20-Year-Old Sues Dick’s, Walmart Over Gun Sale Policy

By Tom Knighton

You had to know it was going to happen. The moment Dick’s Sporting Goods said it would no longer sell any firearm to anyone under the age of 21, you had to know that a lawsuit would be filed. The moment Walmart followed their lead, you had to know they’d get wrapped up in it too.

Now, it’s happening. It seems a 20-year-old doesn’t like being told they won’t sell to him because of his age, a clear case of age discrimination.

An Oregon man has hauled two major sporting goods retailers into court, claiming they have violated the state’s discrimination laws after they refused to sell him a rifle due to his age.

Tyler Watson, 20, filed suit in a state court against both Dick’s and Walmart arguing the stores, who sell sporting goods to include firearms to the general public, specifically refused to sell him a rifle because he was under age 21, citing recently adopted company policies.

According to court documents, Watson tried to buy a Ruger 10/22 from a Field & Stream store, owned by Dick’s, in Medford on Feb. 24 and was refused due to his age. Last week, Watson doubled-down by …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms