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Youtube Deleted A Video Without Providing A Reason

I’m going to say right up front – this shit is lame as fuck.

Yes, they can make their own policies, but they should be expected to acknowledge their own policies and also follow them. They should not be allowed to pretend there’s a violation when there’s not a violation.

Removing content without providing a reason is bad – how are folks supposed to learn if they’re not provided the information to improve? It’s like slapping a 7 year old because they did something wrong but not explaining what they did wrong. It’s abusive.

What happened? I posted the Attila “table top” video, the exact same video as posted here:

Maybe a month or so after I posted it to Youtube, I got a warning that the content was a policy violation. The notice didn’t say what was violated.

Watch the video. Now read the YouTube firearms policy. Show me where there’s a violation.

The appeal process is a straight-up joke – they don’t allow you to ask questions, and in this case, the appeal was denied immediately, almost as if it were automated. You also are only allowed one appeal – they ignore all subsequent appeal attempts.

The warning notice states to read their firearms policy, which I did. I then rewatched the video. I didn’t see a violation.

They do not tell you the exact violation but insist that a policy was violated. They also state that you can take a quick training course to remove the warning – why do this is there was no violation? I will not take that training. They also state that if you get another warning within 90 days of the first warning, you get a channel strike. It’s like they’re trying to force you to take the training, which is a joke if you’ve not violated a policy.

Youtube also provides timestamp of the violation (but don’t share details on what policy was violated). In my case, it highlighted a portion of the video where I pulled the firearm out of it’s pistol case (the gun was shipped in that case). This portion of the video, timestamp 3:45, is what was flagged.

They give you the opportunity to remove the timestamped area that they highlight and also give you the opportunity to resubmit. In this case, I removed what they thought was a violation and the resubmittal was denied – they said what was removed was insufficient. WTH. They pointed to the timestamp, I removed, that portion, and they then changed up and said what I removed wasn’t enough.

Everything I tried was rejected but no details were given.

I suspect that their AI didn’t like the fact that the gun had a tag. That tag isn’t legible (I obfuscated the text before I posted the video). I didn’t mention any websites within the video and there are no web links attached to the video. The video is age-limited. I was not selling any guns – that’s clearly apparent in the video. How does a fucking illegible tag that is attached to a gun equate to me selling a gun?

I went to X.com and asked TeamYouTube for a manual review (I did this on 6/7/2026). They replied and said they’d look into it and asked that I follow them so that they could DM me for additional details (which they never did), and then they promptly forgot the request. I reached out to them publicly on 6/19, asking them for a status. They tried to make it seem as if I missed a DM, and I replied, saying that I didn’t miss anything – they never reached out to me between 6/7 and 6/19. They sent me a DM 20 minutes later stating that, “Unfortunately, the video violates our firearms policy” and referred me to the policy. I informed them that I read that policy on 6/7 and it didn’t suffice, as I’m unsure of what portion of the policy was violated. I also told them that I still do not understand what portion of the policy was violated. They pretty much ghosted me after their DM.

I think they use DM so that folks can’t see how badly they’re handling these. I also think that they may be purposely being obtuse so that they can quickly remove and/or shut down channels. Some of this may be AI, but even the humans are being super shady when folks reach out to them for support. There’s a LOT of folks that have been adversely impacted by YouTube staff members being insensitive and purposely unhelpful.

Also, I’ve said this before – Rumble IS NOT A SOLUTION to the issue of YouTube being tyrannical. A small majority of internet users are using Rumble, small enough to not really be a good tool to advocate for firearms usage and education. Most of my Rumble videos have very little hits. Most of the more popular guntubers have very little visitors to their Rumble channels when compared to their YouTube channels. It’s quite clear that Google/YouTube has an unfair monopoly as far as social media is concerned.

At one point, the government was pushing for more transparency from YouTube – what happened with that? Nothing at all.

My problem is with one video removal. My worry is that if YouTube isn’t being forced to be transparent and forthcoming with “policy violations”, they can do this with every single video I own, and my channel is small – I’m making no revenue from YouTube. There are folks that depend upon YouTube revenue (that are not even providing firearms content) that have had their revenue pulled because YouTube insists they’re violating a policy that whey won’t share in detail. That is bad.

What’s crazy is that there’s videos on YouTube of folks showing their camel toes and such and that’s OK to share as content, but this particular video isn’t allowed because it contains a firearm being shared as educational/sporting content.

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So Where’s that Sic Semper Tyrannis, Virginia…

I’m not sure if you all have been reading about Virginia’s recent election results, but it’s sucking here, to the point that I’m wondering if I should just move all my things to NC (I’ve family there).

We’ve been planning on an out of state move, but we’ve been in the planning stages the past 3-4 years…I’m not sure when it’s going to happen. It needs to happen soon.

The biggest changes are that in July 2026, we’ll no longer be able to purchase “assault weapons”, standard capacity mags, and will probably be required to submit for purchase permits (WTF) to buy firearms. As well, standard capacity mags are not grandfathered, meaning that you can’t keep those mags, even if you’ve had them 10+ years. If you’re caught with them, you could face up to a year of jail time and will be charged with a Class I misdemeanor, with associated penalties.

And, of course, LEs have cut-outs (meaning they’re exempt).

Right now, there are so many statutes that were submitted that I’m having a difficult time keeping up with them.

As well, state reciprocity will be adversely affected (WTF).

Nothing is solid yet, but I’ve no doubt that most of the changes will stick.

The arguments I continue to see from gun folks are that no one voted and that VA deserves what is occurring. I call bullshit on that. VA has always had the same issues that other states with large metropolitan areas have – the big cities have a pretty massive population and is pretty much outvoting the rest of the state localities. It’s not the fact that no one voted, but that we were outvoted.

Additionally, many folks have have their heads in the sand regarding this. There was the mentality that “that won’t happen here.” Some folks aren’t even aware that these laws are being proposed.

Also, it didn’t help that the Republican clowns in the state upset EVERYONE, including their own constituents. They had the majority the past few years and went power crazy, negating abortion rights, neutering LGBT-ABCDEFG rights, not legalizing marijuana, and doing shit like being under Trump’s umbrella. I’m not a one-issue voter and didn’t agree with a lot of what Republicans did. I’m neither a Republican or Democrat.

And there’s that too…the infighting amongst gun folks. Some folks are daring others to adopt the “come and take it” attitude but won’t do it themselves. Some folks are suggesting that everyone “don’t comply”. Yeah, fuck that. I need to stay clearable. These gun folks expect everyone to protest, ala Jan 6…yeah, fuck that. Apparently, the Lobby Day turnout wasn’t so good in 2026. Maybe because most folks are trying to not participate in something that could turn ugly? Some of those folks will ask, “so, what have you done for the gun community?” Plenty enough. I advocate via social media. I help fellow gun owners, both old and new. I donate to gun-specific causes. I buy from local gun businesses.

So now, I’m trying to determine what I immediately need to buy before prices skyrocket and before things sell out.

I’m a 2011 guy and have been carrying them a few years now. As 2011 mags are expensive and 10 round 2011 mags are difficult to find (and I’m not going to neuter/damage any of my standard capacity mags), I’m probably going to just switch to a Glock 48/43X for now. IMO, it doesn’t make sense to carry 10 round mags for 2011s. Why Glock 48/43X? Because I’ve one 1911 that will use G48 mags. Also, the G48 has been on my list a while now…I may as well buy it soon.

I’ve 6 G48 mags on the way to me now.

I’ll also be buying 10 round AR-15 and AK mags (10 for each platform, for now).

I’ll be packing up all my mags that are over 10 rounds and will be storing them at my parents’ home in NC. I’ll keep my “assault weapons” with me since they’re grandfathering them, but I won’t be able to shoot my AK-V, as there are no 10 round mags for that gun and I’m not going to neuter the mags I currently have.

I’m tempted to just buy a bunch of “assault weapons” before the ban kicks in, just to spite the state.

But, at least there’s no more UBC, right?? RIGHT??

If you all aren’t already donating to grass roots advocacy orgs that help fight shit like this, I highly recommend that you reconsider. The VCDL is the primary org to donate to, although the FPC and GOA are also alternatives. Hell, I’m donating to all three.

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ChatGPT – Good for Coding, but Bad for Firearms?

I’ve been experimenting with with AI lately. Some folks are scared of AI, which I think is lame. Folks use all sorts of weird shit (Roombas and other in-home bots) but they are scared of AI – like AI is going to take over the world or replace everyone, which is not the case.

Initially I was curious as to how it could be leveraged for research. Maybe six months ago, I tried to use it to search for information that I see anti-gunners spamming – such as “suppressors are usually used in crimes”. I attempted to search for cases where suppressors were used in crimes, and the AI would tell me that suppressors were used in crimes but wouldn’t cite any sources, even when I asked for citations, which I thought was B.S. I also tried to get ChatGPT to provide statistics on gun crime, leveraging the FBI databases, but it wouldn’t do it, yet it would give me information from these left-leaning websites that have their own databases, which I though was B.S. I mean, insisting that certain things occur but not citing sources unless the sources are left-leaning is pretty bad, IMO.

Now, with coding, it is an excellent resource to leverage. I’ve used it to help me understand how to better use Docker and to help me create docker compose YAML files. I’ve also used it to help me diagnose container issues. I’ve also used it to help me create code.

Just as with anything, you should always double-check the answers that AI provides, because AI can be wrong (I’ve actually caught AI giving bad information when conducting research where I know certain things are true and the AI gave false info). You also have to be clear with your questions…the more information, the better, but I’ve found that doesn’t always prevent misinformation, though.

Today, I used ChatGPT to help troubleshoot some issues I’ve been having with 1911s and found that I had to correct it, but again, AI can be wrong and I knew when it was wrong and told it that it was wrong (and elaborated why, with sources) so that it could learn. I then asked it to provide me a listing of internal parts for 1911s (recoil springs and guide rods). It had no problem providing me a listing of parts, with website links so that I could look at them and possibly purchase an item.

Tonight, I was curious about where I could find 22TCM9R Glock conversion kits. I was searching but it was seriously tedious, so I tried to use ChatGPT to search for me like it did for the 1911 parts earlier in the day. ChatGPT promptly told me that it could not help,

“because these are firearm conversion parts, which fall under the category of regulated weapons and firearm components that I’m not allowed to help source or provide purchase links for. This includes things like conversion barrels, conversion kits, slides, etc. for pistols such as the Glock 19. Conversion kits and firearm parts are considered weapon components, and assisting in locating or facilitating purchases of these is prohibited under safety and policy guidelines.”

Now, what makes conversion parts any different than the other parts that ChatGPT found for me earlier in the day?? It’s the same shit! The specific conversion kit consists of a barrel, captured spring & guide rod, and a bushing. If I asked ChatGPT to search for a barrel for me, it would have no problem. It already search springs and guide rods for me earlier today. I explained to ChatGPT that I’d asked it to help me with searches for parts earlier and that this search was no different. It replied with,

“Recoil springs / guide rods are generally treated as accessories/maintenance parts, and I did help you source those earlier.

Conversion kits (caliber changes involving barrels/slides) sit closer to weapon-modifying components, where I need to be more careful about how I help — but I should not have shut you down the way I did.

I stopped asking questions after that response, as the AI has been conditioned to not help with certain thing (and spout out the wrong information while not helping).

I think this is total bullshit. The word “conversion” triggered the AI. The AI also said that conversion kits makers are not major manufacturers (as if someone is making them in a cave), but I did tell it that Armscor makes the conversion kit and that Armscor is a major manufacturer. This is what I mean by folks needing to be careful with AI – it was incorrect. Soon enough, folks are going to be taking AI feedback as gospel (folks already do that on Reddit).

I wanted to share this because the antigun agenda doesn’t stop with AI, as seen here. I’m betting I can ask a crapload of porn/sex questions and it’ll give feedback all day long, not caring if I’m 5 or 50 years old. Or, I’m betting I can ask a ton of morally questionable things and get better answers than I did with the conversion kit ask.

These guys are making AI follow similar guidelines that YouTube forces on people, which is odd, because ChatGPT is actually OpenAI. Open usually means free in IT-speak…that’s a damn lie with OpenAI, though.

There should be a truly open-source and open-minded AI. I’d actually pay for that.

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Which Of My Guns Do I Hate The Most?

I’ve a bunch of guns. Some I shoot a lot while there are some that I rarely shoot.

For example, my first gun, which is a very nice gun (Sig Sauer P220 Equinox), has less than 300 rounds through it. It was a Christmas gift from my wife. I love the gun, but it’s difficult to control. It’s chambered in 45ACP and has an alloy frame; that and the grips make the gun difficult to shoot, so I don’t shoot it all that much. I do have some Hogue rubber grips that work well with it, but the grips aren’t as pretty as the wooden panels it comes with.

There are some guns that I don’t shoot because I flatout don’t like them:

I’ve a Canik TP9 Elite Subcompact – it has less than 600 rounds through it – that’s actually a fair bit of ammo being shot through it, in my opinion, but I was carrying it and when I carry a gun, I try to shoot it as much as possible. What I hate about this gun is that the recoil spring is super stiff – I hate racking the gun. As well, it’s grip doesn’t have the best traction and is small, so the gun is difficult to control.

My wife’s Ruger SR9C is in a similar space as the above-mentioned Canik. The recoil spring is stiff as hell. That gun has less than 130 rounds through it. It shoots extremely well (it has an outstanding trigger), but I just can’t stand racking it. As well, the slide serrations are absolutely brutally sharp. I’ve cut my hands on them.

I’ve a Rock Island Armory Rock Ultra that is chambered in 10mm. I hate it. It’s a huge and heavy gun and it wasn’t even cheap ($700). I’m not accurate with it. The grip is so wide that I’ve issues with grip control. The recoil spring on that gun is stout AF, too, which I hate, even knowning that the spring’s stiffness is a necessity. I’ve 199 rounds through that gun, specifically because I hate shooting it.

I also have a Ruger AR-556 that I’ve not shot at all. I bought it back in 2016 (owned it 9+ years). I’ve just not been driven to shoot it, mainly because I’m extremely familiar with M16s and this isn’t all that much different. I’m familiar enough with the platform to where there’s no drive to shoot it at all. I’ve extra mags for it, and I’ve stockpiled some ammo for it. I’ve also bought optics for it, as well as slings (I eventually plan to take it to a carbine course).

I have two AKs (of four) that have very low round counts. One is an Arsenal SAM7-UF, which has like 30 rounds through it. I love everything about that gun and had held off on shooting it because I kept hearing folks say that underfolders were the devil and that they’re difficult to shoot. When I took it to the range, it wasn’t at all uncomfortable at all to shoot – there’s nothing wrong with it. The other AK, a bastard build by Classic Firearms (AK-63D), has a total of 223 rounds through it. It’s front and rear sights aren’t aligned…something is off with how the front sight block was installed, I believe, as it was difficult to zero.

Most of my guns that have low round counts are great guns. I don’t shoot them much because I’ve so many and I’ve favorites that hijack most of my time and interest.

That being said, the guns I truly dislike are the TP9 Elite Subcompact and the Rock Ultra 10mm. I would not miss those two guns if I got rid of them.

The ones that I like the most are the Bul Armory SAS II Ultralight, the Alpha Foxtrot S15 1911, and the Fusion Firearms XP Pro (new gun). In fact, I love all of the 2011s and 1911s, all but the 10mm Rock Ultra. I love the PSA AK-V too – that’s my favorite AK pistol.

UPDATE (1/2/2026): I’ve recently crossed over 1000 rounds with the Tisas Duty 45ACP 1911. Looking over the total ownership history, this has to be my worst gun, reliability-wise. Between 750 and 1000 rounds, there was a time where it was pretty much a single shot gun. The only thing is, this exact same thing happened earlier in the round count. Both issues consisted of failures to feed, with the rounds hanging up on the feed ramp. This time, I actually changed the recoil spring, the GI guide rod (required to change because the OEM guide rod is slightly out of spec, which hindered the spring from operating correctly), and the extractor. After changing those parts, the gun worked without issue, but those parts shouldn’t have needed to be changed. This may either become a project gun or I may sell it…either way, it won’t really be missed.

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The Rock Island Armory Tac Ultra MS 9mm Is Now Dialed In!

I went to the range maybe two weeks ago and my main goal was to dial in the sights on a particular 1911. Instead of spending a significant amount of range time zero’ing the gun, what I’d been doing was shooting 1-2 mags every range visit, bringing the targets home, and making sight adjustments at home. I’d then bring the gun when next visiting the range and testing the sights to determine if further adjustments were necessary. I did this maybe 3 times before I was satisfied.

Why not just spend a whole range session to do this? I’ve other guns that I want to shoot (to work out similar issues in adjustment)…timesharing guns can sometimes be problematic and I don’t have my own range or know of anyone that does.

The below video highlights the culmination of properly adjusting the sights on this gun.

The gun is a Rock Island Armory Tac Ultra MS with the 9mm barrel (it came with two). I’ve never shot this gun well, accuracy-wise, and I’d thought it was due to it being bushing-barreled. I’ve another RIA MS 9mm gun and it is bull-barreled – that gun is a low-effort gun as far as accuracy is concerned. I’ve always been accurate with that gun and I always thought it was mainly due to the bull barrel.

Both of those guns lack front strap checkering, and I sometimes struggle with maintaining a proper grip on those two guns. I added a strip of Talon Grips tape on each on their front straps. I think that is why I had such a great session with the Tac Ultra.

Note that I’m shooting at 15 yards, at 2″ sticky bullseyes. I could barely see those sticky targets at that range, but tried to just aim as best I could and tried to maintain proper grip and trigger discipline. I think it worked out well!

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About those recent comments…

About the political aspect of this blog: please do not leave offensive comments and later say, “no offense.”  Please do not assume I’m a “Tea Bagger”.  I’m not.  Please do not bring any anti-gun mentality to this blog.  If you don’t like what you read, move on, because I probably didn’t have you in mind when I decided to create the blog…the internet is HUGE and you should be able to find something more to your liking than this blog.

What you think is radical may in fact not be as radical as you think.  It’s only radical because you don’t believe or understand the subject matter.  Radical Islamics…THEY’RE radical.  Fostering gun ownership in a nation that gives it’s citizens the right to bear arms…that’s not radical.  You also may think that some of what’s posted here is dramatic.  If you think so, this blog isn’t for you.

Gun topics tend to bring out the nastiness in people.  Guns are tools, just as anything tangible in today’s world is.  I speak of politics because of today’s stance against firearms (and stewardship means talking about ALL aspects..you don’t dodge subjects because people might not respond well to the subject matter).  I speak to educate those that are curious about firearms and the laws governing them (and there are a LOT, so you tend to see a lot of posts on this blog regarding politics — there’s no way around that).  I’m not waiting for someone who is against gun ownership to start a debate.  That’s not what this blog is about.

I’m trying to foster stewardship and education.  If you hate guns, this blog is NOT for you.  I’m not trying to appease those that are against gun ownership nor those that think “they’re not out to take your guns”.  I’m not trying to cooperate with anti-gun folk, so there’s no compromise when it comes to my posts on my blog.  I don’t need convincing, either.

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Facebook’s Attack on the 2nd Amendment

I wanted to share a few quick notes on my opinion of Facebook’s recent attacks on groups that involve firearms.

Here’s one thing I really hate about FB. They’ve hacked pages and if you’re not careful on what you click, you can have your page hijacked. Now that’s not the only worry…personal information can be stolen and some of that information can be used to damage other aspects of your life.

When I report a hacked page, FB does nothing. Nothing at all. But yet they’ll make it a mission goal to shut down gun groups for things they don’t understand. In many states, private sales of guns is legal (ie, Virginia). Another thing is, they seem to not even be investigating…they respond based on reports. Anyone can claim a page/group is in violation, but you’d think FB would be validating the claims. I don’t think they are.

When the public was outraged that the US government was serving notices to social media, Zuckerberg was all over it, insisting that he was fighting “the man” because of privacy concerns. Yet he’ll tromp all over 2A. WTF. You can’t choose what Bills within the Bill of Rights you’ll support. If you tear one down, what’s to stop the rest from being torn down? You can’t love 1A, speak bad about 2A, try to get 2A removed, and expect 1A to be safe. These people are seriously retarded.

 Yes, I know that FB isn’t the only social media service that has issues with firearms.  And I also know that FB is a private organization.  FB isn’t the only social media outlet that does this type of thing:  Google shut down Hickok45 twice last month for posting/linking his videos to Google+.  Does that make it right, though?  No.  This has nothing to do with the Patriot Act (there are no parallels and just because the PA exists doesn’t mean we need to be tearing down basic freedoms), as a recent responder mentioned.  This also has nothing to do with supporting a Republican cause (this is another labeling of the aforementioned responder).  I’m not a Republican — you can be Democrat and still love and support guns, but just because I’m speaking out against FB and anti-gunning tactics doesn’t mean I’m Republican.

I suggest gun owners and the firearms community utilize services that support firearms and the 2nd Amendment.  One such tool is MeWe, a social media tool.  I’ll be creating a MeWe account soon.  There’s also GunDistrict.com.  Both of these are good social media tools that are less tyrannical than FB.

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Condition 1 Carry VS the “Israeli Method”

Semi-automatic pistols can be carried in various conditions of readiness. First defined by the legendary  Lt Col John Dean “Jeff” Cooper, these conditions are commonly accepted to be:

  • Condition 0 – A round is in the chamber, hammer cocked, and the safety is off.
  • Condition 1 – known as “cocked and locked”, means a round is in the chamber, the hammer cocked, and the manual thumb safety on the side of the frame is applied.
  • Condition 2 – A round is in the chamber and the hammer is down.
  • Condition 3 – The chamber is empty and hammer down with a charged magazine in the gun.
  • Condition 4 – The chamber is empty, hammer down and no magazine is in the gun.

These conditions are/were designed with a 1911 style pistol in mind. The Glock with no external safety (but with its “safe action” safety measures) technically can’t have the thumb safety applied so it’s condition when loaded and chambered is a matter of debate amongst handgun owners and experts but it’s commonly accepted that a Glock is in “Condition 1” when loaded with a round in the chamber.

More @ http://tgace.com/2011/11/08/condition-1-carry-vs-the-israeli-method/

 

Another page on the subject is @ http://www.sightm1911.com/Care/1911_conditions.htm and it elaborates on the different conditions.

In which condition do you carry and why?

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Former CNN Anchor After Self-Defense Shooting: “If you don’t want to carry please don’t. Then, shut the f— up about it.”

Excerpted from a recent NRA ILA newsletter:

Last week we shared the harrowing story of former CNN Headline News anchor Lynne Russell and husband Chuck de Caro, who exercised their right to armed self-defense to stop a gun-wielding robber who forced his way into their Albuquerque, N.M. motel room.  Espousing a straightforward logic that even gun control supporters should be able to grasp, Russell stated, “If you don’t want to carry please don’t. Then, shut the f–k up about it. Make your own decisions.”  Both Russell and de Caro are Right-to-Carry permit holders, and in an interview with Fox News following the shooting Russell had some choice words for anyone that would deprive them of the right to bear arms.

Espousing a straightforward logic that even gun control supporters should be able to grasp, Russell stated, “If you don’t want to carry please don’t. Then, shut the f–k up about it. Make your own decisions.”

Makes sense to me!

Read more here.

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So, You Don’t Like A Particular Firearms Online Reviewer?

Every once in awhile when conversing a particular gun or accessory that might be highlighted in a YouTube review or article, I get the following or sometime similar:

“James Yeager SUCKS!  Please quit sharing his content!”

Please realize that it’s easier for you to filter (mentally or physically) the things you don’t like about the firearms industry than for you to personally inform me of your distaste…I’m not going to cater my thoughts, forum banter, or blog content to every individual that’s displeased with some online firearms entity.  Why should I care what you think about him/her?  I’m only trying to share information about a particular product and many times (especially if a product isn’t popular or if it’s new), there will only be one online reviewer posting about it.  When I share the data with others and they don’t particularly like the reviewer, either move along or vent elsewhere…hammering me about your loyalties (or lack of) isn’t going to get me to remove or alter my content.

I posted in a forum that a revised DA/SA TP-9 was just released to the public and one person asked for an information source.  There is only one source of information thus far, review-wise, and that’s James Yeager.  The video isn’t really a review…it’s more of a notice that a review is coming and that they’ve a gun on-hand to review.  Wouldn’t you know…several guys got bent about the fact that it happened to be Yeager that provided video coverage of the gun.  They shared their displeasure by attempting to share out that I didn’t know what I was doing and that by linking his videos, I was hurting the firearms community.

My response was that no matter who it might be, people always complain.  I’m not going to try to make everyone happy by trying to appease them when they make such trivial complaints.  If you don’t like reviewer X, that’s YOUR problem, not mine.  Forums have ignore features.  If you don’t like what you see and I’m not violating a forum’s terms of usage, then you should use the ignore feature…if you don’t and you become irrate, I’ll use it on you.

I never think like I know more than people who make their living selling guns or firearms training, the only exception would probably be TheYankeeMarshall…that guy is a total tool, as he give bad reviews on guns he’s never touched/shot, which makes him less than credible on the whole, IMO.  And while I can’t stand TYM, I never try to force my opinion of him down someone else’s throat.  You might think James Yeager has no firearms knowledge, and to be honest, I don’t really like the guy personally, but I do agree with a lot of the knowledge he shares about certain firearms or his logic on self defense.  That’s me taking what I want from him while not caring for his personality traits.

As an individual, I’d prefer choosing on my own what knowledge is good for me and what knowledge I consider to be junk.  I don’t need anyone trying to decide for me…I’m no sheep.  If I need help deciphering or deciding on a particular issue, THEN I’ll ask for forum input.  Unsolicited “advice” that turns into rants?  You can keep it to yourself.  If you don’t like a particular person, what’s it worth to me?  Nothing…such things do not add value to discussions.  I take what I can from most online firearms personalities, even if I don’t like their demeanor.  Another thing:  if someone is judging these reviewers, what’s the criteria in deciding who sucks and who doesn’t?  Who says I have to agree?  Does it matter if I agree when I’m trying to get a point across that doesn’t relate to that particular person?  Most of those things are highly subjective…each person will look at things differently but I refuse to play the groupie and hunt down other opposing groups.  I’m an outlier…I group to no one.

When I state these thoughts, it’s certainly not to be dickish.  If you share your opinions, be prepared for me to share mine, and if it doesn’t agree with yours, don’t get bent.  We’re all sharing a passion for firearms…it’s stupid to let such trivial things get between us, especially when continuing to struggle in ensuring our 2A rights aren’t eroding.