White House won't say if it's behind Facebook gun ban (but it probably is)

[tank_monkey]

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wh...rticle/2582071

This move stinks of Obama. Apparently now, you can't even offer a buttstock screw for sale as a non-FFL since you're selling "gun parts"......

The White House on Monday refused to say whether Facebook's recent decision to ban users from facilitating the sale of guns, parts and ammunition was the result of pressure from the Obama administration.

"We welcome this step," White House spokesman Josh Earnest said on Monday, just days after Facebook's Friday announcement. "We talked about how the Internet is a loophole" for people seeking to buy guns without undergoing background checks, he said. It's a "common-sense effort to prevent guns from easily falling into the hands of criminals or other individuals who shouldn't be allowed to access guns," he said.

The administration has met with social media and technology companies to discuss how to close the "Internet loophole" on gun sales, but Earnest said he "could not say" if Facebook's decision was the result of "any specific request" from anyone in the administration.

[alismith]

It really makes no difference whether Obama answers, or not. If he did answer, it would just be one more lie anyway.

[NAPOTS]

Isn't Zuckerberg a big Obama supporter?

[tank_monkey]

Isn't Zuckerberg a big Obama supporter?

All of the tech giants are liberal democrats. Are they the smartest people in the room? NO. But like Microsoft, Liberal Democrats are really good at exploiting new ideas, using other people, making their talent into commodities, taking other people's ideas and presenting them as their own, and basically good at becoming rich off the backs of other people's genius.

[T2K]

Facebook is a business, so they can set their policies. That's how it should be. Unless you decide you don't want to sell to protected groups, at which point the DoJ is all over your ass.

[tank_monkey]

Facebook is a business, so they can set their policies. That's how it should be. Unless you decide you don't want to sell to protected groups, at which point the DoJ is all over your ass.

Very true. Good point. I certainly don't PAY Facebook for anything, but they make money selling our info to advertisers, but they never actually take any cold hard cash out of my wallet.

[FunkyPertwee]

Facebook is a business, so they can set their policies. That's how it should be. Unless you decide you don't want to sell to protected groups, at which point the DoJ is all over your ass.

And as private individuals we have a right to bitch about it and/or stop using their service.

[Aggressive Perfector]

^This. I have decided to just stop using Facebook. I'm moving on to MeWe.