Terms and rules

ACCEPTANCE OF RULES

Use of the site will be your acknowledgment of agreement to the rules of the site.

RIGHT TO CONTACT

The providers (“we”, “us”, “our”) of the service provided by this web site (“Service”) reserve the right to contact our members via private messaging or email to address moderation issues.

AGE RESTRICTION

No one under the age of 18 is allowed on the forum.

AVATAR RULES

Avatars must be legal, tasteful, and appropriate. No pornography, foul language, etc.

SIGNATURE RULES

Signatures must be no greater than 5 lines, single spaced, with a font no greater than 18pt. Pictures included in a signature must be no larger than 1" square as seen on a computer monitor. This is a subjective standard based on monitor size and zoom level and will be determined by the moderators on a case by case basis.

POST RULES

You are responsible for the content of your posts.

No hate speech, bullying (or comments regarding race, religion of sexual preference/identity) or memes towards any candidate or person will be tolerated. (i.e. No Hitler, Killary Hillary, etc.).

Fact checks are required prior to posting.

Keep it civil and polite. Also, no foul language. Arguments will result in deletion of all comments or post involved. (Keep it civil no ifs, ands or buts). Healthy discussions / disagreements are okay but as soon as aggression is noticed it will be removed. 

No political post or topics on the main forum. The “Armed with Knowledge” section will be the only place where this is allowed. No promotion of candidates or advocacy posts. Limit political post to firearms- and firearms rights-related topics only. Please report/flag any inappropriate content you may see in other posts as well.

Please respect others’ privacy.

No sales or transactions allowed on the site, firearms or otherwise.

No job postings or job recruiting.

Post threads in correct sections.

No spamming, multiple registrations, cut and paste posting, or posts containing only a link, etc. To better engage members within the forum, the posting of links is allowed when the original poster gives a simple description of the content or a comment on how you feel about it.

No advocacy for breaking federal, state, or local laws.

Direct message conversations with staff or other members and user generated submissions via the “Report” links are private. Discussing these private conversations in the public forum without the express consent of all parties involved will lead to review by staff and possible disciplinary action.

The moderators reserve the right to impose “time outs” or bans of members who do not follow the forum’s rules.

Rules may be modified or updated at any time.

LEGAL DISCLAIMER

Firearms laws can be different from locality to locality and are constantly changing. All information posted on this site should not be considered legal advice.

We are not responsible for any user-generated content and accounts. Content submitted express the views of their author only.

This Service is only available to users who are at least 18 years old. If you are younger than this, please do not register for this Service. If you register for this Service, you represent that you are this age or older.

All content you submit, upload, or otherwise make available to the Service (“Content”) may be reviewed by staff members. All Content you submit or upload may be sent to third-party verification services (including, but not limited to, spam prevention services). Do not submit any Content that you consider to be private or confidential.

You agree to not use the Service to submit or link to any Content which is defamatory, abusive, hateful, threatening, spam or spam-like, likely to offend, contains adult or objectionable content, contains personal information of others, risks copyright infringement, encourages unlawful activity, or otherwise violates any laws. You are entirely responsible for the content of, and any harm resulting from, that Content or your conduct.

We may remove or modify any Content submitted at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice. Requests for Content to be removed or modified will be undertaken only at our discretion. We may terminate your access to all or any part of the Service at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice.

You are granting us with a non-exclusive, permanent, irrevocable, unlimited license to use, publish, or re-publish your Content in connection with the Service. You retain copyright over the Content.

These terms may be changed at any time without notice.

If you do not agree with these terms, please do not register or use the Service. Use of the Service constitutes acceptance of these terms. If you wish to close your account, please contact us.