I had almost given up on gun forums when I found this one. There is so much macho chest thumping, mall ninja wanna bees, zombie stupidity, grumpy old farts with zero tolerance, trolls, and idiotic caliber wars on other forums, I figured most gun owners on the net needed their heads examined.
This seems to be a place of intelligent conversation for the most part. If it degrades to elementary school childishness, the mods whack it in short order.
Defensive carry comes close, but there are way too many guys who feel the need to carry 5 guns just to go to the bathroom and have an AK in their trunk with 3 spam cans to go to wal mart. This on it's own is their right and I fully support them, but it seems that they can't just butt out and allow a conversation to occur about anything they consider "junk" or a "mousegun". It may be their right to have a Glock 22 on their hip with three reloads, a .357 on their ankle, and a bowie tucked in back, but it is also my right to carry a Raven .25 if I choose (I don't). I don't think they get that.
One forum won't even allow discussion of substandard garbage (sarcasm) like P-3at and LCP. I got banned from that one for flaming a guy who called me a moron with a death wish for carrying my favorite low capacity mousegun.. a G26...
I won't even give that forum's name for fear they may get a free click out of it.
THR seems to be a place for the adult, mature, gun enthusiast. This is the only one I still visit.