Facebook bans private gun sales

[sgreen3]

I admin a local group, but we only have around 500 members. I'm sure the hammer will get dropped on it eventually as well, but may change the name just to see if it will help.

 

[Bluebuck56]

I just quit Facebook over this issue, it's perplexing that they care so much for gun control, but not gun rights. Glad to see there's someone on the internet that holds up the banner of being a true American.

 

[dbrier]

I'm about to give up on the gun groups. It was fun and convenient, but now that everyone is trying to be sneaky, use codes, etc. it's lost it's novelty. Facebook made a new rule and it will catch up eventually. While I don't like or even agree with their decision, I can see where they are coming from. Unlike what some people are claiming, my second amendment rights are still intact (or as much as they were last month) even though Facebook doesn't want to be a part of or help facilitate private gun sales.

All Facebook did was essentially say "not in my house"

 

[SSGSAD]

I just quit Facebook over this issue, it's perplexing that they care so much for gun control, but not gun rights. Glad to see there's someone on the internet that holds up the banner of being a true American.

I was never on fb .....

 

[UK2K]

Likewise, I was never on it either. My parents were strongly against it and all other social media, raising mine the same way.

 

[Snapdragon]

I don't have a moral issue with Facebook deciding to prohibit gun sales, because, yanno, freedom and all that. I'm not going to boycott the site for expressing and implementing their beliefs. Their house, indeed. I don't use the site for that primary purpose anyway. It's a great way to keep in touch with friends and family that I would not normally have regular contact with. That's much more important to me than guns.

 

[ghuns]

From the .458 SOCOM group...

 

[JettaKnight]

I don't have a moral issue with Facebook deciding to prohibit gun sales, because, yanno, freedom and all that. I'm not going to boycott the site for expressing and implementing their beliefs. Their house, indeed. I don't use the site for that primary purpose anyway. It's a great way to keep in touch with friends and family that I would not normally have regular contact with. That's much more important to me than guns.

That's the sort of talk to get you exiled from INGO.

 

[JettaKnight]

All Facebook did was essentially say "not in my house"

So....where's the "vote with dollars" and "I won't set foot in BW3's" and "I won't go to Illinois because they trample freedom" crowd?

It seems the endorphin rush from facebook "likes" is more powerful than previously thought.

 

[Snapdragon]

So....where's the "vote with dollars" and "I won't set foot in BW3's" and "I won't go to Illinois because they trample freedom" crowd?

It seems the endorphin rush from facebook "likes" is more powerful than previously thought.

Facebook is not prohibiting the right to bear arms. I can carry while using Facebook.

 

[voidsherpa]

Everyone is berating this guy on a gun group for posting that a felon tried to buy a gun off of him. Sad days. Also guy was sentenced 2 months ago to "Community Corrections, 2 years MCCC program". Two things here, we give criminals a slap on the wrist CONSTANTLY, and why isnt he in lockup?

 

[Pharaoh]

Probably my biggest issue with the Facebook gun groups was that every time someone got their feathers ruffled, they started a different group. I think there were 8-10 Indiana groups at the time Facebook changed the rules. I followed 3-4 and it was lots of the same stuff posted over and over.

They were also flooded with a lot more cheap guns; Jennings, Raven, single shot shotguns, etc. For some odd reason, there were more xD and 1911 style pistols for sale than anything else. Many of the WTB posts were for guns $300 and under.

You see the same things in other hobbies as well. I'm an admin on a fish keeping FB page and every day, someone posts a link to the "new and super cool" FB group. I think it's all about the power of being an admin. Much like forum members wanting to be mods, except on FB, they can create their own group immediately without any real work or investment.

 

[Expat]

You see the same things in other hobbies as well. I'm an admin on a fish keeping FB page and every day, someone posts a link to the "new and super cool" FB group. I think it's all about the power of being an admin. Much like forum members wanting to be mods, except on FB, they can create their own group immediately without any real work or investment.

This is making it even worse. The FB groups are fleeing to MeWe.com, GunDistrict.com and some GunTrader site. Every body and his brother is setting up their own sites. So with three sites, it is going to be even more diluted.

 

[actaeon277]

Saw this at Military Arms Channel

 

[printcraft]

good dog

 

[trucker777]

I wanna dog like that someday.

 

[disGRUNTld0311851717]

The groups I was using are now gone... I am about done with Facebook...

 

[RustyHornet]

The groups I was using are now gone... I am about done with Facebook...

The truth comes out!! Now we know!

 

[1775usmarine]

The groups I was using are now gone... I am about done with Facebook...

And you won't last long here either if you don't read the rules.

 

[SnoopLoggyDog]

Another thread in the Break Room that we just surpassed 40,000 members. Bet a few came over from the book of faces. Now the race to 50 is going to be even more crowded.