Recoil magazine goes anti-gun

[darinb]

I sure not giving that magazine any more of my time.

 

[BuckeyeBrad]

Hate to hear this. I really enjoyed the last issue. Oh well!! Time to find something else.

 

[KPierce]

Another link to check out that has the response from recoil in it. I link it as I couldn't find anything on Recoils FB page - RECOIL Magazine and the Second Amendment | Monderno

 

[Steelman]

LOL. HK has been peeing on the shoes of civilian gun owners for umpteen years. Now, let's take a poll of how many INGOers own or would own an HK product.


Next week, the lead janitor of Levi Strauss will go on record stating that he thinks "handguns er fer killin". Mass reports of half-naked men walking into Wal-Mart for Wrangler "Cowboy Cut".

 

[Oresti]

Well, I suppose I'll start the flame war by saying I don't think civilians should be allowed to own modern automatic weapons.

That's ok. I don't think deer hunters should be allowed to own sniper rifles.

 

[Cannon762]

I SO CAN'T WAIT FOR JAMES YEAGER'S INPUT ON THIS

Ok I'll be honest, a small part of me doesn't want that to be purple text.

 

[Josh Ward]

Well, I suppose I'll start the flame war by saying I don't think civilians should be allowed to own modern automatic weapons.

WOW ... I don't think you should be allowed to speak your mind ...

Neg rep anyone ??

 

[TheFireArmorer]

I just don't get the "no sporting purpose" comment. Is he talking about hunting or just plinking or both. I buy some guns for self defense but for the most part it's just to have fun shooting targets. That's why I never understand when anti-gunners say there is no sporting purpose for this or that gun. I would say there's a sporting purpose for every gun from .17 to 20mm lol because its fun to shoot at targets with any caliber and any gun. I guess the editor just doesn't share that feeling. Never bought recoil before, and now I definitely don't plan on doing it the future.

 

[esrice]

Did Rob Pincus start the publicity of this story?

I dunno, but I did see he commented on that Silencerco link above.

 

[HICKMAN]

Did Rob Pincus start the publicity of this story?

no, he posted on it after several people started ripping them on facebook

 

[jspy5]

That's a bummer as I was so looking forward to the next issue.

 

[scatwater]

I really enjoyed recoil. I had dropped all other gun mags.

 

[U.S. Patriot]

OMG, I thought being in a room full of women on with PMS was bad. This all I have seen on the gun forums and Facebook. Thinking of sending out crates of tissues.

 

[Hammerhead]

Now he's actually posted an apology, instead of just a, "Hey wait a minute, I wasn't saying what I said," posting.

RECOIL Statement - RECOIL

 

[bwframe]

Now he's actually posted an apology, instead of just a, "Hey wait a minute, I wasn't saying what I said," posting.

RECOIL Statement - RECOIL

It'll be interesting to see if it works. Also interesting to see what INGO thinks of it?

 

[tradertator]

It'll be interesting to see if it works. Also interesting to see what INGO thinks of it?

Seems like a lame attempt at keeping his job as a writer for them.

 

[mac45]

Now he's actually posted an apology, instead of just a, "Hey wait a minute, I wasn't saying what I said," posting.

RECOIL Statement - RECOIL

He only posted an apology AFTER the advertisers started leaving.

 

[Light]

Both his damage control and his apology both put the blame on the manufacturer. He's just trying to save himself.

In the damage control response he gave he says very clearly:
"Its manufacturer has not made the gun available to the general public and when we asked if it would ever come to the commercial market, they replied that it is strictly a military and law enforcement weapon, adding that there are no sporting applications for it."

While in the original article he said:
"Like we mentioned before, the MP7A1 is unavailable to civilians and for good reason. We all know that’s technology no civvies should ever get to lay their hands on. This is a purpose-built weapon with no sporting applications to speak of."

Although I don't have the magazine to look at as I was never subscribed, it sounds like in the original it was his own opinion about the sport aspect. He didn't say that H&K said that, he presented it as his own views. In the damage control post he clearly says that it is H&K's view and not his, yet his post shows otherwise.

In the public statement he gives he re-quotes the article for us, as if we mis-read it or misinterpreted it, and goes on to defend his character when it comes to gun laws. He then at the end puts blame on H&K again.

If H&K did actually say that there was no sport usage, then the only place I think he made a mistake is in saying that civilians should never get their hands on it. If he would have said probably should, i don't think there would be as big of an issue, but his view on gun laws are definitely skewed, and I don't plan to buy Recoil.

Every man and woman should have the right to own any bullet hose they feel like owning, as long as they are following the laws set in place for those bullet-hoses.

 

[Slapstick]

Now he's actually posted an apology, instead of just a, "Hey wait a minute, I wasn't saying what I said," posting.

RECOIL Statement - RECOIL

His statement kind of reminds me a a certain politician that continually blames everybody but himself for his failed policies.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

So, MP7s are tH3 d34dly but a Kel-Tec carbine in .22 mag shooting a completely similar round is all sporty?

Do the people writing about guns actually know anything about guns? Is this like Peterson Publishing where the guys in California writing about hot rods and beach volleyball get gun assignments???