The For Sale forum has been one of the best parts of the 'forum' for as long as I've been hanging around here but is becoming a major drag as of late. Lots of negative vibes surrounding gun ownership in the USA lately and it seems to be creeping into this otherwise overwhelmingly civilized forum of double gun enthusiasts. I know the forum owner makes the rules and enforces them as time permits and has the ultimate discretion on what is allowed to be offered... but, I would wager that if for sale items are kept to only double gun items, we would suffer far less hostility. I know I don't have to read it if I don't like it but its hard not to especially when within the first couple of replies an outright attack has been waged on decent, longstanding forum members or just a couple of keyboard commandos go at it with anything from name calling to childish threats. Allowing this kind of behavior and the liberties that cultivate it will be the demise of this forum and a big loss to the double gun community. The current model no longer seems to fit the times. Perhaps a few [qualified] forum monitors with access to the knobs and dials could help keep this resource on the path it is intended for. Maybe a few tweaks to the for sale area operational aspects will help? I believe it's worth working on as its a mode of media that we are really more in control of than most others...
-jmc
