Animal Rights Group Calls Sport Hunting Magazines ‘Shooting Porn’ and Wants to Ban Kids from Seeing Them
- Posted on August 28, 2012 at 3:17pm by
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An animal rights group in the U.K. came out with a report Monday saying gun magazines are “shooting porn” that should be banned from sale to minors.
In its report “Gunning For Children: How the gun lobby recruits young blood,“ Animal Aid says that such ”lurid, pro-violence content could have a corrosive, long-lasting effect on impressionable young minds.”
This screenshot from the report shows clippings Animal Aid pulled together to highlight its point. (Image: Animal Aid)
The group believes these magazines should be considered “top shelf” and banned from sale to customers younger than 18. Animal Aid says this action”could deal a serious blow to a gun lobby that is desperate to recruit youngsters to counter a declining constituency.” In England and Wales, the group notes, licenses for shotguns have been declining for the last two decades.
University of Brighton criminology and public policy professor Peter Squires likens the magazines to “shooting porn” in the report.
‘The aim of Animal Aid’s top shelf campaign is to restrict the blood supply to a gun lobby that sees its core constituency slipping away and is desperate for young recruits,” Animal Aid Director Andrew Tyler said in a statement. “It knows that if children are not captured young, the chances of them picking up a weapon in later years rapidly decrease.”
Tyler goes on to say youth who engage in sport hunting in urban areas are “considered dysfunctional and a social menace.”
The report specifically calls out Shooting Times and Sporting Gun for showing “grinning young children” holding their latest kill. It includes psychotherapist Jeffrey Masson saying it is “completely insane” to encourage children to shoot animals for sport.
“How can anyone believe that there is no link between cruelty to animals in childhood and cruelty to others later in life,” Masson said.
Gun advocates are dismissive of the report and its claims. The Daily Telegraph reports Simon Clarke of the British Association of Shooting and Conservation saying the magazines only promote responsible use of the firearms and that the animal’s death is not inappropriately glorified.
“Shooting is carried out for a number of reasons,” Clarke told the Telegraph. “It is either just pest control or shooting game. There is no glorification of the shooting itself, it is a means to an end.”
David Taylor with the Countryside Alliance told the Telegraph the magazines also show how hunting is a vital part of the rural economy.
Check out the full Animal Aid report here.
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Comments (65)
Centralsville
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 5:06pmIt’s perfectly fine to show kids thousands of murders on television, magazines and in the movies, as long as it is humans being murdered. Same sick leftists that are all for the murder of millions in their mothers’ womb. Up is down and down is up to a leftist. Hopefully God will come back soon.
Report Post »hidden_lion
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 10:02pmThey need to ban these animal rights terrorists, or at least open up a season on them…
Report Post »stumpy68
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 9:41am@hidden_lion
Report Post »Jan 1st – Dec 31st no bag limit ?
Madmilo
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 4:55pmHmmm this story reminds me, If anyone needs their deer processed in the Austin area (Texas) , Look me up. Been in business since 1969 and we do a great job.
Report Post »grimmster
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 5:27pmHah, you didnt say the name of your business dimwit……
Report Post »I know for a fact it isnt madmilo meat market;p
cassandra
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 4:42pmthese people are so crazy they would put you in jail for breaking the egg of a Eagle but they defend people that rip a baby near birth from it’s womb, they are sick , twisted and UPSIDE DOWN
Report Post »jcldwl
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 4:52pmAgreed
Report Post »v15
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 4:33pmA few years back I shot a deer in the spine with a .308 rifle. Then I disemboweled the deer while performing a field dressing. I remember the bullet had ricocheted off the spine and into the deer’s heart, which, after field dressing it, looked like it had exploded like a water balloon. It was also freaking cold that morning so every few minutes I would submerge my hands in the lukewarm blood that had filled in the deer’s chest cavity. Wow, according to that UK psychotherapist I’m a total psychopath!
Not sure how they do thinks over there in the UK, but here in America many of the deer/elk/moose killed by sport hunters go to processing plants and distribute the meat to feed the local people that are homeless.
Report Post »Dr Vel
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 7:32pm“Not sure how they do thinks over there in the UK,”
They feed old people to the poor over in the UK, it’s called Soylent Green. They save a lot on health care that way. Just a little more time with the left in control and we will be just like them.
Report Post »00100111
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 4:31pmOh wow… I’ve got no words for this except that anti gunners are absolutely brainless.
Report Post »UpholderOftheConstitution
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 4:30pmhahahahahaha… I’m sorry but the idiocy is just too funny! Porn? Really? I think we should band children from having to listen to these morons ever again, how bout that?
Report Post »cookcountypatriot
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 4:26pmmmmmmmmmmmmmm nothing like a fresh pc of venison on a cool fall day…fresh and pure,,progressives can eat the dung if they desire…
Report Post »LakeHartwellSailor
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 4:19pmAll I can say is, it wont be long before DEER SEASON!!!!! YAY!
Report Post »00100111
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 4:32pmOne wonders how they think meat gets to the grocery store into that magical cellophane package. They should see what happens on a slaughterhouse floor. Hunting game is probably THE most honorable way to get meat.
Report Post »jcldwl
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 4:54pmBow season starts here on Sept 15th, Can’t wait. Tasty little does will soon be consumed in this household. mmmmm…..mmmmmm…Good.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 4:17pm“In its report “Gunning For Children: How the gun lobby recruits young blood,“ Animal Aid says that such ”lurid, pro-violence content could have a corrosive, long-lasting effect on impressionable young minds.”
OK, lets say this is true and use it as a hypothesis for another issue.
So, is this is true, then gay TV sitcoms should also effect young people? Those shows should bend their young minds to experiment with homosexual activities, Right?
Report Post »v15
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 4:43pmGood point! But they would quickly counter with the “people are born gay” defense and label you as homophobic.
How they rationalize their ideals is beyond me:
Report Post »(1) killing babies is okay
(2) killing animals is “psychopathic”
(3) euthanasia is really an act of kindness
DEFCON4
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 4:43pmHey Monk, did you read my last post to you last night?
Report Post »Had a U-Tube brain fart!
grayling646
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 4:16pmYes. These mags should be banned from kids. I remember my first sexual desires arose from looking at dead deer in my dad’s Field & Stream. What a thrill. I still remember…
Report Post »v15
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 5:12pmhaha yep, children that look at “pornographic” images of deer are more likely to become perverts that sit in tree stands while gazing at a herd of deer through a pair of binoculars.
If Playboy started to take pictures of Playmates dressed in deer costumes…May Andersen dressed as a doe in a centerfold shot…..
Report Post »Emil
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 4:14pmI see no credibility here, these same people are advocates of partial birth abortion. I know it and you know it, but they are seating killing animals.Hypocrites!!
Report Post »paperpushermj
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 4:09pmAh-Oh look who’s try to control the definition and context of words again. So now porn includes anything progressives want. I guess if I say their wrong they will now call that paragraphic.
Report Post »forthepeople
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 4:02pmThey want a ban, we want them to start telling the truth , sounds like a standoff to me ?
Report Post »paperpushermj
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 4:28pmThe real question to ask yourself is Who do these people call out to create and enforce that ban? You got it ….Washington.
Report Post »What is in the nature of Progressives that draws them to “The Strong Man” they seem to always gravitate as in Russia,Germany, Italy and Cambodia to the LEADER. Also do you notice it is always a Man.
dan@AL
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 3:50pmNot to be an @$$ but killing an animal for sport is wrong and sick! Now hear me out, to kill an animal to eat or as pest control that is fine. It seems these idiots are trying to play on idiots and not thinking people, the guy from the shootings sports group is just as dumb. Why not come out and say we hate the thought of killing just for fun and we dont , but we do kill for food, to keep pesky critters out of our garden, or even to protect our self. Wake up people, this is how the left has always done it, twist what is just and right into something ugly, dont let them keep this up!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »PS only 48 days until bow season open here and I cant wait to KILL several nice deer this year, we waste nothing on an animal, we eat the meat, give the bones and scraps to the dogs and tan and cure the skins to make whatever we can from. NOTHING WRONG WITH KILLING ANIMALS AS LONG AS YOU HAVE A NEED TO PROTECT OR TO FEED YOURSELF OR OTHERS
00100111
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 4:34pmHunting for sport is not sick. You do realize that hunters don’t leave the animal dead on the ground to rot, don’t you? That is illegal and immoral. Even those who do not harvest their own meat donate the meat to local shelters and charities to feed the hungry. You obviously have no clue about hunting, and you need to educate yourself before you spew ignorance.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 4:39pmI don’t necessarily condone killing for sport, but for eating and to control pests and the deer population, because they start to destroy their habitat and become a danger to automobiles and motorcycles. I think squirrel season just started here. I think we should be like Switzerland, where it is mandatory that every citizen is issued a gun and has to take a training class.
Report Post »Compare crime rates between Switzerland and Great Britain.
dan@AL
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 4:48pm@00100111 I will just guess that you are unable to read form some type of head trauma or something. Did you even read what I posted
You do realize that hunters don’t leave the animal dead on the ground to rot, don’t you? That is illegal and immoral
that is what I said no one should kill for FUN and I will explain in detail for small minds like yours, So I will re post part of it:
we hate the thought of killing just for fun and we dont , but we do kill for food, to keep pesky critters out of our garden, or even to protect our self
So yes if you go out and kill an animal for no other reason than killing something you are SICK. I have hunted all my life and kill for food or pest control but never just to kill
PLEASE LEARN TO READ BEFORE YOU COMMENT NEXT TIME AND MAYBE YOU WONT LOOK LIKE A DUMB@$$ to the entire world again
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 3:42pmBut yet these same people will go rent or buy the movies EXPENDABLES and let their children watch it, or buy them zombie games or car chase games and let them play them all day and never say a word.
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 4:21pmRight after they give them a pack of condoms and some lube and tell them to go experiment with someone or something.
Report Post »Tom K
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 3:38pmIs this the same country that features nude or nearly nude photos of attractive young ladies in their newspapers nearly EVERY DAY ? Listen up Animal Aid Knuckleheads: When you eat your salad, sit in a really quiet room and when you bite down, you can hear your veggies SCREAM ! ! ! May the armed criminal element single out YOUR homes for invasion. You see, the criminals STILL Have Guns and You Don’t !
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 4:46pmYup, if you want soft porn, you’ll find it in European newspapers.
Got to distract the masses in socialist Europe.
Oh look boobies …
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 3:33pmEnough already, they do not seek to ban real porn yet these idiots want to destroy hunting? What do they think they will turn to eat in an emergency if the food supplies collapse?
Report Post »chips1
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 3:50pmWhen those people go to the supermarket and find out that all of the canned food is gone, we will be eating steaks with our neighbors and having fresh salad from our gardens. I hope they don‘t just die in the streets because it’s hard to wipe the road kill from under the truck frame.
Report Post »Popp40
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 4:15pmWait but have you all heard about the scientist that came out and said that we will have to become vegetarians because there will not be enough water to support the livestock……
Report Post »Landon410
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 3:32pmits a pretty close poll right now, 100% to 0%……
and this is what obammers wants to turn american into… yikes
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 3:29pmAnimal Aid says that such ”lurid, pro-violence content could have a corrosive, long-lasting effect on impressionable young minds.” Yes the horror they might actually learn how to hunt for food,libs need to go extinct because they‘re always telling everyone else how to live when they don’t have a clue.
Report Post »CWPrequired
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 3:26pmThe same group would call child porn “free speech”.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 3:26pmBut I guess aborting babies isn’t pornographic, or dirty. These people would do the world and society a lot of good, if they just packed up their stuff and move deep into the woods and never come out. Then they can be one with nature, without us dirty humans. Plus when they freeze to death in the winter, the wolves will have something to eat.
Report Post »momrules
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 4:10pmI agree with you Darmok……….I understand Alaska has lots of room in the wilderness for folks like this. I don’t think many would miss them either.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 7:11pmThe only problem, is the Grizzlies and Wolves will get soft from eating soo much meat, and the easy prey will dull their hunting instincts, but on the other hand, it may be a Win/Win for Alaskans.
Report Post »Popp40
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 3:25pmEnough is enough…..this is stupid….when is the insanity going to stop!
Report Post »anAmericanVet
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 3:23pmIf God had not meant for us to hunt and eat animals, He would not have made them out of tasty meat.
Report Post »jcldwl
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 4:48pmRead the bible. God made all the beast for us to eat. He did intend for us to eat animals and they do taste good. In fact if you process your own deer it will taste 100 times better than what you get from the meat locker when you pay them to process it.
Report Post »Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 3:23pmAll animal rights activist should tear down their houses and kill themselves to free up room for more animals.
Report Post »Then maybe I would Consider taking the seriously.Just Maybe.
Popp40
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 3:27pmI just wonder how many of these animal activists have leather shoes or better yet leather seats in their cars or houses……
Report Post »right-wing-waco
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 3:21pmThese people want to ban everything. Insulate your kids from everything and when they grow up they will be shocked at what they missed.
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