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  • L.L. Bean raises age to 21 to buy rifles

    Outdoor retailer L.L. Bean will no longer sell rifles to anyone under 21.

    SEATTLE (AP) — Outdoor retailer L.L. Bean will no longer sell rifles to anyone under 21.

    The company joined retail heavyweights Walmart and Dick’s Sporting Goods in changing policies in the wake of the Florida school massacre.

    L.L. Bean said in a statement late Thursday that it will no longer sell guns or ammunition to anyone under the age of 21.

    Company spokeswoman Carolyn Beem says L.L. Bean only sells firearms at its flagship store in Maine and only guns specific to hunting and target shooting.

    She says L.L. Bean does not carry assault-style firearms, high-capacity firearms, bump stocks or handguns of any kind.

    The announcements come two weeks after a teenager killed 17 students and educators with an AR-15 rifle in Florida.

  • Tyler Watson, Oregon man, sues Walmart, Dick’s Sporting Goods over gun policies

    Tyler Watson’s lawsuit filed Monday claims he faced age discrimination when he tried to buy a rifle in February at a store owned by Dick’s in Medford.

    PORTLAND, Ore. — A 20-year-old man in southern Oregon has filed a lawsuit against Dick’s Sporting Goods and Walmart after he says they refused to sell him a rifle.

    The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Tyler Watson’s lawsuit filed Monday claims he faced age discrimination when he tried to buy a rifle in February at a store owned by Dick’s in Medford.

    Watson says he was also refused when he attempted to buy a gun at the Grants Pass Walmart.

    Dick’s and Walmart restricted gun sales in the wake of the Feb. 14 Florida high school massacre. The lawsuit is believed to be the first filed over the new gun policies.

    Oregon law allows residents to buy shotguns or rifles starting at age 18.

    Walmart spokesman Randy Hargrove told The Oregonian/OregonLive that the retailer will defend its new policy. A representative from Dick’s hasn’t responded to a request for comment.