03-08-2018, 12:21 PM
(03-07-2018, 05:48 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote:(03-07-2018, 12:19 PM)David Horn Wrote:(03-06-2018, 10:19 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote:(03-06-2018, 02:17 PM)David Horn Wrote: Age discrimination only applies to those of us over 40. It doesn't apply here
You are wrong again. Age discrimination applies to all ages. It definitely applies here and most likely will be used with the civil lawsuits Dick's will be facing.
Find a cite for that. The only cite I could find that applied broadly had to do with education, and that was limited in other ways.
The Discrimination Act of 1975. The law is most commonly used in education or other areas associated with federal assistance. I'm telling you, Dicks is going to get hit by civil law suits and age discrimination is going to be used. You seem to forget/ignore that there is a WRITTEN FEDERAL LAW that Dick's is ignoring/breaking by not allowing a certain age group who have the same legal rights as me according to the law of the land. I can still legally purchase an AR-15 at Dick's. I'm not at all concerned about failing a background check.
That's the only one I found as well ... and it's pretty specific in only addressing Federal assistance programs. Civil suits, on the other hand, can be brought for any reason whatsoever. There is a risk in doing so, since the petitioner can be countersued. I'm sure some gun-friendly organization with a freedom-friendly name will find someone who will be a stalking horse and try to win a law suit. Mostly, the point will be to get Dick's to back down and drop the policy. I assume Dick's was prepared for this in advance, and intends to either cave immediately (meaning their ban was wallpaper) or hit back hard. We'll see.
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