Posted on 02/24/2014 11:40:06 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Two of the countrys most influential gun control groups are in talks with Facebooks legal team in an effort to see gun sales banned on the worlds largest social network and its sister site Instagram.
Moms Demand Action For Gun Sense In America has partnered with Michael Bloombergs Mayors Against Illegal Guns to put pressure on Facebook to prohibit the private selling or trading of guns on its platforms a practice thats as widespread as it is unregulated.
Facebook and Instagram are enabling people to sell weapons, often with no questions asked and no background checks required, said Mayors Against Illegal Guns spokesperson Erika Soto Lamb.
Lamb cited a recent sting operation in Storm Lake, Iowa, where a convicted felon tried to exchange an assault rifle for a handgun via Facebook. In this case, the gun dealer was an undercover officer, and the 21-year-old felon was arrested and jailed.
This police department shed light on how easy it is for someone who is prohibited from owning a gun to procure one using social media, she said.
Lamb added that Facebook and Instagram would be joining fellow online platforms eBay, Craigslist and Google, all of which have banned the buying, selling or trading of firearms without background checks....
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Repeat lie. Becomes truth. Oldest immoral trick in the tyrannical arsenal. But...the end....the means. They mean well, they’ll say. But with hubris and ignorance they lead us into serfdom....slavery....death. Period.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Donates $992 Million to Charity Funding Planned Parenthood
And a note to Bloomer....prolly 99% of the ads are ATF lures. You may be hindering their latest proprietorial tool.
Correction: prosecutorial.
Almost a BILLION dollars?!
Hey Facebook,,,, how in the hell did you get your freedom to be what you are???? Hey liberals,, where did you get your freedom to piss me off,, Hey Barack,, where did you get your freedom to be a idiotic tyrant???? It came from the likes of us, 2nd div vet, Mark Twain, Jeff Head, Master Gunner and the rest of us vets who would have given up our lives for you intercoursing poopshoots that's who. You bunch of sniveling fools are REALLY beginning to irritate us and it's getting to the point where actions against our freedoms (cause I damn sure don't give a crap about your's anymore) may become a reality. Sorry gang,,,, had to rant.
So much more good could have been done with that money
The great thing... When you are not bought into these “so-shall” media timewasters, I don’t have to worry about no Terms of Service violations.
Excellent.
This will create new (conservative) social media.
Just another reason to shun Facebook.
So Zuckerburg hates minorities, losers and malcontents.....
I assume any conservatives on Facebook will close their accounts is they take this step, or at least contact advertisers (for those who use Facebook to stay in touch with relatives): “I noticed your ad on Facebook and will be boycotting your product. So long as Facebook prohibits the lawful purchase, sale, or advertising of firearms, I will no longer purchase any product or service from their advertisers.”
All purchases should be political, and we need to let business know (and pay) the cost of their decisions.
Lamb added that Facebook and Instagram would be joining fellow online platforms eBay, Craigslist and Google, all of which have banned the buying, selling or trading of firearms without background checks....
Sounds like a golden opportunity for some tech-savvy entrepreneur: a guns-only e-mart. Like Craigslist with fangs.
[Video] TX Gov Rick Perry Owns CT Gov Dan Malloy During Gun Control Debate on CNN
February 24 2014
by Dan Cannon
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Rarely do we see state governors debating each other on national television, but thats exactly what we got to see on CNNs State of the Union recently.
Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy, a noted anti-gunner and a big reason CT passed such strict gun control laws last year was asked by CNNs Candy Crowley if he thought gun laws in other states undermined CTs ability to regulate guns with their strict laws. Malloy said,
I think we have a federal problem in the sense that we are rejecting the idea that we should have tighter controls on who has a gun. Universal background checks would make everyone safer in their states and in mine. It is a starting point. We should not be assigning or allowing folks who have mental health challenges currently to acquire guns.
We should not have a system that allows people who have extensive criminal records to get around
When Crowley asked the other governors present if they agreed with Malloy, Texas Governor Rick Perry was the first to speak up,
Certainly not the Second Amendment pretty much is a good amendment. And we support it in the state of Texas. The restrictions that youve seen states like Connecticut when you think about the northeast, that was the Silicon Valley, if you will, of gun manufacturing. And youre seeing those manufacturers leaving the northeast because of the taxation, the regulations, and just the attitude towards manufacturers of weapons.
As a matter of fact, Governor Bentley, was announced on Monday, Remington is moving 2,000 jobs being created there in Huntsville. Governor Haslam in Tennessee welcomed Beretta into his state. We invited Magpool into Texas. So, youre seeing a shift of these manufacturers out of states that dont want them there. And I think that is an appropriate move and an appropriate conversation for us to have.
And youre absolutely right about the Tenth Amendment in the states. I know these governors will make decisions that are best for their citizens. Now, we compete against each other and thats good.
“You didn’t build that.”
I notice the article doesn't concern itself with where the felon got the "assault weapon". Is that because he took it in a burglary or bought it from someone who did? That wouldn't exactly make their point, now would it?
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