Microsoft bans discussions about firearms

[ericire12]

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/11/20/microsoft-bans-discussions-about-firearms-on-their-community-forums/

http://ridenshoot.blogspot.com/2009/11/windows-online-community-code-of.html

Ride Fast n' Shoot Straight reports that the user agreement for the Microsoft Online Technical Communities bans discussions about firearms.

[saltydogbk]

I banned Microsoft a long time ago...hate the products.

[ratcatcher55]

I would be very suspect of this. Microsoft had a very active shooting club at the Redmond, WA facility the last time I was there.

[fightingquaker13]

Given the hours of headbanging, hair pulling frustration that I have suffered through from microsoft poducts, if I were Bill Gates I would ban discussion of firearms too. I would also blackball ayone who mentioned the word "rope".
FQ13

[tombogan03884]

 Who, me ? I use MS, Apple/Mac isn't any better.

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[BigSaucy]

"Promotes or otherwise facilitates the purchase and sale of ammunition or firearms."

If this quote from your link is accurate it would seem that your subject heading is an overstatement.

Just saying, not endorsing their position.

[tombogan03884]

Looks like pretty standard terms of use agreement, I think lawyers call it boilerplate.

[pops1911]

Agreed - it's not an active denial of guns, it just is a 'boilerplate' statement about restricted goods - guns in particular - the important point here is the restriction on guns by the uneducated & the 'educated' liberals in this country. That is unconstitutional in any degree! There should be NO restrictions on guns - period. That is what the founders intended & wrote very clearly. This should be an action item to fix after we destroy BHo & his minions & retake this country back to what is was & should/will be again.

[tombogan03884]

Pops, when REAL Americans retake our nation and dispose of the communists and their sympathizers the fact that this kind of CYA statement is no longer needed will help greatly in getting rid of them.

[pops1911]

Tom

I was not condoning them - I fully agree. In this era of PC, we should apply the same logic they do. If it offends us (or can be construed to) we should bring it up to them by the truckload. If we continue to do this for all things, we can make progress - use their tactics & inundate them with BS for everything! (Although we have just cause - it's not always BS to us)