David Reeder over at Kitup on Military.com has a good follow up to the recent and explosive RECOIL magazine garbage.
My interpretation… No one has apologized, they’re issuing explanations and accusing the 2A community of blowing things out of proportion.
Rob Pincus mentioned a few hours ago on Facebook that Joe Galloway from the publisher says it’s our fault. Here are his statements:
RECOIL Magazine’s Position:
In light of some of the comments and complaints made about a paragraph in a recent article about the Heckler & Koch MP7A1, Recoil wishes to make the following points clear:
- It is simply not credible for anyone to question Recoil’s support for, and commitment to, the Second Amendment. Recoil is first and foremost a gun lifestyle magazine, aimed at the modern shooting enthusiast.
- The opinions in the paragraph in question accurately reflected those of the manufacturer, and should have been reported as direct quotes. Recoil acknowledges the way the paragraph was written has caused unnecessary confusion.
- Jerry Tsai, a passionate gun enthusiast and the visionary behind Recoil magazine, will remain as editor of Recoil.
We thank you for your support and understanding.Quite honestly, if you read the article, it was one paragraph that was actually quoted from the manufacturer and we did not state it that way. Recoil has 26,000 likes on face book and the magazine has only been out for three issues and issue number 4 is just hitting the streets. I honestly believe that this will not hurt the magazine. I have not lost anyone as a result of this and do not expect to.Joe Galloway
Associate Publisher
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Phone 813-675-3493
Fax 813-675-3557
Email joe.galloway@sorc.com
Assistant: Jennifer Conklin 813-675-3507
Here’s the deal dude. Quit tossing the word “ENTHUSIAST” around. The only people I hear use the word enthusiast in the same breath as gun ownership are anti-gunners marginalizing our right to bear arms. Quit throwing H&K under the bus AND you need to understand Jerry Tsai is a nice guy, but he’s uneducated and ignorant to the industry.
I think I’m more upset now than I was this weekend when all of this hit.
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Nope, still no need, desire or want to buy the magazine…
HK disagrees Galloway, and proclaims it was in fact Mr Tsai that put his foot in his own mouth.
From HK USA:
Some readers have misinterpreted a recent feature story in RECOIL magazine as a reflection of HK policy. Heckler & Koch has a long presence in the US civilian market and throughout that time has been an ardent and passionate supporter of the Second Amendment and the American civilian shooter. This will always be the case. The contents, opinions, and statements expressed in that feature story are those of the writer, not Heckler and Koch’s. Additionally, the writer and RECOIL magazine have issued a clarification and apology for the ill-chosen words used in the story.
The HK MP7A1 4.6 mm Personal Defense Weapon mentioned in the story is a selective-fire product (capable of “full automatic” fire) and is currently restricted to military and law enforcement agencies by BATF. HK-USA has previously researched introducing similar commercial products, chambered in 4.6 mm, but it was determined that the final product would not have enough appeal or be legally feasible.
— Heckler & Koch USA
Interesting… no?
Of COURSE they don’t agree publicly after seeing the outcry that occurred following Tsai’s article. Sounds like a brilliant PR move to me. There are a lot of companies that are outstanding at saying certain things, then even better at DOING the opposite.
“I have not lost anyone as a result of this and do not expect to.”
Well then, that makes TWO mistakes you have made. I do not plan to ever purchase this magazine again.
That means you have “lost” at least one, and I strongly suspect far more than just me.
Circulation figures and ad revenues will decide the matter.
Put a fork in that mag. They are done.
Now if people will actually stick to the boycott they say they will be part of. Just the list of companies that have pulled advertising funding should help our cause for sure. I had high hopes for this rag and unfortunately they screwed that up. The best part is H&K released a statement saying that NOTHING Tsai said was true and none of it came from them.
By the way, a lot of my gun stuff seems to have trouble loading. (censorship or am I paranoid). So, I’l try this a second time. Over 40 years I have known many hunters, trap&skeet shooters, bench rest shooters, and even gunshop employees, and shooting range operators who believe the 2nd Amendment is for sporting purposes. They despise big mag guns, especially semi auto rifles. Perhaps the people at recoil are like these. And believe they are pro 2nd A. Usefull idiots for the anti’s. Saw it here in NJ in the 80s.
I remember an article in a shooting mag (?Guns&Ammo?). IMI in Israel had to have a separate production line for the semi auto only Uzi’s and Galil’s. You can imagine what that adds to cost. H&Ks are already pricey. Add to that the number of blue states that wouldn’t allow sale of of the MP7 under any circumstance. Anyone remember those grey post ban abortions they tried to market in the 90′s.