporting goods have stood up and taken a stand, well see if they hold to it, because as you pointed out, after newtown -- >> in newtown they said it was temporary. here they said theyre doing it ...