Tony - we have edited multiple threads, sent multiple warnings, posted public warnings on multiple threads, locked several threads, and suspended 2 people - all in the gun forums within the past month - yet the political and pointed comments continue. Seems as soon as one problem is removed, another steps up to take its place.
So now you all have a decision to make collectively - abide by our very few and simple rules, or we'll remove the "honey" that some find too irresistible to taste.
I don't owe you an explanation Tony, but I grew up around guns and often go shooting with my dad, who ranks in the top 5 of the nation's top competitive sporting clay shooters in his age group. You don't get that good by target practicing a few times a year. I am also currently getting extensive firearms training and instruction from a retired police firearms instructor - at a police firing range, which allows you do "do things" not allowed at public ranges. So my viewpoints on guns have nothing to do with my stern warning. Rather they have everything to do with maintaining the peace.
And when all of the above measures fail to do the work, then we have no choice but to make major changes. We're at that crossroads now.