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Originally Posted by Douche
I don't think the rules would allow for one to post videos of themselves shooting somebody down.
Allowing the redistribution of public domain footage is different than allowing for the hosting of new pictures/videos that foster something that relates to violence and/or crime.
The only ones crying are the ones being held back by this rule, from what I can see. Lol
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It's statements like this that tend upset those who uphold everyone's second amendment right. There are more than 350,000,000 guns in this country which have never been involved in a violent or criminal act. Your statement seems to implies that you view a law abiding gun owning citizen as a violent criminal.
The only people who could possibly be perceived as "crying" about it are the ones who weren't here to witness the events that lead to a current rule that doesn't make sense. The explanation below shows how that rule came to be and why it doesn't have to make sense.
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Originally Posted by Revartr
To be fair, I don't see why it's even a rule in the first place. It seems kind of ridiculous, and this is coming from someone who doesn't even buy a lot of guns, let alone post pictures of them.
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Originally Posted by Woodengun
There are plenty of gun pictures in the "public domain"
Anyways - back to money pits.
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Hope that beach house goes well. I have a place up in the mountains - the family ski getaway. Needs a new roof....$12k gone.  |
Back story for the new guys.
For years we had several threads in the general OT that were firearm related. i.e., "Official Hand gun thread" "Official Black rifle thread" "Official home defense thread" etc....
After gaining enough traction on the subject the forum administrators decided to open a dedicated Weapons sub-forum. (like watches, fitness, etc... ) When this happened, the new threads in the weapons sub-forum mistakenly showed up in the "new posts" list. Which they shouldn't have. 1 member threw a fit and picked up the support of 1 other member who was vocal about opposing the new sub-forum.
After a knock down drag out internet debate between those who were participating in the new sub-forum and the two who were opposed to it, and i'm sure many, many reported posts. The forum administrators / owners saw that it was in the forum's best interest to delete the new weapons sub-forum along with all the previous threads while also make an unwritten rule that no photos of weapons were allowed to be posted in the forum.
That's the long and short of it.
Oh yeah, one more tid-bit of info, the member who was vehemently against the weapons sub-forum is no longer a member here.