Change to forum Firearms policy

[amolitor]

There are probably a few people who are genuinely bothered by pictures of guns. There are probably people who are offended by pictures of tulips. It's a big world.

The difference between guns and tulips is that, for some reason, people don't instinctively respond to a picture of a tulip with a long rant about the state of the nursery industry, the ridiculous laws surrounding the import and export of plant materials, and how if the government wasn't run by a bunch of imbeciles there would be more/less restrictions on the sale/import/export of seeds/bulbs/rhizomes so that decent people everywhere could do something or other.

Frankly, TPF would be a lot more fun if we could rely on pitched battles over the politics of tulips. But we cannot.

 

[pixmedic]

The moderation team (including some admins) have been discussing this topic for a little while now. We got several messages from people about it, along with the usual in-thread discussions.
The decision to make guns a "hot topic" was because of arguments that broke out over various gun issues. It was not just some arbitrary decision based on one or two incidents, but stemming from what appeared to be a very predictable negative result from gun threads.

The decision to reevaluate that rule and repeal it was based on seeing a renewed interest in gun photography, and the hopes that the discussion on those photos will stay purely academic and not venture into politics.

 

[gsgary]

The moderation team (including some admins) have been discussing this topic for a little while now. We got several messages from people about it, along with the usual in-thread discussions.
The decision to make guns a "hot topic" was because of arguments that broke out over various gun issues. It was not just some arbitrary decision based on one or two incidents, but stemming from what appeared to be a very predictable negative result from gun threads.

The decision to reevaluate that rule and repeal it was based on seeing a renewed interest in gun photography, and the hopes that the discussion on those photos will stay purely academic and not venture into politics.

What about banning rabbits

 

[pixmedic]

The moderation team (including some admins) have been discussing this topic for a little while now. We got several messages from people about it, along with the usual in-thread discussions.
The decision to make guns a "hot topic" was because of arguments that broke out over various gun issues. It was not just some arbitrary decision based on one or two incidents, but stemming from what appeared to be a very predictable negative result from gun threads.

The decision to reevaluate that rule and repeal it was based on seeing a renewed interest in gun photography, and the hopes that the discussion on those photos will stay purely academic and not venture into politics.

What about banning rabbits

It could happen.

 

[hopdaddy]

There are probably a few people who are genuinely bothered by pictures of guns. There are probably people who are offended by pictures of tulips. It's a big world.

The difference between guns and tulips is that, for some reason, people don't instinctively respond to a picture of a tulip with a long rant about the state of the nursery industry, the ridiculous laws surrounding the import and export of plant materials, and how if the government wasn't run by a bunch of imbeciles there would be more/less restrictions on the sale/import/export of seeds/bulbs/rhizomes so that decent people everywhere could do something or other.

Frankly, TPF would be a lot more fun if we could rely on pitched battles over the politics of tulips. But we cannot.

A perfect example of how to sidestep any "Ban" discussion . It is never so much what you say ........But ,How you say it !

 

[gsgary]

There are probably a few people who are genuinely bothered by pictures of guns. There are probably people who are offended by pictures of tulips. It's a big world.

The difference between guns and tulips is that, for some reason, people don't instinctively respond to a picture of a tulip with a long rant about the state of the nursery industry, the ridiculous laws surrounding the import and export of plant materials, and how if the government wasn't run by a bunch of imbeciles there would be more/less restrictions on the sale/import/export of seeds/bulbs/rhizomes so that decent people everywhere could do something or other.

Frankly, TPF would be a lot more fun if we could rely on pitched battles over the politics of tulips. But we cannot.

A perfect example of how to sidestep any "Ban" discussion . It is never so much what you say ........But ,How you say it !

Tulips dont kill school children

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[amolitor]

Tulips dont kill school children

If you cannot kill your school age child with a tulip, you're just not trying hard enough.

 

[runnah]

Tulips dont kill school children

If you cannot kill your school age child with a tulip, you're just not trying hard enough.

If you outlaw tulips only outlaws will have tulips.

 

[kathyt]

There are probably a few people who are genuinely bothered by pictures of guns. There are probably people who are offended by pictures of tulips. It's a big world.

The difference between guns and tulips is that, for some reason, people don't instinctively respond to a picture of a tulip with a long rant about the state of the nursery industry, the ridiculous laws surrounding the import and export of plant materials, and how if the government wasn't run by a bunch of imbeciles there would be more/less restrictions on the sale/import/export of seeds/bulbs/rhizomes so that decent people everywhere could do something or other.

Frankly, TPF would be a lot more fun if we could rely on pitched battles over the politics of tulips. But we cannot.

A perfect example of how to sidestep any "Ban" discussion . It is never so much what you say ........But ,How you say it !

Tulips dont kill school children

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Oh crap, and we were doing so good gsgary.

 

[Tailgunner]

A perfect example of how to sidestep any "Ban" discussion . It is never so much what you say ........But ,How you say it !

Tulips dont kill school children

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Oh crap, and we were doing so good gsgary.

My thoughts exactly...I just figured I would put them on the ignore list.

 

[HughGuessWho]

The moderation team (including some admins) have been discussing this topic for a little while now. We got several messages from people about it, along with the usual in-thread discussions. The decision to make guns a "hot topic" was because of arguments that broke out over various gun issues. It was not just some arbitrary decision based on one or two incidents, but stemming from what appeared to be a very predictable negative result from gun threads. The decision to reevaluate that rule and repeal it was based on seeing a renewed interest in gun photography, and the hopes that the discussion on those photos will stay purely academic and not venture into politics.

I have a crazy idea. How about just banning arguments, period. It's not about guns, or politics etc, some people just live to argue.

 

[manicmike]

There are probably a few people who are genuinely bothered by pictures of guns. There are probably people who are offended by pictures of tulips. It's a big world.

The difference between guns and tulips is that, for some reason, people don't instinctively respond to a picture of a tulip with a long rant about the state of the nursery industry, the ridiculous laws surrounding the import and export of plant materials, and how if the government wasn't run by a bunch of imbeciles there would be more/less restrictions on the sale/import/export of seeds/bulbs/rhizomes so that decent people everywhere could do something or other.

Frankly, TPF would be a lot more fun if we could rely on pitched battles over the politics of tulips. But we cannot.

A perfect example of how to sidestep any "Ban" discussion . It is never so much what you say ........But ,How you say it !

Tulips dont kill school children

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Messed up people with tulips do.

 

[tirediron]

The moderation team (including some admins) have been discussing this topic for a little while now. We got several messages from people about it, along with the usual in-thread discussions. The decision to make guns a "hot topic" was because of arguments that broke out over various gun issues. It was not just some arbitrary decision based on one or two incidents, but stemming from what appeared to be a very predictable negative result from gun threads. The decision to reevaluate that rule and repeal it was based on seeing a renewed interest in gun photography, and the hopes that the discussion on those photos will stay purely academic and not venture into politics.

I have a crazy idea. How about just banning arguments, period. It's not about guns, or politics etc, some people just live to argue.

Do not!

 

[robbins.photo]

I have a crazy idea. How about just banning arguments, period. It's not about guns, or politics etc, some people just live to argue.

Wouldn't that necessitate that we first have an argument over what constitutes an argument? Lol

 

[JacaRanda]

Then start an argument about how constipated we are about constitutions. :er: