They just announced the end of the print magazine. It’s a sad day. GUNS is the oldest non-organization published magazine. I am honored to have been a part of it for the last eight years.
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Like others have said, I spend a lot of time at work looking at screens. I find myself tiring faster of even using my laptop at home to surf gun forums and such. I ALWAYS enjoy holding a good magazine or book in hand, whether it be on the deck with a bourbon or on the crapper.
Being a book lover since childhood, I've amassed a pretty good library and now wonder, is it worth anything to anyone else but me? The thought of taking out all the shelves, scrapping the pages and installing a big flat screen in their place is appalling. Don't get me wrong, I've also got the 80" flat screen to enjoy the movies with and the handy little Mac laptop for all things internet (can't stand much more than texting on my phone). There is something for the brain though, in holding a book, reading it, thinking on it and understanding, plus the pure enjoyment.
I've tried reading articles and other formats on the Guns, American Handgunner and other websites. Sure, it's there, just scrolling on down but the enjoyment is far lower and I predict I'll spend much less time online with them, more likely just drifting away to spend time doing other pursuits.
And for anyone wondering about their subscription fees, they legally have to refund any "unused" funds, as subscriptions are legally to be held in an escrow until they time out. Now, they just have to find a way for the many thousands of subscribers. I'm in no rush there and honestly, I would've paid a good bit more for a subscription, just to keep the print copies rolling.
Being a book lover since childhood, I've amassed a pretty good library and now wonder, is it worth anything to anyone else but me? The thought of taking out all the shelves, scrapping the pages and installing a big flat screen in their place is appalling. Don't get me wrong, I've also got the 80" flat screen to enjoy the movies with and the handy little Mac laptop for all things internet (can't stand much more than texting on my phone). There is something for the brain though, in holding a book, reading it, thinking on it and understanding, plus the pure enjoyment.
I've tried reading articles and other formats on the Guns, American Handgunner and other websites. Sure, it's there, just scrolling on down but the enjoyment is far lower and I predict I'll spend much less time online with them, more likely just drifting away to spend time doing other pursuits.
And for anyone wondering about their subscription fees, they legally have to refund any "unused" funds, as subscriptions are legally to be held in an escrow until they time out. Now, they just have to find a way for the many thousands of subscribers. I'm in no rush there and honestly, I would've paid a good bit more for a subscription, just to keep the print copies rolling.
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Wow! That's total BS....I'm emailing Roy, as he's the only contact I have related there. I just renewed both AH and Guns for another 5 years about a month ago. I 100% would not have done so knowing this. They better refund it.
edit - message already sent via Suzi as well. Very disappointed and I will never read their offerings as much if they aren't in print. This only hurts writers such as Alan and others. Sad day.
edit - message already sent via Suzi as well. Very disappointed and I will never read their offerings as much if they aren't in print. This only hurts writers such as Alan and others. Sad day.
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Of the two offerings, I'd rather lose the NRA magazines. We get all four versions due to four Life Members in the house at one time. They are all four basically the same with about three articles in each that are specific to the focus. I get the why, it just makes for a quick scan through each for the "meat".
American Handgunner and Guns have been the premier firearms related magazines for decades.
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