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Man Starts 'Gunbook' Social Media Site After His Gun-Loving Friends Were Kicked Off Facebook (buzzfeed.com)
CaptainDork shares a report from BuzzFeed: A British gun enthusiast whose friends were banned from Facebook for posting pictures of firearms has started his own version of the site for gun lovers. Called Gunbook, it was set up by David Scott, a 57-year-old shooting instructor who lives in Kilsyth, 20 miles from Dunblane. It went live three weeks ago and he says it already has more than 1,000 members, around 60 of whom are from the U.S. Scott admitted that part of the attraction of the site for members was that they could post about their love of deadly weapons without being judged by family and friends. "Quite a lot want to talk about guns and shooting and target shooting and their families can see and often people comment. Gunbook is the place where people can talk about guns without their families seeing because a lot of people have got anti-shooting and anti-hunting friends on these sites."
Many of the profile pictures on the site show people standing in striking poses with guns -- or are simply a picture of their arsenal. And just like any other social media platform, much of the content that has quickly populated the Facebook clone ends up being videos and memes. In contrast, his site is loosely controlled and encourages a community around gun ownership. It has two admins but reassures users in a Q&A on the site that "they will generally just leave you all to get on with things." It adds later that "they will never interfere [in a group] unless a post gets reported and even then only racist and really dodgy ones will get looked at if reported. Please do NOT upload porn videos to our servers though ;0."
Many of the profile pictures on the site show people standing in striking poses with guns -- or are simply a picture of their arsenal. And just like any other social media platform, much of the content that has quickly populated the Facebook clone ends up being videos and memes. In contrast, his site is loosely controlled and encourages a community around gun ownership. It has two admins but reassures users in a Q&A on the site that "they will generally just leave you all to get on with things." It adds later that "they will never interfere [in a group] unless a post gets reported and even then only racist and really dodgy ones will get looked at if reported. Please do NOT upload porn videos to our servers though ;0."
Is there a list of these treasonous scum? I would like to stop giving them my money.
yeah, after he ran there from 6 police units and a freaking helicopter chasing him.
this was the end of a chase.. if you are being chased by the police, and suddenly decide.. you know what, I made it home, I'm going to give up now, you don't turn around to face them and whip out your phone. you lie down and spread your arms out and do your best to prove to them that you are not looking to fight or run anymore.
you can't casually stroll up to a person that has been chasing you for an hour, whose job it is to apprehend you, and say, "sup"? And if you are chasing a person who has broken the law, and ran.. do you assume, "oh hey, they are just standing there, i think they're done." no you assume they are cornered and ready to go unless they are indicating otherwise. now, the officers absolutely should have followed up the shots with medical aid MUCH faster, and that should certainly be investigated especially since I seem to remember sacramento having an issue with that in the past.
it sucks that a person is dead over something so stupid, but THEY started that stupid train, and rather than stop it, tried to jump off.
Bernie is a socialist. He has no business in American politics. Youth lack perspective and experience so it's no surprise they fall for shit the rest of society already knows doesn't work.