Fact check me

[Hopalong]

Okay, I want to start pushing something in Twitter, but it seems so counter to the gun control crowd's narrative that I want to check myself first so I don't sound like an idiot.

Ever since the Brady Bill an the establishment of the NICS system, you need an ID and go through a NICS check any time you buy a gun from a dealer in any state, right?

 

[danb]

http://www.atf.gov/firearms/faq/atf-f-4473.html
A Social Security card, alien registration card, or military identification alone does not contain sufficient information to identify a firearms purchaser. However, a purchaser may be identified by any combination of government-issued documents which together establish all of the required information: Name, residence address, date of birth, and photograph of the holder.

 

[Biggfoot44]

Go thru either NICS , or a State operated system that is aproved to meet or exceede NICS standards.

 

[Hopalong]

Or...not. Apparently my Twitter account got suspended. I haven't posted anything offensive, so I must have hit a nerve somewhere.

Well crap.

 

[Maestro Pistolero]

Or...not. Apparently my Twitter account got suspended. I haven't posted anything offensive, so I must have hit a nerve somewhere.

Well crap.

What did you post, and what reason was given for the suspension?

 

[Hopalong]

What did you post, and what reason was given for the suspension?

I post a lot. I was given no reason for the suspension, or even notification until I tried to post and couldn't. I've contacted Twitter support.

 

[sleev-les]

I got temp banned from posting to Facebook last week for calling a liberal idiot an idiot!... I guess all you have to do is report one post and you get the switch.. I started reporting offensive lib posts

 

[Don H]

so much for free speech!

 

[Gbh]

so much for free speech!

Twitter is a company, not .gov. Their sandbox, their rules.

 

[danb]

just in time for the Marylanders to prevent gun violence celebratory media blitz starring SRB, the police chief, and some Mom's who demand action.

 

[hvymax]

so much for free speech!

Hurt Feelings report gets you shut down.

 

[occbrian]

Or...not. Apparently my Twitter account got suspended. I haven't posted anything offensive, so I must have hit a nerve somewhere.

Well crap.

Lol. Come back!!!

 

[Hopalong]

Lol. Come back!!!

Apparently, I used the "@reply or mention" feature too often in a short period of time and it qualified as "abuse". I have been unsuspended though. The Twitter staffer who replied to me as nice enough.

Looks like I'll be spending less time engaging people directly and spending more time dispelling misinformation via hashtags. How this constitutes less spamming is beyond me, but hey, their service, their rules.

Thanks for the fact checks. B^)

 

[Elliotte]

Apparently, I used the "@reply or mention" feature too often in a short period of time and it qualified as "abuse". I have been unsuspended though. The Twitter staffer who replied to me as nice enough.

Looks like I'll be spending less time engaging people directly and spending more time dispelling misinformation via hashtags. How this constitutes less spamming is beyond me, but hey, their service, their rules.

Thanks for the fact checks. B^)

You can still do that, just put a period before the @, so something like .@reply don't ask me how it works, just something with their coding formulas.

 

[abean4187]

Social media sites are very broad in who they ban or restrict. Basically, if someone clicks the “report” button, you are going to get hit with something even if all you posted was ‘I like kittens”.

They will also ban you if you use their website too much. Not sure of what the limits are now but back in the day it was very easy to get your facebook disabled for a short amount of time because you exceeded the message limit.

 

[Hopalong]

Well, if Twitter prefers me to spam a hashtag instead of replying to individuals, I'm okay with that.

Another fact check:

Can you legally buy a handgun anywhere in the country without going through NICS or an equivalent check? I want to say no, but all of my handgun experience is from MD.

Thanks.

 

[eruby]

Well, if Twitter prefers me to spam a hashtag instead of replying to individuals, I'm okay with that.

Another fact check:

Can you legally buy a handgun anywhere in the country without going through NICS or an equivalent check? I want to say no, but all of my handgun experience is from MD.

Thanks.

You can do FTF in Virginia. Not sure if you meant only FFL deals.

 

[Hopalong]

You can do FTF in Virginia. Not sure if you meant only FFL deals.

So you can do FTF handgun transfers in VA without going through NICS?

Again, I'm just trying to get my facts straight before blasting Twitter.

 

[eruby]

So you can do FTF handgun transfers in VA without going through NICS?

Again, I'm just trying to get my facts straight before blasting Twitter.

Yes. The seller should know the buyer isn't prohibited and would hopefully at least look at a Va driver's license. But A can sell a handgun to B with no checking at all.

 

[Blacksmith101]

Hurt Feelings report gets you shut down.

Lots of liberal postings hurt my feelings. I guess I should become a whiner!