Warned not to post about guns on Facebook.

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It's not about standing up for your rights. It's about handing over personal scads of personal data to a company that has a not so great record of securing it in the manner in which you've specified.

There's also the matter of who, besides the government, may be watching. I don't know how many people have exclusively pro-RKBA friends and business associates, but I'd guess most don't. Your old buddy from college may have married a mega-hippy antigun harpy, that sees your post via his reply and freaks out and calls someone with a badge.

http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/bethlehem/index.ssf/2010/12/freemansburg_man_allegedly_thr.html - Applicable because the gubmint didn't catch this idiot, his former boss whom he'd friended did.
 
Whether or not a person owns or uses a gun should be just as acceptable a topic of conversation as whether or not a person owns or drives a car. They are both manufactured in different configurations to do multiple jobs. Either can be utilitarian or fancy. Either can provide enjoyment to their owners. And, either can be dangerous in the wrong hands. There is one major difference. The right to own and drive a car isn't Constitutionally protected. Are people ashamed or afraid to talk about what kind of car they own? No. And they shouldn't be ashamed to talk about guns, either.
 
The day I have to go "underground" with my love of firearms is the day the anti's finally won. I won't hide who I am, or what I believe in, from anyone.
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Well said.

I teach high school in an inner-city school. I shoot and hunt. I've never made a secret of it, but I don't especially "preach" about my hobbies either. I simply answer questions honestly when the students ask.

If they ask, "what did you do this weekend?"

I respond, "I went shooting with my father-in-law. We had a great time." So far, no one has come after me yet, but then I'm not a threat to anyone or anything.

There are several of us at the school who collect, shoot, and hunt with guns of every variety.

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Public School Teachers have been fired for posting Gun Hobby or Hunting info/images or Gun images of whatever sort, on 'facebook'...oweing to the 'Zero Tolerance' Policy of Schools.

Other than that, I am not aware of any problems in this regard.
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I have been a Public School employee for over 10 year and never heard of that happening. Do you have a link to a report that shows that posting about shooting and hunting got a teacher fired.
 
I haven't read all the posts but I wouldn't worry too much about it as long as you're not posting idiotic behavior that's gun related. But, you shouldn't do that whether anyone is watching or not.

I don't do the Facebook junk nor do I have any desire to do so. Just remember, as with anything, use good judgment. It benefits others as well as yourself and, some things live forever.....
 
unless you are planning to commit crimes, you have nothing to worry about. big brother can put me on all the watch lists he wants and it wont do anything because im not a criminal
 
I take a few kids out to the range since they have an interest. One likes to get photographed shooting/with my guns. I fully explained to him that these pictures, under no circumstances, are to be put on the interweb or shown to kids at school.

Nothing illlegal going on of course, but I don't want anything taken out of context. Photos of an 8th-grader shooting an AR-15 could be misconstrued without the full background of the event. No good can come of it, but harm may at a later date. His parents fully agree. I told him if he feels the need to prove he's "cool," he's not, and he'll never be taken to the range again. At least not by me.

So little to gain, so much to lose. It makes no sense to put one's private affairs on public display. If one is that insecure and needful of validation/acceptance, pity and therapy are more appropriate. Sure, its one's right to do so, but be prepared to explain yourself. Perhaps even in court, under an unfavorable shading of the event. It's just something that ought best not be preserved on a public forum as it may come back to bite one in unexpected ways, years later.
That's just my opinion, I could be wrong.
 
I would not be so worried about the government as much as I'd be worried about people like an employer or co-worker finding out. If you have such people on your facebook, limit the information they can access. Overactive HR departments thrive on such information, as well as other, non-gun related information that may present you as a "threat." You may find yourself suddenly out of a job for a strange reason soon enough.

This also applies if you have not secured your profile. In that case, others can see your pictures and information, even though they're not your friends. Also, be careful about what your friends upload and tag you in.
 
I'm more concerned about my wife seeing ex-girlfriends in my friends list.
 
It can be a very bad mistake to confuse "what should be" with "what is."
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I make no such pretense that those things are the same. But, I believe that it is a far worse mistake to accept "what is", and worse yet, by several orders of magnitude, to promote or encourage "what is", when "what is" is actually "what is wrong".

Until, and unless, the good people of this country stop allowing ourselves to be bullied by small-minded, scared, weak individuals determined to undermine our liberties, they will continue to force those of us that hold those liberties sacred into smaller and smaller closets, until finally, for all intents and purposes, those liberties will no longer exist.

Accepting that's it's somehow wrong to talk about participating in lawful activities on a social network, or forum, or at work, or at school, just closes that closet door a little more.
 
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You seriously think that the government has the manpower, or the desire, to check out all the shooters on Facebook?:rolleyes:
 
Pretend Facebook is the front page of the New York Times. Anything you wouldn't want on the front page of the NY Times, you wouldn't want on Facebook. Security protocols be damned, a data mining program can pull your data from Facebook. A programming error when they "update" Facebook can mess with security too. You don't want pictures of you that could be misconstrued to end up getting to future employers or potential malefactors. Two or three pictures of you and guns, ok. More? Put them on THR.
 
I had Facebook for a while and I would talk about guns and post pictures of my guns. I wasn't worried about Big Brother spying on me or knowing that I was a gun owner.

Then one day I had the sudden realization that I didn't like Facebook anymore, so I canceled my account and never went back. I'm just tired of the whole "online social networking" thing. Not saying it is a bad thing, just not for me.

Unless they has some anti-gun policies (which I'm pretty sure they don't) then I see no reason why you shouldn't talk about guns or promote your 2A support on
Facebook.
 
since my facebook profile pic is of a dpms 308lr and has be for a few years i dont think is unsafe. if big brother has the time to watch my life, the economy would be shot and they be pushing for health care and citizen ship for illeagle imagr.........:uhoh:. excuse me while i go and....lock my doors
 
I think it's nonsense too. (About getting on a gov't watch list)

That said, I believe "Honor your father and your mother" trumps all. I'd stop posting about gun stuff if it bothered my dad.
 
Be very careful what you post on Facebook about anything.

They own your pictures and your comments. In the last 6 months both of my children have closed their Facebook accounts. My son went on an overseas trip, met some people and a photo taken by one of these acquaintances. The photo shows up on my page and was available to all of my "friends". I didn't know the poster or the girl in the picture with my son. My son didn't even know the picture was posted until he returned home, logged in, and saw it. Then he closed the account. Since then I have deleted all of my pictures and have quit posting. Consider everything you post there to be in the public domain with your name and you picture. You want the world to know about your new AR-15 or what ever go ahead post way.

My account will remain open because of concerns I have over someone ghosting my account. I do check it from time to time and review the security settings each time I check it.

When you stop and read the posts there and think about it, Facebook is creepy.
 
I think your Dad is correct and there are a few other good replies such as #4 and #56 to name a few. IMHO FaceBook sucks, I don’t need troll for new friends with a FB or Twitter account. The people that know me already know how to contact me, that said I think this forum format works perfectly.

We attended a Window 7 training class last summer and the instructor went OT several times, one thing the instructor said the Chinese Data mine each and every one of those FB accounts. I have nothing to hide either but the point is why put it out there? I also have an Amazon account and all I have to do is look at something and weeks later it comes back as a special, that’s kind of scary to me. But do what you want, it’s still a free country,, or is it?
 
I'm more concerned about my wife seeing ex-girlfriends in my friends list.
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^What Pat said (if I were married).

Honestly, I don't think it is any bigger deal than anything else people post on Facebook/twitter/etc. Being in the military, and more specifically dealing with computer security, I don't use Facebook anymore, and have pretty much removed all pictures of me. But that is just an overall opinion I have that if I want to stay in touch, someone will have my number or email. I don't want to accidentally post something about my job, or life that gives free, un-earned intel to a bad guy.

One of the alerts we got was a warning that a bunch of sailors had gotten a suprise when one of the sites (Facebook?) had changed something to display where someone was when they logged in. Loose lips sink ships anyone?

(I am not acting in an official capacity, collecting intel, do not represent the USAF or it's interests, and this post is worth what you paid for it, and all other standard disclaimers.)

::EDIT:: I was in training, and one of the instructors said that we must have been doing something right, because unlike recent classes, he couldn't find much info online about us. Not too long ago, he said that with very little effort, he would collect information on some of the students, and use it to make a point about controlling what is available about each of us.
 
If someone perceives shooting at an image of the president as suggesting a possible threat you might expect a visit from the Secret Service. Dismiss the notion if you like, but they investigate HUNDREDS of such things each month.
 
actually this thread made me go to FB and edit my security settings. lookin at my settings i was a little shocked to say the least. not that im paranoid but better to be safe than sorry.
 
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