Man Starts “Gunbook” after Gun-Loving Friends Get Kicked Off Facebook

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After his friends were banned from Facebook for posting pictures of firearms, British gun enthusiast David Scott decided to start his own social network: Gunbook. Scott says it is a place where people can discuss the hobby without being judged by family and friends. The site also serves as a marketplace for airguns.

Anti-gun activists have told BuzzFeed News the website is "tasteless" and expressed their shock at its founder being from near the town where Britain's last school shooting took place. “Facebook have banned all gun adverts. If you post a gun sale, even a legal one, on Facebook, you get banned,” Scott told BuzzFeed News.
 
Anti-gun activists have told BuzzFeed News the website is "tasteless"
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Lol, wut? I get the "anti-gun, guns are bad, I don't want to see them" belief that some people hold (not one of them). But "tasteless" is a severe stretch of the word.

It's not like they're posting firearm photos of dead bodies or something.

It's also something that Facebook could fix without just banning people for posting pictures with their possessions or from shooting competitions / trips. Algorithm detects what it *thinks* is a gun (and/or users have flagged it as a gun). The users who have set their safe-search nannystate settings could have those photos hidden from them.
 
There a bunch of kids in DC now having a rally. Ignored by most of the American gun worshiping media, and of course gun worshiping web sites.

I'm a Buddhist myself. Worship is not what we do.
 
I should start one for religion.
Getting a 30 day ban for insulting Islam on a fellow Atheist page about a post where Muslims call for deaths of Atheists and those that leave the Islamist religion, because that what their story book tells them to do.
Stupid "community standards" where you can report post and FB doesn't even bother asking why someone said "f*** Islam".
I can understand if I said "*f Muslims" since that a group of people, but an ideology!?
What's next, banning people for saying *f Nazism, capitalism, freedom, ect ect ect?
 
PenGunn said:
There a bunch of kids in DC now having a rally. Ignored by most of the American gun worshiping media, and of course gun worshiping web sites.

I'm a Buddhist myself. Worship is not what we do.
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The media doesn't worship guns, they worship controversy. If everyone liked guns, they would never talk about them. They will exploit any topic that they can stir the pot with (race issues, guns, etc.).

Additionally, as a Buddhist, you're well aware of the second noble path. To a devout Buddhist, this site could be seen as a "PC hardware worship" site. So you're really splitting hairs on which hobby you feel is acceptable, since strict adherence to the religion sees all hobbies (desires and attachments) as a cause for dissatisfaction and suffering.
 
I don't know about the ban just for posting gun photos I'm in hunting groups and we post kill/gun/bow shots every day but do it in a closed group and also public photos of fun shoots I'v had with an old buddy in Texas. if you post kill shots in public and taunt gun haters I might get it but saying they got banned JUST for posting photos of guns is bull crap and sounds like a promo for his social/sales site!
 
The Mad Atheist said:
I can understand if I said "*f Muslims" since that a group of people, but an ideology!?
What's next, banning people for saying *f Nazism, capitalism, freedom, ect ect ect?
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I'm a Christian, and I agree with you. What's worse from my point of view, is that you, an atheist, were temporarily banned from an atheist page, for simply expressing your beliefs.
 
Firearms were devoloped intitally for one purpose. To Kill . Not sure it is good to "boast" about it and expect no consequences.
I suppose the real use of Gunbook will be for authorities and other low life to have a data base of peoples weopon collections, because only a fool would post what they have got on Gunbook and fools will often post what they should not.
 
"Additionally, as a Buddhist, you're well aware of the second noble path. To a devout Buddhist, this site could be seen as a "PC hardware worship" site. So you're really splitting hairs on which hobby you feel is acceptable, since strict adherence to the religion sees all hobbies (desires and attachments) as a cause for dissatisfaction and suffering"

You can and will see it any way you want. A hobby is not really what I would call the American obsession with guns. A disease is probably more accurate.

Anyhoo I am just a Buddhist layman and I do as I please. Worship is a basic misunderstanding of the reason the religion exists though.
 
This is only the beginning. Right now its just crypto and guns. Soon it will move to other stuff. Till it pisses of 100s of millions of people.
 
Laws are teeth for punishment, people are going to do whatever they want, a billion laws will not stop them.
 
Solution is ban automatic high round guns. Mind you I live in Canada. Make mantory to have guns with trigger locks or lock in a gun box. Just my suggestion also make attaining a gun harder. I have no problems for recreation but current standards in USA should be changed to make checking who buys the guns.
 
Shmee said:
If you want a site to practice free speech, owning your own site is pretty much the only way to go. That is until you realize how expensive it can be to host something for thousands of people.
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Night_Hawk-19 said:
Solution is ban automatic high round guns. Mind you I live in Canada. Make mantory to have guns with trigger locks or lock in a gun box. Just my suggestion also make attaining a gun harder. I have no problems for recreation but current standards in USA should be changed to make checking who buys the guns.
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'Banning specific types of guns isn't a solution to anything. Either someone is competent enough to own any gun or they aren't competent enough to own any guns. Banning certain gun types or high capacity mags has never once accomplished a single thing except making people who are ignorant on guns feel better. People fear AR's because they don't understand guns. The reality is a pump action shotgun with buck shot, slugs or custom loads can do FAR FAR more damage and guarantee a higher death rate in every close quarters situation (Every single school shooting to date as an example) than any AR. The reason why AR's get used is because the media has spent so long demonizing them that most of the mentally disturbed idiots grabbing them are only doing so because they have been told it is the most dangerous gun. Heck for that matter a good handgun with a "home defense" style round. Meaning rounds aimed at stopping power such as hollow points actually makes a far more lethal actual gun than most rifles. Rifle rounds are designed for penetration and distance, which means they impart very little actual energy into a squishy target. That is why you hear about people taking numerous rifle rounds and still living. Rifle shots are about location. Hit in the right location and yes it is fatal, hit in the wrong location and chances are it isn't fatal if it isn't near a vital. Shotgun slugs and home defense pistol rounds however are made for stopping power. You don't have to be precise, you just gotta be close. If I'm looking to take down a target that is close to me as fast as possible and guarantee they aren't getting up, I'm not reaching for my AR's...I'm reaching for my .45 or my shotgun.
 
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Night_Hawk-19 said:
Solution is ban automatic high round guns. Mind you I live in Canada. Make mantory to have guns with trigger locks or lock in a gun box. Just my suggestion also make attaining a gun harder. I have no problems for recreation but current standards in USA should be changed to make checking who buys the guns.
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Automatic weapons were essentially banned in 1986. The only automatic a civilian can legally purchase must have been registered prior to the ban in 1986. An M16, automatic firearm, will cost upwards of 30k, requires an FBI background check, and a tax stamp from the federal govt. Many states also have laws about properly securing firearms.

The truth of the matter is the majority of gun deaths in the US are suicide and most gun deaths are done with a handgun not a rifle.

All firearm purchases from a dealer require a background check, form 4473.
https://www.atf.gov/firearms/docs/4...n-record-over-counter-atf-form-53009/download

As Dekoth-E- said banning certain types is fairly pointless at eliminating crime. All guns can kill and attempting to say one is more effective than the other leads you down a silly path and in point of fact an AR15 really isn't the most effective weapon for leathality. The only reason they are going about it this way is it slowly leads to a complete ban, death by a thousand cuts if you will.

One of the biggest issues surrounding this issue is the lack of understanding and firearms education.

Please educate yourself on the topic you are speaking about.
 
Spidey329 said:
It's also something that Facebook could fix without just banning people for posting pictures with their possessions or from shooting competitions / trips. Algorithm detects what it *thinks* is a gun (and/or users have flagged it as a gun). The users who have set their safe-search nannystate settings could have those photos hidden from them.
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WHAT WHAT WHAAAAAT?

Trust adults to be adults?

You sir, are a deeply disturbed individual!

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Dekoth-E- said:
There is a reason my entire gun collection is unregistered except the one I use for my concealed carry. Until I see reasonable rational gun laws being passed and not knee jerk nonsense they will stay that way.
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A neighbor of mine has a garage full of guns and tooling. He's also a competitive shooter. Whatever floats his boat imo. All I know is if the zombie apocalypse ever happens, I know whose house I am hitting up first!
 
Spidey329 said:
It's not like they're posting firearm photos of dead bodies or something.
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If these people would look past their bubble/substitute-reality for even a moment they could see that the local gun groups are rife with photos of really well built and maintained firearms, extremely safety-conscious and responsible people, and plinking.

The more we get "shamed", the less likely the gun groups are to openly discuss their hobby, or even aid in improving our communities through advocacy and support due to being ostracized -- and I truly believe that would be a significant cultural loss. In the same way that education of any form helps develop a person, learning to handle power responsibly exercises discipline. Having a gun and learning some bushcraft and hunting skill -- even while rarely or never hunting -- can enrich a person with confidence and independence, and potentially help ground a person to know their relatively minor sigificance in the world. Responsible gun ownership has a much stronger and more positive long-term effect that extends to a community through leadership, advocacy, or even peace of mind.

Megalith said:
Anti-gun activists have told BuzzFeed News the website is "tasteless" and expressed their shock at its founder being from near the town where Britain's last school shooting took place.
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I can't fire off a round without hitting a town that had a school shooting.

sorry
 
Classic divide and conquer. It’s hard for a government in a civilised country to ban or censor parts of say Facebook, but it’s damned easy to ban a tiny website full of gun-toting right wingers which the general public either despises or could not care less about...

I predict lots more of this kind of strategy in the near future, then watch for the “GunBooks” of the world to start being brought to the attention of the public, the people using them and running it vilified, and then after enough bad press, the government will handily shut these sites down, “for our protection”.

Government and left wingers win every time, especially as we are currently in the grip of full-on left wing hysteria. Meanwhile, yet another freedom for the general public is lost forever, in the name of “what is right”.
 
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Good for that man, instead of complaining, he choose to do something about it. For the others, the gun control crap is just that, crap and it solves nothing. It is easier for someone to blame an inanimate object then to actually look inward and see that the problem comes from within, not from without. Unless that changes, do not expect anything else to change, either.
 
PenGunn said:
There a bunch of kids in DC now having a rally. Ignored by most of the American gun worshiping media, and of course gun worshiping web sites.

I'm a Buddhist myself. Worship is not what we do.
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Someone built an awful lot of big statues of someone they don't worship, just sayin'

And we don't "worship" guns, any more than we do computers or cars.
 
Welcome to Gun Club. The first rule of Gun Club is you don't talk about Gun Club. The second rule of Gun Club is you don't talk about Gun Club.
Things I never bring up in conversation: religion, politics, and guns.
 
And many of you forget the LA riots where the police fled town and a group of korean businessmen protected theirs and their families from a murderous mob. Now CA has made their heroic actions impossible without making them felons and charging them with harsher crimes than the mob would have been.

What's so difficult about "shall not be infringed"?

Gun control != crime control, its all about people control.

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/roof-koreans

somehow all those koreans didnt go on a murder rampage even though they had those guns. the gang was on the murder rampage.
 
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