Posted May 3, 2018 7:00 am by Comments

By Chris Eger

Dicks, with nearly 700 locations across the country, has reportedly hired gun control lobbyists on Capitol Hill. (Photo: Chris Eger/Guns.com)
The sporting goods retailer in the midst of changing their firearms policies has signed three Washington lobbyists for the purpose of gun control.
The lobbyists, from the high-powered government affairs firm Glover Park Group, registered their new client last week on Capitol Hill as first reported by The Federalist. The trio — Joel Johnson, Andrew King, and Christina Brown — are familiar faces in D.C., having formerly worked for President Clinton, U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., respectively. Johnson’s bio with the company says he heads a team specializing in “crafting and implementing legislative strategy.”
The disclosure lists the sole issue of “Lobbying related to gun control,” as the only one the GPG reps were retained to address.
Founded in 2001 by a group of longtime former White House and Democratic campaign officials, GPG has a host of big-name clients that include Coca-Cola and the NFL, bringing in a reported $1.5 million so far this year according to The Center for Responsive Politics.
In the realm of gun control politics, the firm served along with others as consultants for the

Source: Guns.com

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