Politically correct stores stop carrying gun magazines

[stevelyn]

The best thing to do is get a subscription to your favorites, cutting out the retail stores' profits and saving yourself some cash for an extra box or two of ammo.

 

[Slabside]

stevelyn,

You reckon?

 

[IRONFIST]

Last year I encountered kinda the same magazine problem, but at my local(Sandy, OR) library. The library had carried "Guns 'n Ammo" for years, and I had checked out the magazine 6 or more times per year. Then when I looked for it one day it was gone. I didnt pay much attention, I figured that the current months issue hadnt been returned by someone. That would make sense because every issue was in constant use and it seemed like it was always checked out. Other business intrudes and flash forward a couple months. I went back to the library looking for the latest issue and not only are the old, back issues gone but there is no new one on the rack. I asked the librarian what had happened to their subscription and she pinched her face a bit. She said that the head of the library and the staff had decided that it wasnt "popular" enough to renew and they had a limited magazine budget. I went back to the extensive magazine section and looked thru the selection. "Indigenous Northwest nocturnal birdlife spotting & review" or some such type of magazine was on the shelves, along with every kind of woman-centered periodical, but nothing close to being gun-related. I picked one obscure mag up and saw when it had last been checked out.... Only one time that year and the year was almost over! I took this magazine, "Inflated Tire Monthly" or something like it and went back up to the library desk. I pointed out that there was a lot of magazines like this one that no one ever checked out, but they let a popular gun magazine fade away. Then the excuse was that "Guns 'n Ammo" wasnt wasnt able to withstand multiple checkouts and the covers came off too easily. Okay... I went back to the rack and got a tattered, well-thumbed copy of "Rosie O' Donnells guide to industrial feminine hygiene" and saw that the library had had to tape the cover together to get it back into circulation. I brought the magazine back up to the librarian and pointed out the fallacy of her position. Her face became red and she called the head of the library out to talk to me. I explained my position politely, and she said that it would be studied. I didnt hear anthing about it for 2 or 3 months until I asked, yet again, if they were going to bring the gun mag back. I was told that their decision was final and they really didnt consider it an issue. End of discussion. Its lovely how the liberals make decisions "For our own good" everyday, isnt it? BTW, I would appreciate it if no one here contacted or wrote my library about this, I have other ways to fight the good fight without alienating them or having them become defensive.


Michael in Sandy, OR

 

[P95Carry]

Its lovely how the liberals make decisions "For our own good" everyday, isnt it?

That Ironfist is exactly at the core of many problems these days. ....... all this ''for the kids'', ''for your own safety'' ... etc ....... it is sickening.

No longer it seems are we able to make our own decisions and have control over our own lives and destinies. No - some dipsh*t somewhere has to be making changes because ''it seems so much better''.

Better? For whom? Them I guess and to hell with the majority. The West is becoming ''Nanny state'' every which way you look ....... mustn't offend anyone must we? :banghead:

 

[Murkes]

Slightly Off Topic

I live in Santa Cruz CA area. Borders here carries various gun mags and even have a decent firearms/hunting section.

However, in the political science section they will always display Chomsky. I usually move the couple of display copies of Chomsky to the SciFi/Fantasy section. Childish I know.

Cheers,

 

[Black_Talon]

I don't suppose that it will be much of a suprise to everybody but here in Sunny SoKal most of the drugstores/grocery stores/min-marts either don't carry any gun rags or maybe just G & A.

Hell, you can't hardly buy any guns here, who needs gun rags?

 

[general]

On a related note, I was at the local public library tonight. Any books on firearms must be special ordered by the head librarian from the main library.

This is VERY disturbing.
I'm going to have to go check my library out... so to speak.
This could be something.

 

[geekWithA.45]

Gun Rags disappeared years ago in NJ

You can still find a few in some places, but as a general rule, in non book shops, forget it.

 

[PromptCritical]

Here's one: I am more likely to go into 7-11 here in San Diego and find a copy of "High Times" than "Guns and Ammo." How messed up is that? Can't find mags devoted to exercising a constitutional right, but theres always one about growing and using an illegal substance.

 

[Giant]

Listen up folks!

If your local library does not have Guns and Ammo, or whatever your favorite gun rag might be, do your civic duty and become a patron of the library and purchase a subscription for them. My reward for doing so would be the happy look upon the face of the head librarian...

Also, complain to the the library commission, or the friends of the library group about all the far left magizines subscribed to by the library, how no one reads them on a regular basis, thus a bunch of money could be saved by canceling those subscriptions.

Giant