Explanation offered regarding locked thread & site policy
First I am speaking individually, not for John Pierce. Still I have developed a good understanding of what and how he wants this forum to operate and rule or judgement calls are made from that perspective. They are never personal. The following is a brief overview consolidated from many years of conversation with John and absorbing knowledge in his classroom.
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State Forums = OC happenings, events, dinners, statutes, city ordinances, gun/defense related training. The individual state sub-forums are
only for those things that relate specifically to OC within that particular state and for those items that are uniquely appropriate and related to RKBA plus are not common to all the other states. There are other "tests" but those two are the primary ones.
The
General Discussion sub forum is for RKBA issues that are not state specific, not about OC, and may occasionally be about long guns or guns in general. It is
not a 'general discussion' section as in general conversation about anything one might choose.
The
Social Lounge - talk about your favorite movie, a book you read, or why you prefer a certain vehicle. If it doesn't fit anywhere else, the Social Lounge is the last resort sometimes. It was intended/design to allow otherwise off-topic threads/posts. That doesn't imply that there is an anything goes license given there though. The rules, good taste and appropriate for all audiences manual filters will kick in when necessary as well as an occasional judgement call.
The
Blog - again not for state specific posts or those that will fit in either
Rules of Engagement or the
Open Carry Brigade. A blog is either an ongoing stream of thoughts/social commentary by one or more authors most often on one subject or it is an open free-for-all discussion. The latter is a big no-no on OCDO and the former is seldom offered for consideration. I don't know what they future will hold for the continued inclusion of this section.We have a
rule against posting for sale, rent, or trade any gun ads by user/members. A number of reasons for that - one being the TOS with those commercial advertisers who help to pay for this site.
That thinking has been expanded to include no vehicle, house, boat et al advertisements including employment needed. If we allow one person to do this, we have to allow everyone - that is only fair, right? The are a lot of people w/o work or who'd like a better job, more pay, better conditions. I feel for them, my own circumstances are on fixed income and I have been at the no income level personally. Our scope is directed primarily/specifically at promoting and defending open carry of properly holstered, normal handguns by LAC etc. etc. We are not Want Ad/Classified Ad site. Are exceptions made in some categories once in a great while? Yes, but by prior approval of the OCDO administrator.
OCDO is not a free speech zone. The revered and much loved 1st Amendment is limited here by the fact that OCDO is private property and Mike & John make the rules allowing us the privilege of posting here - their house, their rules. Mike and John can do as they judge appropriate
because they own this place that so many of us call home.
Hope that helps to clear up a few points. This represents but a few of my cliff notes taken from the twelve (12) volume set of unabridged but annotated OCDO rules, regulations, policies, record of called decisions, and list of spammers, agents provocateur, & trolls. A chapter supplement is added monthly. (--
Yes I'm kidding--)
Stay tuned for further developments - OCDO just keeps getting better and better.
