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Gun Control & RKBA

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DonP

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7. A handful of gun control supporters asked Skinner for their own group
Mon May 9, 2016, 07:00 PM
May 2016

I guess they got tired of having their clock cleaned in arguments.

Shortly after it opened with a decent number of posts, the novelty wore off. All three of the "hosts" that founded it quickly drifted away and for about a year and a half it just kinda languished with 2 regular posters going on ego trips and getting increasingly shrill and aggressive.

After they got their safe haven group the 2 posters kept going to Skinner in ATA and demanding e all be banned and the Gungeon closed as a "Right Wing Cesspool". One of them got Tombstoned, the other is still skulking around.

Then a new host took over in 2015 (?) and it became "Castle Bansalot" banning over 45 people in short order. Any disagreement with a hard core gun confiscation/control at all costs world view got you banned. They even had big disagreements among themselves and some posters took their ball and ran home crying.

Finally the new host, like most of the 3 or 4 people that post there, started posting here more than his own group. Itls what you do if you actually want to get a response.

Then he managed to piss off even our genial and patient host and got himself banned from here. One of a very few that managed to be that rude.

Now it's become a ghost town again with metaphorical tumbleweeds blowing past the 3 people that post there infrequently. Actually it's become a pretty accurate metaphor for gun control as a movement in general.

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The history of GC&RKBA [View all] Kang Colby May 2016 OP
I have only been here 2 months myself. CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #1
Me too. Kang Colby May 2016 #6
Ask the host DashOneBravo May 2016 #15
I don't know all the answers but... Renew Deal May 2016 #2
Thank you Kang Colby May 2016 #3
GCRA was created in March 2013 - you can probably petronius May 2016 #4
Thank you, that was very helpful. n/t Kang Colby May 2016 #5
A handful of gun control supporters asked Skinner for their own group DonP May 2016 #7
Your posts always seem to hit the nail on the head. Kang Colby May 2016 #8
For all intents and purposes it is Lurks Often May 2016 #9
I was blocked after one accidental post that I immediately deleted. eom Kang Colby May 2016 #10
As was I. A beacon of ethics, that group. N/T beevul May 2016 #13
If the RKBA SOP is restrictive to your topic, ManiacJoe May 2016 #11
Thanks Joe. It's nice to meet you. Eom Kang Colby May 2016 #12
LOL! It seems your post has generated some...interest Marengo May 2016 #21
If they get to interpret their own SOP in bansalot... beevul May 2016 #22
It seems Skinner agrees with you Duckhunter935 May 2016 #23
I feel like breathing some life into Outdoor Life. Kang Colby May 2016 #24
Yes, SecMo and I butt heads every now and then over my hosting. ManiacJoe May 2016 #25
(Shhh, he thinks he runs this group too) DonP May 2016 #26
I believe "Guns" was at one time a full-blown Forum... Eleanors38 May 2016 #14
Kang... beevul May 2016 #16
Thanks beezul..question though? Kang Colby May 2016 #17
This should get you started. beevul May 2016 #18
Do not miss those days or those two weasels DonP May 2016 #19
Nor do I. beevul May 2016 #20
Hah! TeddyR Jun 2016 #27
I'm not sure why they always seem to have a hysterical reaction over discussion on a discussion... Kang Colby Jun 2016 #28
I think the "discussion" part TeddyR Jun 2016 #29
Controllers gotta control...n/t Kang Colby Jun 2016 #30
There's this quote... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2016 #31
I'd much rather read Bloom than Bloomberg. eom Kang Colby Jun 2016 #32
Surprised, no Duckhunter935 Jun 2016 #33
the hidden posts were one of the hosts gejohnston Jun 2016 #34
That was not a Host oneshooter Jun 2016 #35
Geez, even 2 neutral juries think he's a weasel, 5 to 2 to hides! DonP Jun 2016 #36
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