Reading Gun Magazines In Public?

That brings to mind the GI Joe M16, all 3 inches of it, that was confiscated by Airport Security...

I read or pretend to read them in public every chance I get, especially places like airports, courthouses, churches, etc. I figure if we want to be considered in the mainstream, let's get in it.

Slow down, there, cowboy...

Just a quick thought for those who scoff at people being hesitant. I work in a field (university prof.) where my senior colleagues vote every year on whether to keep me around. In A LOT of colleges, the policy guidelines are all well and good, but it comes down to whether they like you or not, and they will find a way to get rid of you if they decide they don't like you. And as you probably know, many colleges are infested with faculty who are several notches to the left of Uncle Ho, and furthermore are not the least bit hesitant about doing away with anyone they disagree with, for any of a number of trivial reasons. When the person who holds your job in her hands makes an off-hand comment like "This state is just *full* of gun-toting rednecks", you realize where things stand and that you have to be....discreet. Unfortunate, and not the way it should be, but the sad reality is that if people in my work find out about my political leanings (on guns or on other stuff), I may well be gone. And that means pulling up roots and moving to who knows where. Been through that once...no desire to go through it again. So I guess I'm a little more wary of where I read, what shirts I wear, etc. when there's a chance I may run into someone from work.

Although I am ashamed to admit it i am a closet reader of gun magazines.
Too many idiots feel it is their duty to harass gun owners and I would rather be left alone.

I read gun mags in public whenever I see something interesting. Its rare, because every magazine is always running a new cover story about the 1911 du jour, but I do read them.

I actually had a copy of Combat Handguns slapped out of my hands - completely unprovoked - while I read it in a coffee shop by a guy who followed that action up with the statement "its kids like you that are f*cking this country up," then he walked out. But of course that would happen in Madison.

I still read magazines, halfway hoping for another unprompted reaction like that.

Yeah, I do it all the time. I don't care when I see people reading their BS mags, don't care if they see me read mine I do have issue w/ public displays of porn tho

I actually had a copy of Combat Handguns slapped out of my hands - completely unprovoked - while I read it in a coffee shop by a guy who followed that action up with the statement "its kids like you that are f*cking this country up," then he walked out.

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Should've followed him, slapped the latte out of his hands and returned the favor. I'm getting pretty fed up with these antis that talk about how violent gun owners are, yet keep going further and further with their provocation and borderline assaults. I'm sure the whole of them would just love it if someone armed returned the hostilities and it escalated into something that made national news.
If someone has a problem with anything I'm reading, no matter what it is, they are going to get an earful.

I've even had people ask to borrow my copy of Guns and Ammo on an airplane, as soon as im done reading it, I consider what they have to offer in exchange and make a swap.

I've had maybe two incidents when someone made a negative comment to me. Last time was in the grocery store and the comment was: "Oh, you're one of those". I turned to her and said "How do you know I'm not a cop or a federal employee"? Now it's illegal to impersonate a cop or federal agent but I never said I was one. I said how do you know I'm not. She shut up after that. It probably wasn't the right thing for me to say but she caught me off guard and I just blurted it out. Us gun owners should keep our cool. I think if this ever happens again I will just ignore them. If a customer has a problem with people reading gun magazines in the store, I guess they should ask the store not to put them on the shelf (and unfortunately many stores have done just that). It's just a bummer that we are tolerant of so many things and alternative lifestyles but heaven help you if you're a gun owner or a smoker.

i was in walmart today and a guy was reading the blackhawk magazine. i didnt see any gun rags that tickled my fancy so i scurried away.

i dont know how this post contributes at all but obviously he wasn't too ashamed.

come to think of it, i get more comments about the string of cat5 crossover cable knotted into a noose than i do the issues of american handgunner on my desk.

i did get a few smartass comments from coworkers about the holster that sat on my desk for a month as i tried to sell it online. they were all joking, though.

frayluisfan, I can sympathize. I worked for local government, and political correctness dripped from the top down. I was given the gift of a "Remember Pearl Harbor" T-shirt by a friend who went to Hawaii, and eventually wore it to work. (No public access.) We had a trainee of Japanese decent there, who told me it didn't bother her, she was an American. (also a liberal Democrat, but I digress.) I was called into the supervisor's office and informed someone had made a complaint and would have to remove the shirt. I indicated that there was nothing offensive, racist, or anything else depicted in the graphics other than the equivalent of the Boy Scouts' "Be Prepared" message. Besides, it was all I had, and if they wanted, I'd just work barechested. (picture that in an office setting.) Well, that option was too gruesome to contemplate, so they let me wear the shirt inside out, and I made sure everyone knew why. The complainer later said she was just afraid someone would be offended.

read your magazine

Sometimes we care to much what other people think. It's not my business what you read.

I actually had a copy of Combat Handguns slapped out of my hands - completely unprovoked - while I read it in a coffee shop by a guy who followed that action up with the statement "its kids like you that are f*cking this country up," then he walked out. But of course that would happen in Madison.

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I wish you could send him my way. That's ASSAULT AND BATTERY. I guarantee you he'd wet himself the next time he saw a gun magazine. A gyakute nage followed by a yubi gatame is a really good way to hold somebody for the cops. Once at a previous job, a crazy Indian guy came at me with one of those desktop spikes you stick documents on. His feet scraped the ceiling of the work trailer we were in as he went over.

At my old college I asked if they had any copies of Guns & Ammo cause I didnt see any on the shelf. The girl behind the register told me that SIU does not sell gun rags because it encourages violence and other illegal activites.

However the school does sell High Times and other drug magazines. They are kept next to the Perfect 10s and Huslter magazines.

Mark Whiteman & frayluisfan,

Have either of you ever considered changing jobs?

I would have walked out the door before I would have
turned my shirt inside out.

I'm sorry for the fact that I am likely to offend someone with the following,
but is it any wonder that those in and on the right are losing?

People we have got to stop taking **** from the other side. Why
are most of you even wasting your time on this site? Your never
gonna be part of the solution.

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Mark Whiteman & frayluisfan,

Have either of you ever considered changing jobs?

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I hope that frayluisfan stays employed for as long as possible. I'm glad to know that there is a Pro 2A professor out there. Too many college professors are half-wits who do not believe in bearing arms for defense.

I hope that frayluisfan stays employed for as long as possible. I'm glad to know that there is a Pro 2A professor out there. Too many college professors are half-wits who do not believe in bearing arms for defense.

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Unfortunately, if he's too intimidated to say anything, he might just as well not exist.

Reading Guns & Ammo in a coffee shop and at next table four middle aged ladies
chatting ,they looked over at me saying " thank heavens someones prepared , we know were to come when the s..t hits the fan ." . For the first time in awhile I was speechless , goes to show you can never judge a book by its cover .

I just can't believe anyone would have the nerve to make a snide comment about the magazine being read by some stranger, porn excepted.

I, like many others, read them on a plane. I will find a seat (southwest) and open it up to the biggest ad I can find. It usually will help to keep the seat next to me empty.

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LOL, that's pretty funny.

I went to Barnes & Noble the other day with my wife. I went over to the gun magazine section and grabbed like 10 of 'em. Then we sat down somewhere and I flipped through 'em. A few old ladies sat by us, and they were definitely eyeballing the big AR-15 on the cover in horror. I got a kick out of it and kept reading. They clearly weren't the conversational types, so I didn't bother. But it's a right we shouldn't be ashamed of.

Then another day, I was at work looking at the NRA web page, and one of my co-workers saw it over my shoulder. We had been shooting the s--- prior to that, but then his voice got a little lower, and he said, "Are you in the NRA?" I told him in a confident and un-ashamed manner that I was, and then his attitude got a bit more positive. I'm still going to work on explaining the issues to him. He already knew I was into guns, but for some reason my being in the NRA seemed to strike a weird reaction in him. I think there's hope yet, though. I'm gonna educate him on the basics since I spend a lot of time at work with him. It's the least I can do.

I was at a supermarket and bought a couple gun mags. The checker asked "so do you like guns?"
I thought about giving a Bill Engvall type "here's your sign" response but I just said "yep". She started asking if there were areas around to shoot so I let her know about a couple. I was prepared to defend my interests but sometimes people are genuinely interested and may be into the sport as well.

What's wrong with reading porn in public?

The only gun mag I read is "Women and Guns", I think the name of it is.

And I'm an XY person.

It's the only rational, non-silly gun mag, not driven by advertisers.

I wish the local "Books 'a Million" still carried it, instead of the usual trash.

He already knew I was into guns, but for some reason my being in the NRA seemed to strike a weird reaction in him.

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Well, of course. He used to think you were just a normal gun-owner. Everybody knows the NRA is just for gun industry blood-money profiteers and extremists militia loonies.