[Yo Mama]

So why can't we talk about the news? I know that in a few threads discussing recent news became closed.

I think these discussions are valid and add to knowledge in regards to law and create great debates helping users decide on future action in their lives.

[taliv]

you can talk about the news as long as

it's firearms related
you have something intelligent to add... i.e. not just posting a link

(we're not here to create or facilitate debates though)

edit:
and firearms related means it's ABOUT the firearm, not about some dude who has a firearm. for example, every story about LEOs, military, etc is not firearm related even though firearms are present in all the stories

[Yo Mama]

About the firearm, and use of the firearm are different. We should be allowed to talk about the deployment of tactics and firearms on a forum for this purpose, no?

It just seems that this would be a benifit to adding to the collective knowledge of this forum to discuss the actions in events that involve firearms.

I appreciate the feedback taliv. Thanks.

[Mal H]

Yo Mama - a challenge for you: please give me the link to one or more closed "news" threads (and not political threads) where the original poster discussed the actions or consequences of using a firearm in at least some detail which invited an intelligent discussion of those actions. I'm not suggesting that such threads don't exist or are not closed, but I do think they are rare.

[Walkalong]

Rare indeed. Those are tough to keep gun related.

[Art Eatman]

In the vast majority of all news stories:

If it involves the police, the thread degenerates into cop-bashing.

If it involves a dead perp, the thread talks about public reactions to the shooting or about personal, similar anecdotes. It becomes political and/or philosophical very quickly.

If it's about a press release from any group, it degenerates into bashing of political views or of an anti-gun group. More politics and philosophy.

But it's extremely rare that anything useful as to rational discussion ever develops...

[mcdonl]

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