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    Texas1911

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    We try to run this forum with the utmost in posting freedom with the intention of providing a fun environment for everyone.

    However, there are some rules that we must uphold, and the means by which they are upheld are at the discretion of the admin and mod staff. Since Texas Gun Talk is our house, we reserve the right to ban or punish anyone for anything, without warning.

    Respect Other Posters

    It's common for topics to get heated, but we will not tolerate people growing belligerent or getting out of hand. If you feel that a thread has exceeded its limit, please report the thread for the admin/mod staff. We are all gun people, we are all playing on the same team.

    * No threats of any kind allowed.
    * Keep the family of others out of your arguments.
    * No racial or religious comments.
    * If you want to just insult people go somewhere else.


    Illegality
    Advocating, explicitly or by example, breaking specific firearms-related laws is forbidden. It makes the forum look bad. There's a middle ground between advocating resistance to unjust legislation or statutes (which is allowed and encouraged) and outright bragging about lawlessness (which is forbidden). In that middle ground, the staff will be forced to make judgement calls. Feel free to PM a staffer before posting if you are questioning the propriety of a potential post.

    Commercial Posting
    Posting on behalf or as a company or individual with the intent of making a profit off of the forum is considered commercial posting, and is not allowed unless you are a forum sponsor. Those of you that would like to become a sponsor on the forum can contact me via email.

    Language
    This isn't a church, school, or your mother's house, but we do expect some civility out of our posters. Try to limit the usage of cuss words and swearing. If it gets out of hand, we'll ask you to cut it back a bit.

    A Note About Censorship: No private citizen is capable of "censoring" anyone. A forum owner who rejects a member's post is fully within their free-speech rights to shape their forum however they like, through the approval of some submitted content and the rejection of other submitted content.

    Censorship happens when a person is denied the ability to self-publish. Posting to a public forum that you do not own is not self-publishing. It the same thing as submitting a letter to the editor of a newspaper, which is not self-publishing. If a newspaper declines to publish a letter to the editor, that is not "censorship." It is the editor's right. The person who wrote that letter has the ability to publish it by other means, first and foremost by starting their own newspaper. This same principle is applied to online forums. A member is not "censored" online unless they are denied the ability to put up their *own* site, blog, forum, whatever it may be... and no private citizen can stop another from doing that. Everybody in the U.S. has the right to freedom of speech, but that right does not go to the extent of forcing some forum owner to carry it on their forums or servers. The rights of one person end where the rights of another person begin. If you agree that a forum owner can reject a submitted post (for whatever reason), then you are supporting the forum owner's freedom of speech. Censorship has nothing to do with it because the person whose post was rejected has not been denied the right to self-publish.

    On or Off-Topic
    We aren't going to enforce any stringent on/off-topic rules. So long as the thread is progressing and people are getting the info they need we don't mind if it ends up in left field.

    Pornographic or Extremely Graphic Material
    We simply do not allow pornographic material, and extremely graphic material will be at the discretion of the moderator staff. Since we deal with a potentially violent subject matter, there will be a time and a place for graphic material. All threads dealing with graphic material must be marked NWS or Graphic in the title for the benefit of those that wish to not view such images.

    Classifieds
    We allow classifieds access after 25 posts. This measure enforced to promote people to post on the site and get to know other Texas gun owners. We don't mind if you want to sell your entire collection, but we are not an avenue for illegal transactions of any kind.

    Copyrighted Material
    Copyright violations: Cutting and pasting any external article content will no longer be permitted. If you care about TGT please don't do it. We can't afford to get shut down over a needless lawsuit and these legal firms are getting more aggressive about coming after site owners. So when you want to reference an article, you may post:
    1) A link to the article.
    2) The title of the article.
    3) A brief summation in your own words of the article.
    4) While quoting the first sentence of the article is probably reasonable under the doctrine of Fair Use, the practice should be avoided.


    Threads that violate this policy will be deleted without notice. Multiple infractions will draw a ban. The state of copyright law as it pertains to online use is in flux internationally and TGT will take a conservative approach.

    English
    This forum is based in the United States, and more importantly ... Texas. Posts and threads will be conducted in English. If you cannot speak English, then Google offers a free translator. If you cannot post in English, or something resembling it ... you will make me nerd rage and you will be sent to an ESL internment camp.

    Multiple Accounts (Alter-Egos)
    The usage of alter egos and multiple accounts is generally frowned upon. We would like everyone to stick to a single account, and the usage of AEs to troll the forum is not allowed. Usage of AEs for business or comedic purposes is allowed on a case by case basis.

    Religion
    Discussions on religion are not allowed, as people cannot discuss the subject without behavior on the forum devolving. It also tends to derail threads. All threads concerning religion will be locked and/or deleted.

    Excessive Thread Creation
    Creating an excessive number of threads or threads that lack substance makes it difficult for members to find information and track more useful threads. If a thread already exists on a topic do not create another covering virtually the same topic. If the thread consists nothing more than a random off topic though it is probably not worthy of its own thread. These threads may be locked or deleted and members guilty of starting such disruptive threads will be removed at the forums discretion.

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