Tyler Watson tried to buy a gun at a Walmart in Grants Pass on March 3, but the cashier wouldn't let him purchase a rifle because he was too young.
A 20-year-old Gold Hill, Ore. man sued Walmart and Dick's Sporting Goods today for discriminating against him because of his age, after an employee refused to sell him a rifle because of the stores' newly-adopted policy to limit firearm sales to people under 21.
Walmart, Dick's Sporting Goods, Bi-Mart and Kroger, which operates Fred Meyer stores, all announced last week that they would restrict the sale of guns to people over 21 in response to a mass shooting at a Florida high school that killed 17 people.
A former Lane County judge raised concerns to WW this weekend that the retailers' new policies might violate Oregon's anti-discrimination laws, which bar businesses from limiting services based on someone's race, religion, gender or age.
That's what Tyler Watson is suing over.
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13 comments:
Hope you win young man. If I was on the jury you would see a pay day.
Good man...and Dicks can go to Hell.
Good it's time to use the left's tactics against them
Damn fine reasoning....he's going to find out his rights are pretty much worthless.
National security, public safety, common good, public demand, retailer's rights, blah blah blah....
Lawyers a lot better than anything he can get will shred him.
But it's good thinking.
Bone head case that is a waste of time. How does 1 force a private company to sell a weapon to an age group?
I sincerely hope he wins. He is being discriminated against because of his age.
About time. Allot more to follow. Old enough to have an abortion and vote but not old enough to drink! but old enough Old enough to die for your country and carry a gun but not old enough to purchase protection against thugs & Tyranny.
I saw this coming from a mile away.
The court will explain that a business has a right to refuse service to anyone it wishes.
Unless the business is a bakery of course.
This poor guy might have a better chance claiming he was discriminated against because he was presenting as a woman?
Like suing the beer store for age discrimination for not selling you a six pack because you are 20 yrs old. Good luck Tyler.
The same as the gov't forces a baker to bake a cake for someone...Bonehead!
Big difference one is law the other us policy!
6:30 and 8:19 you fail to realize it is a discrimination case clear as day. Federal laws says 18 to buy a long gun. They denied the man service based on age alone because of “policy”. Sorry that’s discrimination!
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