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Bigboab29

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Seen this later article in the telegraph

Wh smith is banning kids from buying any shooting or field sports magazine. Think I'll be buying my magazines elsewhere from now on!!!!


The country's biggest newsagent WH Smith has banned children from buying shooting magazines, even though it is legal for them to hold a shotgun licence.
It is a sport enjoyed by thousands of children, and one which gained Britain a gold medal at the Olympics.
But children have been banned from buying shooting hobby magazines by Britain’s biggest newsagent - even though it is entirely legal for them to own a gun.
WH Smith, Britain’s biggest chain of newsagents, has banned youngsters from buying copies of country sports magazines after a campaign by animal rights activists.
The retailer, whose founding family owned a highly prized shoot in Buckinghamshire, says it has introduced an age limit on such magazines asShooting Times because children are not allowed to obtain a firearms certificate until they are 14.
However, sports enthusiasts point out that this is wrong. There is no minimum age for holding a shotgun licence in Britain, although children below 18 cannot buy or own a gun themselves and under-14s must be supervised by an adult.




It also states that this decision was made after the latest protest by the anti's




 
we need to start a petition of complaint to get things revoked ,its things like this that will erode the shooting rights ,i think the shooting orgs need to get a handle on this and start something off so we can stand up for our rights, atb wayne
 
Seen this later article in the telegraph

Wh smith is banning kids from buying any shooting or field sports magazine. Think I'll be buying my magazines elsewhere from now on!!!!


The country's biggest newsagent WH Smith has banned children from buying shooting magazines, even though it is legal for them to hold a shotgun licence.
It is a sport enjoyed by thousands of children, and one which gained Britain a gold medal at the Olympics.
But children have been banned from buying shooting hobby magazines by Britain’s biggest newsagent - even though it is entirely legal for them to own a gun.
WH Smith, Britain’s biggest chain of newsagents, has banned youngsters from buying copies of country sports magazines after a campaign by animal rights activists.
The retailer, whose founding family owned a highly prized shoot in Buckinghamshire, says it has introduced an age limit on such magazines asShooting Times because children are not allowed to obtain a firearms certificate until they are 14.
However, sports enthusiasts point out that this is wrong. There is no minimum age for holding a shotgun licence in Britain, although children below 18 cannot buy or own a gun themselves and under-14s must be supervised by an adult.




It also states that this decision was made after the latest protest by the anti's





.....presumably then they will be banning youngsters from buying car magazines by applying the same logic that you have to be 17 to have a driving licence??
 
escort and fiesta were moved to the top shelf when i was younger, made me want them more:p

we need to talk and explain our ways to our youngsters, boys have always had a facination with guns, we need to make sure they get the opertunity to go and shoot one safely, whether in the field or down on the clays or even the air riffle in the garden.


it is a ridiculous thing for WHS to ban but if a large percentage of people stop buying sporting mags from them in protest, WHS will stop stocking them. What will be gained from that??

craggy
 
we need to start a petition of complaint to get things revoked ,its things like this that will erode the shooting rights ,i think the shooting orgs need to get a handle on this and start something off so we can stand up for our rights, atb wayne
Spot on fella:thumb:
 
That explains why on Friday morning when in that store in Kelso and buying a Shooting Times the girl mentioned the age thing when she swiped the bar code, it must come up on screen with an age restriction marker. She mentioned it was 16 though??? I think I just scraped a pass...

She was also surprised and commented on that and asked why on earth an age restriction was on the Shooting Times!
 
Seen this later article in the telegraph

Wh smith is banning kids from buying any shooting or field sports magazine. Think I'll be buying my magazines elsewhere from now on!!!!


The country's biggest newsagent WH Smith has banned children from buying shooting magazines, even though it is legal for them to hold a shotgun licence.
It is a sport enjoyed by thousands of children, and one which gained Britain a gold medal at the Olympics.
But children have been banned from buying shooting hobby magazines by Britain’s biggest newsagent - even though it is entirely legal for them to own a gun.
WH Smith, Britain’s biggest chain of newsagents, has banned youngsters from buying copies of country sports magazines after a campaign by animal rights activists.
The retailer, whose founding family owned a highly prized shoot in Buckinghamshire,
says it has introduced an age limit on such magazines asShooting Times because children are not allowed to obtain a firearms certificate until they are 14.
However, sports enthusiasts point out that this is wrong. There is no minimum age for holding a shotgun licence in Britain, although children below 18 cannot buy or own a gun themselves and under-14s must be supervised by an adult.




It also states that this decision was made after the latest protest by the anti's






so I assume you must be 17 to buy what /car/bike magazine :cuckoo:
 
Didn't know they had the right to decide who bought what :-|

Same in any shop. If I was a greengrocer I could refuse to sel you a cabbage, and still sell one to the guy behind you in the queue.
And if I did, it would make about as much sense as this ruling:rolleyes:
 
it is a ridiculous thing for WHS to ban but if a large percentage of people stop buying sporting mags from them in protest, WHS will stop stocking them. What will be gained from that??craggy

.....WHS making less profit.

They may then weigh up what profit they make from the anti's, which I suspect is nil.

fraser
 
Ive just emailed WH smith, my local MP and the media office at basc

I urge everyone on here to do the same and when i next go to my local range I will be drawing this to their attention also
 
I also emailed, if anyone is a member of other forums can you post link for WHS customer complaints

Its taken a few voices for whs to make this decision.


Craggy
 
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