Shoot Straight Accused Of Sexism

By Gregory Smith

SellingTheSecondAmendment.com

A chain of gun stores in Clearwater, Shoot Straight, is being accused of sexism by a woman who didn’t get promoted to management.

Crystal Mims is accusing Shoot Straight of violating the Florida Civil Rights Act based on sex discrimination and retaliation.

For nearly three years, Mims worked at Shoot Straight Clearwater. Throughout that time, she expressed a desire to grow with the company, asking to be considered for a management-level position. She applied for these posts, believing she was well-qualified for the job.

Despite this, she was repeatedly refused a promotion.

After less qualified men had been regularly put into the same management positions that Mims applied for, she believed the denial was due to gender.

Comments from co-workers and customers to Mims reinforced that belief. On one occasion, Mims said someone told her that she wouldn’t be considered because she didn’t “have a d**k.”

When she wasn’t selected for the position, Mims complained to her superiors. She asserts that those complaints resulted in her termination March 24.

Now Shoot Straight is being sued on two counts in the Nov. 30 lawsuit. If the court enters a judgment in Mims favor, she will receive compensation for back pay and benefits, front pay and benefits, …Read the Rest

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