Gun policy of the Indpls Star

762minigun · February 25, 2004, 15:51

It is the policy of the Indianapolis Star to only accept gun advertisements from FFL license holders, licensed auctioneers, gun shows adhearing to local laws and persons with type 3 [curio and relic] FFL licenses. All other gun advertising will not be accepted. Please have your FFL license number ready to be verified when placing your ad.
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I see this this morning while going through to classified adds.

Burn the link up guys

Indycar · February 25, 2004, 19:40

Wadda expect from the "local edition of USAToday?" Ever since Rupert Murdock and his bunch bought the Star/News from the Pulliam family, they've first merged the Star (morning) with the News (evening) and then shut down the News. In addition a mass exodus of writers and editors has occurred and have been replaced with Murdock cronies from other papers he owns from around the country. My favorite is hiring a guy from Charlotte to report on CART & IRL racing. The guy has no clue. They fired Robin Miller who is one of best knowledgable racing writers in the country to make way for this clown.

The Star/News used to be second only to the Chicago Tribune as a pro Republican newspaper. Now you don't know what it is.

Skibane · February 25, 2004, 23:42

This is the same newspaper that published an on-line list of CCW holders several years ago, "in the interest of the general public". They have an anti-gun agenda.

trucksurfer · February 26, 2004, 06:22

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Originally posted by Indycar
a pro Republican newspaper. Now you don't know what it is.

Didn't I see that on the Endangered Species List? I swear I have seen those words together before, but not often, nor anytime within the past 15 years. Refresh our memory as to what one of those is, please.

trucksurfer · February 26, 2004, 06:39

I wrote to your "news"paper this morning, we'll see what they have to say when they start getting comments from people nationwide. Funny how papers used to think their actions only effect those in that town, but the web has made them targets of all of us!
Here's my comments to the Indy Star:
Why is it that you are forbidding advertisement from law-abiding citizens of the Indianapolis area who want to place classified ads to sell firearms? Arm you bowing to some external pressure that says there is some "newspaper loophole"? That's a crock of shit, and you know it! It's time to put the PC handbook away and let ALL people, EVEN gunowners, have the rights to express themselves, and sell their property. This is ridiculous, and typical of the growing hatred toward guns and gun owners. I would be shocked to actually see the media print a story that showed something possitive about firearms owners, like a gun club getting together to help a charity, which is the kind of thing that happens every day!
You people disparage gun owners and gun, and talk about the rise of violent crime...hmmm, the FBI's Uniform Crime Report has shown that violent crime has actually been declining for something along the lines of 30 years, don't takle my word...do you own research and you'll see! As for accidental death and injury do to firearms, that has been steadily declining for DECADES! Again, do the research and you'll see what the real story is. Sadly this isn't the sort of thing that the AP or nearly any other "news" agency will report, and they spread the fear and loathing of violence around and make it seem out of control by over-reporting and sensationalizing every minor incident.
If you people in the media are going to continue down this road, at least have the integrity to admit your bias and one-sided accounts. The Hearst papers 100+ years ago started Yellow Journalism, now everyone practices it under the guise of the truth. At least be honest like Hearst was and admit that you're full of shit![COLOR=darkred]

February 25, 2004, 15:51	#1
762minigun Registered FALaholic #: 6464 Join Date: May 2002 Location: crossroads of america Posts: 1,497	Gun policy of the Indpls Star It is the policy of the Indianapolis Star to only accept gun advertisements from FFL license holders, licensed auctioneers, gun shows adhearing to local laws and persons with type 3 [curio and relic] FFL licenses. All other gun advertising will not be accepted. Please have your FFL license number ready to be verified when placing your ad. indy star I see this this morning while going through to classified adds. Burn the link up guys __________________ " A well-regulated militia,being necessary to the security of a free state, THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED" Any Questions?

February 25, 2004, 23:42	#3
Skibane Registered FALaholic #: 3787 Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: San Antonio Posts: 120	This is the same newspaper that published an on-line list of CCW holders several years ago, "in the interest of the general public". They have an anti-gun agenda. __________________ "...It does not say 'shall not be infringed, unless the weapon in question is really scary.' They're SUPPOSED to be scary. The occupants of Washington City are supposed to go to bed every night, wondering if anything they've done today will get them what it got Charles the First in 1649, or Louis XVI in 1793." — Vin Suprynowicz

February 26, 2004, 06:39	#5
trucksurfer Registered FALaholic #: 9643 Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: HUSKER Country Posts: 1,025	I wrote to your "news"paper this morning, we'll see what they have to say when they start getting comments from people nationwide. Funny how papers used to think their actions only effect those in that town, but the web has made them targets of all of us! Here's my comments to the Indy Star: Why is it that you are forbidding advertisement from law-abiding citizens of the Indianapolis area who want to place classified ads to sell firearms? Arm you bowing to some external pressure that says there is some "newspaper loophole"? That's a crock of shit, and you know it! It's time to put the PC handbook away and let ALL people, EVEN gunowners, have the rights to express themselves, and sell their property. This is ridiculous, and typical of the growing hatred toward guns and gun owners. I would be shocked to actually see the media print a story that showed something possitive about firearms owners, like a gun club getting together to help a charity, which is the kind of thing that happens every day! You people disparage gun owners and gun, and talk about the rise of violent crime...hmmm, the FBI's Uniform Crime Report has shown that violent crime has actually been declining for something along the lines of 30 years, don't takle my word...do you own research and you'll see! As for accidental death and injury do to firearms, that has been steadily declining for DECADES! Again, do the research and you'll see what the real story is. Sadly this isn't the sort of thing that the AP or nearly any other "news" agency will report, and they spread the fear and loathing of violence around and make it seem out of control by over-reporting and sensationalizing every minor incident. If you people in the media are going to continue down this road, at least have the integrity to admit your bias and one-sided accounts. The Hearst papers 100+ years ago started Yellow Journalism, now everyone practices it under the guise of the truth. At least be honest like Hearst was and admit that you're full of shit![COLOR=darkred] __________________ DEFINITION OF A VETERAN A Veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard or reserve - is someone who, at one point in their life, wrote a check made payable to "The United States of America", for an amount of "up to and including my life." Author Unknown

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February 25, 2004, 19:40	#2
Indycar Registered FALaholic #: 3404 Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Indy Posts: 951	Wadda expect from the "local edition of USAToday?" Ever since Rupert Murdock and his bunch bought the Star/News from the Pulliam family, they've first merged the Star (morning) with the News (evening) and then shut down the News. In addition a mass exodus of writers and editors has occurred and have been replaced with Murdock cronies from other papers he owns from around the country. My favorite is hiring a guy from Charlotte to report on CART & IRL racing. The guy has no clue. They fired Robin Miller who is one of best knowledgable racing writers in the country to make way for this clown. The Star/News used to be second only to the Chicago Tribune as a pro Republican newspaper. Now you don't know what it is.