Gun Photos are “Offensive” at Walgreens

[henktermaat]

Has anyone seen this yet... I find this pretty laughable. I wonder if some of the guns in the photos were black

Gun Photos are "Offensive" at Walgreens
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Belleville, NJ --(AmmoLand.com)- One of our members wrote to us recently about trying to get firearms photos printed at a Walgreens Pharmacy in Belleville, NJ.

The NJCSD member and his brother are both gun collectors and active members of the community as a whole.

The brother recently took photos of his collection for insurance purposes, and emailed them to Walgreens to have them printed.

When the brother’s wife went to pick up the prints, she was told by the cashier that Walgreens did not print them because they were deemed “offensive”.

Our member’s brother returned to the store and spoke to the manager, who told him that he personally found the pictures offensive, and so did his staff. When the brother asked if it was Walgreens’ policy not to print pictures of guns, he refused to give a straight answer.

The member’s brother contacted Walgreens Main Office on Tuesday December 29th regarding the issue. We’ll be following the story.

 

[jmiller676]

 

[Designer99]

Ridiculous. People are being conditioned to think gun = bad.

 

[MACHINEGUN]

Liberal pukes offend me.. seriously.

 

[Designer99]

Don't stereotype. There's so called conservative folks that would do the same thing. Liberal does not equal anti-gun. We've got to get past labeling people.

Liberal pukes offend me.. seriously.

 

[Astrocreep]

I would have called the local CVS manager right there in front of the Walgreens manager to determine exactly who else that prints photos in town feels such pictures are 'offensive'.

I'm sure publicly taking all my business elsewhere would sting a little.
I'd at least feel better though

 

[BloodEclipse]

 

[turnandshoot4]

What is their policy on OC?

 

[Bill of Rights]

Don't stereotype. There's so called conservative folks that would do the same thing. Liberal does not equal anti-gun. We've got to get past labeling people.

In principle, I agree with you. Factually, however, presuming 1000 people who are anti-gun rights, I think if you were to name all of them "liberal", you'd get more agreeing to that than denying it. Oh, and just to clarify, I'm not referring to "Jeffersonian liberals". If I meant that, I'd say "libertarian". Again, however, I agree with you in principle; it matters not if one is a Donkey or a RINO ... many of both groups qualify as sheep (waiting to be shorn)

Blessings,
Bill

 

[shooter521]

1) I think the story is more "gun photos are 'offensive' in NEW JERSEY"

2) In this day and age, who still takes pictures with a film camera and sends them to Walgreens to be developed?

 

[shibumiseeker]

1) I think the story is more "gun photos are 'offensive' in NEW JERSEY"

2) In this day and age, who still takes pictures with a film camera and sends them to Walgreens to be developed?

Most drugstores and places will print out your digital pictures as well.

You can even email pics to Walmart around the country, have them printed out on site and pick them up there or have whomever you wanted to send them to pick them up.

 

[jmiller676]

1) I think the story is more "gun photos are 'offensive' in NEW JERSEY"

2) In this day and age, who still takes pictures with a film camera and sends them to Walgreens to be developed?

Actually we still have an old film camera with a 30mm lens and it runs like a champ. Although our pictures are developed at wally world.

 

[SigSense]

The first thing I would have done is walk around that store and:

-Go to the magazine rack and note if there are any magazines with guns on the cover (Guns & Ammo, American Hunter, Soldier of Fortune etc) being sold.
-Walk around to the toy isle and determine if there are any toys that have weapons (tanks, planes troops etc) being sold.

Then go back to that jack *** and ask him/her to explain how they can be offended by your gun pictures, but PROFIT from magazines and toys that GLORIFY those VERY weapons?

 

[henktermaat]

1) I think the story is more "gun photos are 'offensive' in NEW JERSEY"

2) In this day and age, who still takes pictures with a film camera and sends them to Walgreens to be developed?

also- who'se still using FILM that needs "developing?"

 

[jedi]

2) In this day and age, who still takes pictures with a film camera and sends them to Walgreens to be developed?

From the article...

...and emailed them to Walgreens to have them printed.

As such the photos were digital in format. But I do understand your point. There are still people who drop off "rolls" of film to be developed. The entire population is not digital and Blue Ray yet.

 

[VERT]

ASctually a 35mm camera using film would not have encountered a problem. By the time they develop the film and printed the "offensive" pictures it would have been too late. What upsets me more is that their employees are looking at everbodies personal property and passing judgement instead of just cut and pasting like good little monkies.

 

[henktermaat]

The first thing I would have done is walk around that store and:

-Go to the magazine rack and note if there are any magazines with guns on the cover (Guns & Ammo, American Hunter, Soldier of Fortune etc) being sold.
-Walk around to the toy isle and determine if there are any toys that have weapons (tanks, planes troops etc) being sold.

Then go back to that jack *** and ask him/her to explain how they can be offended by your gun pictures, but PROFIT from magazines and toys that GLORIFY those VERY weapons?

 

[Indy317]

Don't stereotype. There's so called conservative folks that would do the same thing. Liberal does not equal anti-gun. We've got to get past labeling people.

Then that person isn't a conservative. If you are anti-gun, that is a liberal philosophical mindset. Labeling people is great, as it tells others what that person believes, thinks, etc.. The problem is that we use the wrong labels just because someone claims they are a member of a particular political party, or lean one way on some things, the other way on others.

 

[Jack Ryan]

also- who'se still using FILM that needs "developing?"

People who want good pictures that last for centuries.

 

[shibumiseeker]

Then that person isn't a conservative. If you are anti-gun, that is a liberal philosophical mindset. Labeling people is great, as it tells others what that person believes, thinks, etc.. The problem is that we use the wrong labels just because someone claims they are a member of a particular political party, or lean one way on some things, the other way on others.

Labels are a dangerous trap when the labels aren't useful. Conservative and liberal aren't useful labels because they automatically assume that the person automatically buys into the whole panoply of belief systems that the labeler is trying to ascribe. Time and time again it has been shown that the label "liberal" or "conservative" are virtually useless. Further, using "liberal" hurled at another in the pejorative only highlights the lack of erudition and refinement of the one who was trying to apply the sobriquet.