the writer and editor were pushed out over a column which suggested there could be some limits on the second amendment namely that gun owners should be required to have some firearms training before getting a concealed carry permit. you have to pass a test to drive a car in this country. do you think that the readers of guns and ammo maybe crossed the line on this one? remember, there are two issues here. there s a policy debate among readers of guns and ammo and this guy that wrote a column suggesting the training and media debate about whether he should be fired for expressing his opinion. this is an advocacy publication. you have to think they can say, look, you didn t follow the line with what we believe to be advocating for our position so you got to go. i think it s shocking because he obviously had done a great job as far as they were concerned in promoting their attitude about gun control or not having gun
introducing a debate like this would be controversial, wouldn t you think? yeah but he s got the background. this guy had been nothing but straight down the line promoting what most people in the publication believe so he thought he had a space, some grace, to suggest a debate within the confines of that publication. clearly the readers did not believe so. now, paul, don t you think though that it s the job of a magazine to kind of challenge the readers a little bit and push things a little bit? i was wondering whether guns and ammo is the best place to have a debate about gun control or the worst place. as it turns out it s the worst place. and they learned a harsh lesson on that. all right. well thanks a lot for joining us. ahead on reliable sources, the ugly side of sports. a miami dolphins player says a teammate bullied him putting the spotlight on rookie hazing. did sports reporters miss a story under their noses for
so then i as a viewer can determine whether or not what you presented to me was influenced by that payment. i should know. it should be on the table that this was paid for. as long as it s not on the table and we don t know it, it calls into question what really went on here and what do we know is truth. thanks a lot. i ll ask you guys to stick around for the next segment where we talk about a new subject. next, the magazine guns and ammo fires a longtime editor and writer after publishing an article calling for mandatory training for gun owners. did the second amendment trump the snirs comes back, i m not ha. use ups. they make returns easy. unhappy customer becomes happy customer. then, repeat customer. easy returns, i m happy. repeat customers, i m happy. sales go up, i m happy. i ordered another pair.
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back to hardball. time now for the sideshow. time magazine s latest cover featuring new jersey governor chris christie has caused some controversy this week. critics say the idiom they used, the elephant in the room, unfairly pokes fun at christie s weight. whether you think it s offensive or not, the tonight show s jay leno proved last night it could have been a lot worse. but in their defense, i think they chose the least offensive title. take a look. here s one they had. chris christie having a whale of a time. i didn t like that one. then between a rock and a lard place. that s not good. and hail to the chef. yeah, i don t think any of those. so i don t think any of those were good. up next, it was a single page in the latest issue of guns and ammo and it ignited a fire storm among the magazine s readers. in an op-ed titled let s talk about limits an innocuous case