Wegman's wifi blocks firearms sites.

**fxstc** · March 7th, 2014, 02:26 PM

Good afternoon,

I'm a longtime reader and a seldom poster. However, I'm sitting in Wegmans, finishing my lunch, and attempting to visit MidwayUSA.com. I get a message informing me that MidwayUSA is a "restricted" site under the category of "weapons". I'm irritated to say the least, and wanted to share this experience with my fellow readers. Wegmans must be another anti-gun business.

**streaker69** · March 7th, 2014, 02:31 PM

That may not actually be a policy of Wegman's themselves but a policy of those that are providing the wireless network there.

**yeager484** · March 7th, 2014, 02:40 PM

Originally Posted by streaker69

That may not actually be a policy of Wegman's themselves but a policy of those that are providing the wireless network there.

I imagine you're right. Many places have a firewall enabled that blocks porn/weapons/etc.

As an example, I cannot get to www.reddit.com/r/earthporn (sfw, btw, unless you'd get in trouble for a hit on the firewall. It's pictures of various places on earth. Some links there may be nsfw tagged, so it's on you to pay attention. I'm not responsible for your actions at work

).

OP, if you use android, try the Opera Mini browser.

Hokkmike · March 7th, 2014, 03:55 PM

Wegman's does sell popular shooting and gun related magazines.

Those web guard dogs are annoying. We should ask Wegman's directly what their internet policy is.

**Pilot321** · March 7th, 2014, 03:59 PM

Maybe it is store by store, and not a company thing.

**1iarrowking** · March 7th, 2014, 04:12 PM

Wegman's in Allentown is certainly not anti gun. I've been carrying in there for 5 years in April. If it's too warm for a jacket I'm open carry. I'm not a fan of wearing my shirt outside my pants. In all that time I had three employees ask what I was carrying and a question or two about the legalities. The only negative I had in there was a customer, about 4 years ago, who didn't like it. After all, there are a lot of children in there.

**MT1** · March 7th, 2014, 04:40 PM

It could even by the store's IT employee that decided on his/her own what should be accessible and what shouldn't.

**LilEMT** · March 7th, 2014, 04:49 PM

Originally Posted by 1iarrowking

Wegman's in Allentown is certainly not anti gun. I've been carrying in there for 5 years in April. If it's too warm for a jacket I'm open carry. I'm not a fan of wearing my shirt outside my pants. In all that time I had three employees ask what I was carrying and a question or two about the legalities. The only negative I had in there was a customer, about 4 years ago, who didn't like it. After all, there are a lot of children in there.

Wegman's at 248 is the same way. Been carrying there for years.... And they better not become anti, I love that store!

**Bang** · March 7th, 2014, 04:58 PM

Censorship in any form for any purpose will always have unintended results. Years ago there was a case (I think it was a school setting) where someone was trying to learn about breast cancer and couldn't get past breast.

**Gripsafety** · March 7th, 2014, 05:10 PM

It is probably a default policy in Websense or whatever they are using. I think it is more to prevent employees from wasting time on hobby sites. Many of these things also filter car shopping sites by default.