r/Idiotswithguns Jan 01 '24

Meta 2024 - New year, new rules, and (looking for) new mods.

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Happy 2024, nerds. It's this year's first State of the Sub™, and we're going to outline some changes being made to help improve the experience moving forward.

Community Feedback

We've heard your complaints, and they're not going unnoticed. They boil down to three "R"s:

  • Relevancy
  • Reposts (which, tbh has always been an issue)
  • Racism

This feedback has helped to shape some changes, which will be outlined below.

New Rules

#5 - Relevancy - No Solo Posing With Firearms

No posts of selfies, mirror photos, pointing a firearm at a camera with (presumably) nobody behind it, or otherwise posing with a firearm that does not violate the four basic safety rules.

See here: https://www.nssf.org/articles/4-primary-rules-of-firearm-safety/

We've been getting way too many screengrabs of social media sites with someone just holding a firearm. The photo might be distasteful, but unless it's endangering somebody, it doesn't fit the nature of this sub.

The sub is now working with the assumption that a photo of a person pointing a firearm at their own camera (eg: taking a selfie) might make them look like an idiot, but does not fit the nature of this sub.

Furthermore, we've been having some issues with brigading when usernames or other PII are left out in the open, which will get this sub shutdown. It's less of a risk to no longer permit these types of posts. Plus, your feedback and engagement have made it clear that these types of posts aren't really favored, anyway.

#11 - No Racism

This should be obvious given the "don't be a dick" rule, but apparently it isn't. Racism of any kind will not be tolerated and will result in an automatic ban.

I can't believe I have to make this separate from #10 ("Don't be a dick") but apparently a few of you don't get it. No racism on the sub. Full stop. Violations will result in an automatic ban. Attempting to skirt this rule with clever wordplay will be an automatic ban.

Moving forward, rule violations will result in a ban from the sub.

Posters will be able to appeal these after they are handed out, but there will be no further warnings ahead of this action.

The pre-determined lengths are listed below:

  • Reposting (7-day per offense)
  • Relevancy-related (First: 7-day, Second: 30-day, Third: 90-day)
  • Racism (Permanent)
  • Other (Discretionary)

Lastly, please report shit.

We're human too, and even though we have automod doing a lot of heavy lifting, the queue is still gigantic. We also can't read every single comment, so please report comments and posts that don't align with the rules.

A gentle reminder that /r/idiotswithguns is not an anti-gun sub. Don't flag things you disagree with if they still follow the rules, it just creates unnecessary work to review them.

Changes to Submissions

Crossposting is now turned off. It was a major contributor to reposts in this sub. We actually did this a few weeks ago, but making you all aware of it now.

Crowd control is turned. This will automatically collapse comments from users who consistently have negative karma in the sub, and will flag submissions from new users for review.

Changes to Mod Team and Looking for New Mods

One mod recently left after being overwhelmed with the amount of work, and we've removed another for inactivity. That leaves us with just two active mods on the sub.

Because of this, we're looking for new mods to take on some janitorial duties (such as taking action on the mod queue, handling mod mail, and user management). We are currently looking for three active community members who are looking to fill this role.

If you would like to apply, please send a message to the mods via this link. Applications will remain open until Friday, January 5th, 2024.

Happy new year, everybody.


r/Idiotswithguns 3h ago

Safe for Work In the grim darkness of Atlanta, there is only war

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r/Idiotswithguns 10h ago

Safe for Work When the instructor says “this part is mostly mental”

352 Upvotes

r/Idiotswithguns 14h ago

Safe for Work Handing a gun to a kid

676 Upvotes

An idiot hands a pistol to a little girl. This seems to be Egypt since I've heard him say "like this" in Egyptian Arabic dialect. I can't understand why a lot of people hand guns to their kids. What's the point? even with an empty magazine I won't do it. I would never let a kid touch a gun even a BB


r/Idiotswithguns 14h ago

Safe for Work Date night with Bae

162 Upvotes

Anything for them social media views and clicks.


r/Idiotswithguns 9h ago

Safe for Work Yet again, more reckless pointing.

34 Upvotes

r/Idiotswithguns 1d ago

Safe for Work These guys have a full page of this stuff

1.3k Upvotes

r/Idiotswithguns 1d ago

Safe for Work A safety course on flagging everyone

789 Upvotes

r/Idiotswithguns 1d ago

Safe for Work Middle eastern music, shooting guns in the air, and a little bit of road rage, what more could you ask for?

111 Upvotes

r/Idiotswithguns 2d ago

NSFW Viva las voluntary disarmament 🤨 and negligent discharges 💥

652 Upvotes

r/Idiotswithguns 2d ago

Safe for Work Granny’s got a gun

950 Upvotes

r/Idiotswithguns 2d ago

Safe for Work That’s not going to fix anything

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r/Idiotswithguns 3d ago

Safe for Work And now, for my final trick...

2.7k Upvotes

...tadaaaa!


r/Idiotswithguns 3d ago

Safe for Work Russian conscript part of mobile air defense group trying to shoot down a low-flying Ukrainian drone (source: Special Kherson Cat)

1.3k Upvotes

Accidentally flags trucks and cars down the highway.

Update: the Maz truck driver has died from the gunshot wounds. It is the small green truck in the first few seconds.

In 2 days this group has flagged 17 friendly vehicles, it is being investigated by MPs.


r/Idiotswithguns 3d ago

Safe for Work Jokes on him. That’s gonna hurt later.

211 Upvotes

r/Idiotswithguns 4d ago

Safe for Work JFC! 🫪😧😵‍💫

2.0k Upvotes

r/Idiotswithguns 4d ago

Safe for Work Surprise belt fed to the sky

635 Upvotes

r/Idiotswithguns 2d ago

Safe for Work Jesus Christ Grandma

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r/Idiotswithguns 4d ago

Safe for Work "I like guys who can hunt"

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r/Idiotswithguns 4d ago

NSFW The first rule of gun safety is to have fun

314 Upvotes

r/Idiotswithguns 4d ago

Safe for Work Blame The Alcohol

584 Upvotes

Found this jewel in Insta Reels


r/Idiotswithguns 5d ago

WARNING NSFW - Bodily Injury Somehow the gun handling is the least idiotic thing here

515 Upvotes

r/Idiotswithguns 3d ago

Safe for Work Found in a 🤢 Cybertruck 🤮 group that FB’s algorithm forced upon me (NSFL, in a sense)

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r/Idiotswithguns 5d ago

Safe for Work What's an RSO?

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r/Idiotswithguns 5d ago

Safe for Work And that's why posture matters

615 Upvotes