{"id":89458,"date":"2018-03-15T16:08:36","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T20:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=89458"},"modified":"2018-03-15T16:08:36","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T18:08:46","slug":"kroger-remove-gun-magazines-stores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/kroger-remove-gun-magazines-stores\/","title":{"rendered":"Kroger to Remove Certain Gun Magazines from Stores"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Kroger<\/a>

Kroger pulling any magazine with “assault weapon” content off its racks. As many as 57 gun publications will be affected.\u00a0 A sign of the times.\u00a0 If true, what other supermarket chains will follow suit?\u00a0 And what does this mean for the future of gun media?<\/p><\/div>\n

Kroger is reportedly removing certain gun magazines from its in-store racks, affecting as many as 57 titles.<\/p>\n

Any publication with \u201cAssault Weapons\u201d content is on the chopping block, according to Jim Shepard who obtained a copy of the memorandum. Other gun-related mags that don’t contain those scary\u00a0black rifles will be placed on the top of the display.<\/p>\n

Titles that will be pulled include: Guns & Ammo, Guns Magazine, Firearm News, Military Surplus, Modern Firearms, On Target, Recoil, Rifle Shooter, S.W.A.T., Special Weapons, Tactical Firearms, Gun Buyer Annual, Gun Guide, Gun World, and World of Firepower.<\/p>\n

GunsAmerica reached out to Kroger to confirm the report but have yet to receive a response from the company\u2019s Public Relations division. We will update the article if\/when we hear back.<\/p>\n

Assuming it\u2019s true, this is a big deal for our brothers on the print side of gun media. Access to readers via mainstream locations is critical for growth. It\u2019s a way to reach those who aren’t monthly\u00a0or weekly subscribers.\u00a0 Casual readers and shoppers, folks on the periphery\u00a0who may have a seasonal or occasional interest in firearms.<\/p>\n

The big question is what if other supermarkets and convenient stores follow suit? That could be a death knell to publications struggling to make ends meet.<\/p>\n

When it comes to attacking the 2A and gun owners there\u2019s a lot of monkey-see, monkey-do going on out there nowadays.\u00a0 In fact, just as Dick\u2019s<\/a> and Walmart<\/a> made announcements that they would no longer sell firearms or ammo to adults under the age of 21, Kroger jumped on that bandwagon.<\/p>\n

\u201cRecent events demonstrate the need for additional action on the part of responsible gun retailers,\u201d said the company in a recent statement obtained by CNBC<\/a>. \u201cWe are raising the minimum age to 21 to purchase firearms and ammunition in all of our Fred Meyer locations that sell firearms.\u201d<\/p>\n

SEE ALSO:\u00a0Kroger CFO on Moms Demand Action\u2019s Protests: \u2018We Follow Local Laws\u2019<\/a><\/h2>\n

Kroger also touted its decision several years ago to stop selling \u201cassault-style rifles\u201d in Fred Meyer locations in Oregon, Washington,\u00a0and Idaho. It\u2019s now expanding that policy to include Alaska.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe these are common sense steps we can take immediately that are in line with our values and our vision,\u201d it stated.<\/p>\n

Kroger was once thought to be a gun-friendly business. When pressured by Moms Demand Action in 2015 to ban open carry<\/a>, Kroger CFO Michael Schlotman didn\u2019t cave.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the local gun laws are to allow open carry, we\u2019ll certainly allow customers to do that based on what the local laws are,\u201d said Schlotman. \u201cWe don\u2019t believe it\u2019s up to us to legislate what the local gun control laws should be. It\u2019s up to the local legislators to decide to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Times are changing.\u00a0 And fast.\u00a0 Giving gun mags the same treatment as smut rags is a sign of the times.\u00a0 A bellwether of what’s to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Any publication with \u201cAssault Weapons\u201d content is on the chopping block. Titles that will be pulled include: Guns & Ammo, Guns Magazine, Firearm News, Military Surplus, Modern Firearms, On Target, Recoil, Rifle Shooter, S.W.A.T., Special Weapons, Tactical Firearms, Gun Buyer Annual, Gun Guide, Gun World, and World of Firepower.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":89459,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,25,216],"tags":[132,469,607,122],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-89458","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gunsamerica-authors","8":"category-current-events","9":"category-s-h-blannelberry","10":"tag-buzz","11":"tag-gun-control","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-r2kba"},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-15-at-3.20.52-PM-150x90.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89458"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":183742,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89458\/revisions\/183742"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89458"},{"taxonomy":"featured","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured?post=89458"},{"taxonomy":"hunt365","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hunt365?post=89458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}