Gun Grab: Facebook is Censoring a New Jersey Gun Store
Jose Nino
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WeShoot, a range and gun store, in the Jersey Shore area is facing significant social media censorship. Mark Abady, one of WeShootโs owners, claims that the store has been facing repeated cases of Facebook trying to censor the gun storeโs social media page.ย
According to Abady, the store has been facing ban threats, content blocks, and shadow banning. In a recent post published on Facebook, Abady said the following:ย
Here we go again.ย They ban me and removed two posts from our Weshoot account, which is a brick-and-mortar Federal and State Licensed Firearms Dealer, and according to their policies we are allowed [to post].ย Every post we make, has the picture of our store and license, and we mention on every post that we are a brick and mortar licensed dealer.ย Weโve even submitted copies of the license to FACEBOOK, and notarized paperwork to proof that we are a legit business, and the Censorship continues.
In a similar vein, on its Facebook page, WeShoot detailed its predicament below:ย
๐จ Update: Facebook has temporarily restricted our ability to post images for a month. Even after presenting evidence of compliance with their guidelines, it appears their firearm-related bias led to this decision. Weโd like to remind everyone that Meta policies do recognize exceptions for licensed brick-and-mortar dealers and official websites. Weโve always adhered to community standards and never engaged in sales on social platforms.
While our posting might be limited for now, we encourage you to stay updated with us on Instagram @WESHOOT_EXPERIENCE. Thanks for your continued support! ๐
#CENSORSHIP #freedomofspeech #constitutionalrights #ABUSE
A day after publishing the aforementioned post, the company went fully transparent about its current censorship situation:
Dear Followers, Customers, and Members!
Despite METAโs policies permitting firearms posts, Facebook has chosen to restrict us from sharing images. To ensure we can keep serving and updating you, weโre shifting our attention to X.com (formerly known as Twitter). Join us and continue to support us at X.com under our handle @WESHOOTUSA.
We will limit our posting on Facebook, due to the fact that there is a possibility that our page will be shot down by META in the future, as theyโve done before in the past;ย thatโs why we kindly ask you to follow us on our platforms.
To Mark Zuckerberg [ @Zuck ] and the META Board of Dictatorsโฆ sorry, Directors: Policies should be clear, fair, and consistently enforced. ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ก, ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ข๐ญ ๐ ๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ฌ, ๐ฌ๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ญ. Many have sacrificed immensely to protect these rights. Keep in mind that your grandkids might not enjoy the freedom of speech right that many gave their life to secure. Hope META will reconsider its policies and stop catering to the anti-american mobs.
And to show proof of compliance, here is the most updated version of METAโs Policy for restricted goods, which can be verified at this link:
https://transparency.fb.com/policies/community-standards/restricted-goods-services/
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๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐๐ฌ
To encourage safety and deter potentially harmful activities, we prohibit attempts by individuals, manufacturers, and retailers to purchase, sell, raffle, gift, transfer or trade certain goods and services on our platform. We do not tolerate the exchange or sale of any drugs that may result in substance abuse covered under our policies below. ย ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐ -๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, alcohol, and tobacco items available for sale off of our services; however, we restrict visibility of this content for minors. ๐พ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, as well as advocating for changes to regulations of goods and services covered in this policy.
๐ท๐ ๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐ก:
๐น๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐ถ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ก ๐กโ๐๐ก:
Attempts to buy, sell, or trade, firearms, firearm parts, ammunition, explosives, or lethal enhancements ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ท๐๐๐, ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐ -๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, brands or government agencies (e.g. police department, fire department) ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐ -๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.
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As you can see, we are exempt from their restrictions, since we are a FEDERAL and STATE FIREARMS DEALER LICENSEE, with a BRICK-AND-MORTAR Location and Website. We have also sent META notarized paperwork and copy of ID and the FFL License, and almost every post includes a picture that has a copy of our FFL License, and pictures of our store, and mentions that we are compliant with their policies.
This is an abuse on behalf of META and Facebook, and we fighting back!
#WESHOOTUSA #WESHOOT #constitutionalrights #freedomofspeech #Censorship #metapolicies #WeDidntDoNothingWrong
New Jersey is one of the most anti-gun states in the union. According to Guns & Ammo magazineโs best states for gun owners rankings, New Jersey occupies a horrible 49th place. However, there are limits to Gun Control Inc.โs tyranny. Because of the judicial realignment at the federal level, it has become somewhat harder for gun controllers to pass gun control measures.ย
Instead, they will lean on Big Tech and other corporate actors to implement anti-gun policies. Thatโs how this war against guns is being carried out in the 21st century. It would behoove the Second Amendment community to adapt to this reality and push for legislation that limits corporationsโ ability to hurt gun owners and vendors.
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