Facebook has released its new policys conserning the sale of firearms

[Mark W.]

SO anyone else see the big news about Face Books Gun for sale policys today?


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In a nut shell they will be reminding people posting ads what the law says, restricting people under 18 from seeing the pages, and making sure no one posts anything like "No back ground Check required" as part of an add. In an attempt to circumvent the law. So basically stuff that will have virtually no effect on our ability to conduct business via their web site.

There are dozens of groups on Facebook dedicated to the sale and discussion of firearm just here based on Oregon sales. I am sure there are the same in other states that private sales are still legal. Facebook in effect operates same as the classified ads here.

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[fireninja13]

Yep. have been following this one as I am a member of perhaps a dozen facebook gun groups. . .

IMHO, it just means that dedicated forums like the NWFA which are run by 2nd amendment believers are more and more valuable.

Here is a bit of mainstream new coverage of the issue:

Under pressure, Facebook announces major gun policy changes - CBS News
Facebook tightens policies on posts about illegal gun sales - latimes.com
Facebook Cracking Down on Illegal Gun Sales Planned on Site - Bloomberg

 

[gaijinsamurai]

It's not as bad as I had thought it was going to be.

In a nutshell, we'll have to be more careful about how we do business, and not openly state "No background check necessary!"

 

[deen_ad]

IMHO, it just means that dedicated forums like the NWFA which are run by 2nd amendment believers are more and more valuable.

There are some on this and other forums that would argue this!


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[Grunwald]

FecesBook stinks in more ways than I care to count.
Read your user agreement very carefully. It is full of little nuggets of what they think of you and anything you post there. In a nutshell not much and it all belongs to them.

 

[RicInOR]

Instapundit » Blog Archive » OVERSOLD: The Facebook and Instagram Gun Speech Ban Issue: Facebook has released their statement?


"Facebook will pop up a message reminding you that you should follow the law if you post a gun for sale and someone complains to them about it. They won't ban the speech. They won't ban the images. They won't even ban promotions of guns for sale at all."