Posted on 11/07/2013 9:39:45 AM PST by jimbo123
Guns and Ammo Magazine, the “world’s most widely read firearms magazine,” has fired contributing editor Dick Metcalf after the publication received immense backlash for its December 2013 issue featuring his editorial advocating for gun control.
“Way too many gun owners still seem to believe that any regulation of the right to keep and bear arms is an infringement,” Metcalf wrote in the column titled “Let’s Talk Limits.” “The fact is, all constitutional rights are regulated, always have been, and need to be.”
“All U.S. citizens have a right to keep and bear arms,” he added, “but I do not believe that they have a right to use them irresponsibly.”
The backlash was immense. Readers flocked to social media to decry the magazine’s editorial decision and threaten to cancel their subscriptions. All the attention resulted in the magazine’s editor Jim Bequette posting a letter online apologizing to readers and announcing that Guns & Ammo has fired the author.
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LOL
Private sector blowback.
Needs to be applied to the public sector.
Nothing wrong with gun control: who wants to WASTE bullets, ammo’s gotten expensive.
I suspect what he ACTUALLY is supporting is Involuntary Citizen Disarmament. . . .
His first name fits him. Good for G&A.
Why was this even allowed to be published to begin with? It can't be just the editor in on this....can it?
sic semper tyrannis
so why was it even allowed to be printed??
The editor fired himself, too.
The editor should have reviewed the article before publishing, correct? Was he just testing the waters to see what the response would be?
Of course there should be gun right limits, for example, rusty guns should be limited. No individual has the right to put a gun away wet. A gun should never be used to destroy another gun. Advertising a real gun for sale, and then switching it with a candy gun is not a constitutional right.
I could go on, but I’m not sure silly gun talk is protected by the second amendment.
I strongly suspect if there hadn’t been so many threats to cancel Dick would still have a job. G&A cares nothing about your rights or Constitution. All they care about is making $$$. Any right thinking gun rag would have never entertained much less publish such trash.
Ya think?
He had his Zumbo moment, ‘deed he did.
Link to article here:
THERE IS MORE TO THIS THAN MEETS THE EYE. Guns and Ammo should go down for this. There are other mags—and new ones to be born.
“The fact is, all constitutional rights are regulated, always have been, and need to be.”
Gee, and here I thought there were gun laws of various facets around the country, “Dick”?
He did! And let it go through. The magazine should pay the price—there is more to this story.
YES!!!! It was INTENTIONAL. It was SUBVEWRSIVE. It was UNAMERICAN. And Guns and Ammo needs to go down for this crap.
No middle ground on gun control.
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