German weapons journal
| German weapons journal | |
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| publishing company | DWJ Verlags-GmbH |
| First edition | 1965 |
| Frequency of publication | per month |
| Sold edition | 21,120 copies |
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| Editor-in-chief | Walter Schulz |
| editor | Walter Schulz |
| Web link | http://www.dwj.de/ |
| ISSN (print) | 0341-8936 |
| CODEN | DWINAZ |
The German Weapons Journal ( DWJ ) is a German special-interest journal for shooting sports, weapon collecting, hunting, weapon technology and weapon history. In May 1965 the first edition of the DWJ appeared on the market.
The focus is on technical reports, weapons documentation, product presentations, critical comments, reports and classifieds.
The DWJ reports on topics for hunters , target shooters and gun collectors. The magazine also has a section on history, which reports on areas not directly related to firearms, for example from the area of the Wild West, which is popular with muzzle-loaders . In addition, there are reports about the time of the First and Second World Wars.
magazine
The journals deal with historical weapons, from wheellock buffers to flintlock and percussion weapons, historical American weapons such as Colt or Winchester to modern sporting, hunting and military weapons, ammunition, reloading and gun law. This also includes modern muzzle-loading replicas, edged weapons, knives, observation and target optics.
criticism
In the discussion about the tightening of the gun law, the DWJ is assigned to the gun lobby by the Rems-Murr-Rundschau . As evidence, the newspaper quotes the comment of DWJ's editor-in-chief Walter Schulz on the Winnenden rampage : “The facts also include the fact that such bloody acts often take place in schools or universities, where there are defenseless victims. The perpetrator doesn't need an opponent, he needs victims. Victims who are unarmed, victims who have no one to protect them, victims who are trained never to defend themselves, who have learned that violence and resistance are bad. But with all love for peace we should also teach our children that they are not obliged to be slaughtered without resistance, but that they also have the right to fight unconditionally whenever their life is threatened - and in what appropriate way they can do so . In the worst-case scenario, this will not always save all lives, but it will certainly save many. "
In March 2012, the German Press Council issued a public reprimand against the Deutsche Waffen-Journal for the following quote from a third party about a father of non-German origin who shot his daughter: “Probably a culturally sensitive educational measure for a not yet so well integrated professional that we just have to live with. ”The press council sees this statement, to which the editorial staff does not take any critical distance, as cynical and inhuman.
Web links
- Internet presence of the DWJ
- Kristiana Ludwig : "German Arms Journal". Goose step and leather coat . In: taz of May 24, 2012, accessed on May 24, 2012
Individual evidence
- ↑ Media data ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. PDF file - (4.5 MB)
- ↑ DWJ 5/09, p 3 by: Nils Graefe: Weapons friends as true journalists. How trade magazines locate the Winnenden rampage and the current gun law discussion. In: Rems-Murr RUNDSCHAU 102 (2009). May 5, 2009. PDF file (243 kB) - accessed January 7, 2012
- ↑ Three reprimands for violations of personal rights , press release of the German Press Council of March 16, 2012
