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  • bwaites
    Moderator
    • Mar 2011
    • 4445

    Read this before you post!

    Gentlemen, when we first opened this forum I posted this

    Room 2A
    Gentlemen and ladies.....(I know we only have very few ladies!)

    Our gracious site owner has decided that we need a place to discuss 2nd Amendment issues, particularly in light of recent happenings.

    Please understand that this is NOT a place to bash and trash. I've already deleted a few posts that were inappropriate for a family forum.

    Please remember, we've created a community of people who appreciate CIVIL discourse, even though we may have disagreements.

    Keep it appropriate, on subject, and most importantly, remember that we are talking among friends! Treat everyone as if they were and are your hunting buddies.....(wait, let me rephrase that....)treat them like they are your new acquiantance that owns the coolest gun you've ever seen and you hope to inherit one day!


    Apparently, some have not read this, while others have chosen to ignore it.

    I am spending 90% of my moderation time dealing with a couple threads and a couple posters. That will no longer be the case.

    The 2A forum is a SIDELIGHT forum, it is not the focus of the 6.5 Grendel Forum. There are plenty of political discussion forums. You are more than welcome to post long theories and histories there.

    If you monitor your use, and find that more than half your posts are in the 2A forum or political threads, I would invite you to spend your energies on one of those forums dedicated to politics. The Grendel Forum is simply not the place for that.

    The 2A forum was created as a place to discuss direct 2A challenges and possible responses, not to devolve into endless political debate and name calling. Please read the above carefully and consider your posts.

    I will not be warning anyone else. If I find posts that are inappropriate, offensive, or otherwise demeaning to the forum, its members, our country, etc. I will simply suspend privileges.

    For those of you who wish to proclaim censorship, I would point out that this is not a public forum, it is privately owned and moderated. You are welcome to air your views on your own forum if you so desire.



  • Michael
    Warrior
    • Jan 2012
    • 353

    #2
    Well said. Thanks to you and the others that dedicate your time to keep the rest of us on track. I know it is not an easy job, but I for one appreciate it.
    I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it.
    - Voltaire

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    • Y85
      Warrior
      • Sep 2012
      • 252

      #3
      +1 -- you've done a great job. sometimes we are our own worst enemies.

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      • Deer Hunter

        #4
        I like the 2A posts, its keeps us uptodate on the idiots trying to eliminate our 2nd Ammendment rights. With that said I was on at least one of the threads mentioned and stopped posting simply because I didnt want to get drawn into the squabling amongst each other. Bwaites is a fair Moderator and if the thread got removed it was in need of removing.
        Last edited by Guest; 03-04-2013, 05:25 PM.

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        • Grendelseeker
          Bloodstained
          • Jul 2016
          • 64

          #5
          Good job, let's keep it to issues related specifically to AR configurations. They, of course are the ones directly in the crosshairs of the anti-gunners.

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          • North Florida
            Bloodstained
            • Sep 2018
            • 28

            #6
            I agree 100%. Thanks for all you do here. I'll make sure to follow the rules here.

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            • Lowell Higley
              Bloodstained
              • Jun 2019
              • 26

              #7
              I do enjoy the AR platform. I have built five of them in .223/5.56. As I am old and retired, it is what I enjoy doing. The 6.5 Grendel is a new one for me.
              When I was going to school and later, the AR platform had not made an appearance. When it did, we called it the Mattel Toy.
              There was a .22 shooting range on the Basement of the school, Rifles in the Pickup Trucks in the School parking lot, Shotguns, with ammo, in the Principal's Office, no one dreamed of the school shootings we have today. Or like the Vagas shooting. What happened to our Society, anyway?
              I think that the AR is just an excuse for the Left to do their anti gun thing. If it was not for the nasty looking Black rifle, it would be something else. The Left, and particularly the UN, the UN is more Left than you realize, are after the principal that they will be the only ones with firearms. You cannot have a Socialist government with a people armed. Not in our economic, in dept to our eye balls, status.
              We are not going to get out of this by the use of the Ballot box.

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              • LR1955
                Super Moderator
                • Mar 2011
                • 3355

                #8
                Originally posted by Lowell Higley View Post
                I do enjoy the AR platform. I have built five of them in .223/5.56. As I am old and retired, it is what I enjoy doing. The 6.5 Grendel is a new one for me.
                When I was going to school and later, the AR platform had not made an appearance. When it did, we called it the Mattel Toy.
                There was a .22 shooting range on the Basement of the school, Rifles in the Pickup Trucks in the School parking lot, Shotguns, with ammo, in the Principal's Office, no one dreamed of the school shootings we have today. Or like the Vagas shooting. What happened to our Society, anyway?
                I think that the AR is just an excuse for the Left to do their anti gun thing. If it was not for the nasty looking Black rifle, it would be something else. The Left, and particularly the UN, the UN is more Left than you realize, are after the principal that they will be the only ones with firearms. You cannot have a Socialist government with a people armed. Not in our economic, in dept to our eye balls, status.
                We are not going to get out of this by the use of the Ballot box.
                Lowell:

                This isn't the place for this post.

                This thread was started by Bill Waites to give some ground rules for the 2A Forum.

                It is not the place nor is this the forum to post threads about social issues. Particularly when it comes to implying that a civil war is the only way out of the current situation.

                If you have something to post about the 2A, start a new thread but it needs to contain factual information about the 2A.

                Thank you.

                LR55

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                • LR1955
                  Super Moderator
                  • Mar 2011
                  • 3355

                  #9
                  Guys:

                  This thread lays down the ground rules for the 2A forum. It is not the place to start a new thread. I moved Lowells comments from here and started a new thread with them.

                  LR55

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                  • FLshooter
                    Chieftain
                    • Jun 2019
                    • 1380

                    #10
                    I’ve strayed away from another gun forum,which I won’t mention the name of.Because,they focused too much on politics and political views.We all have our views that no one can change.And we all vote.
                    I am here because I live to shoot!And I love the 6.5 Grendel cartridge!This is one of the forums that focuses only on the sport I love.These sites are my escape.
                    That being said,I appreciate you keeping this site all about the 6.5 Grendel and the shooting sport.

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                    • LR1955
                      Super Moderator
                      • Mar 2011
                      • 3355

                      #11
                      Originally posted by FLshooter View Post
                      I’ve strayed away from another gun forum,which I won’t mention the name of.Because,they focused too much on politics and political views.We all have our views that no one can change.And we all vote.
                      I am here because I live to shoot!And I love the 6.5 Grendel cartridge!This is one of the forums that focuses only on the sport I love.These sites are my escape.
                      That being said,I appreciate you keeping this site all about the 6.5 Grendel and the shooting sport.
                      FL Shooter:

                      OK -- after informing Lowell that this particular thread exists only to lay out the ground rules for the 2A Forum and is not the place to post 2A related subjects -- I just have to ask why you chose this place to post your comment? It has nothing to do with the 2A at all, let alone the guidance for the 2A forum.

                      Not particularly upset over it but sure am curious.

                      LR55

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                      • FLshooter
                        Chieftain
                        • Jun 2019
                        • 1380

                        #12
                        Originally posted by LR1955 View Post
                        FL Shooter:

                        OK -- after informing Lowell that this particular thread exists only to lay out the ground rules for the 2A Forum and is not the place to post 2A related subjects -- I just have to ask why you chose this place to post your comment? It has nothing to do with the 2A at all, let alone the guidance for the 2A forum.

                        Not particularly upset over it but sure am curious.

                        LR55
                        I like what you said and I am thanking you for keeping things straight.

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                        • LR1955
                          Super Moderator
                          • Mar 2011
                          • 3355

                          #13
                          Originally posted by FLshooter View Post
                          I like what you said and I am thanking you for keeping things straight.
                          FLS:

                          OK -- got it.

                          Thank you.

                          LR55

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