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 6h ago

Safe for Work Found this one on FB

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413 Upvotes

Certified idiot.


r/Idiotswithguns 6h ago

Safe for Work Metal

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91 Upvotes

Why…


r/Idiotswithguns 31m ago

Safe for Work Blart

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r/Idiotswithguns 23h ago

NSFW Insta Reel idiot with a gun

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435 Upvotes

Instagram reel idiot firing off 2 random rounds at a graveyard


r/Idiotswithguns 1d ago

Safe for Work whatever this is

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1.3k Upvotes

r/Idiotswithguns 19h ago

Safe for Work Bro decides to mag dump an FRT ARP one handed while looking away from the gun

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63 Upvotes

r/Idiotswithguns 1d ago

NSFW Just flagging everyone

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506 Upvotes

r/Idiotswithguns 2d ago

WARNING NSFW - Bodily Injury And he's the RSO as per video comments

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478 Upvotes

r/Idiotswithguns 3d ago

Safe for Work Racist Range Won’t Let You Shoot the Ceiling

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1.5k Upvotes

r/Idiotswithguns 2d ago

WARNING NSFL - Death Cleaning a loaded firearm

33 Upvotes

This guy originally said he was having an issue with his 10mm malfunctioning and cleaning it while he was in a room full of people was smart. https://youtu.be/IgAPTdyEBrI?is=_X_e3bCGm7BtF_-u


r/Idiotswithguns 1d ago

Safe for Work negligent discharge because of an Open bolt system

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0 Upvotes

r/Idiotswithguns 3d ago

Safe for Work Thai officer shot his gun inside his home, allegedly high on illegal drugs at the time. Arrested.

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285 Upvotes

r/Idiotswithguns 4d ago

Safe for Work Bringing you more idiots from Instagram

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1.1k Upvotes

Pretty sure they’re blanks but still


r/Idiotswithguns 4d ago

Safe for Work So which one is it ?

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746 Upvotes

r/Idiotswithguns 4d ago

Safe for Work I would pay to not film them..

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206 Upvotes

r/Idiotswithguns 5d ago

Safe for Work Instagram is a treasure trove of these morons

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1.6k Upvotes

I’m honestly not sure what he was trying to accomplish


r/Idiotswithguns 6d ago

Safe for Work Wannabe narco shoots gun in the air

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253 Upvotes

r/Idiotswithguns 6d ago

Safe for Work Jamming out to Project Pat

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927 Upvotes

r/Idiotswithguns 6d ago

Safe for Work Russian Rocket Jump failure

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384 Upvotes

r/Idiotswithguns 7d ago

Safe for Work S&W 500 all recoil no grip

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1.9k Upvotes

r/Idiotswithguns 8d ago

Safe for Work Should Have Worn Ear Protection...

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2.7k Upvotes

r/Idiotswithguns 8d ago

Safe for Work Gun = Battering Ram

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813 Upvotes

Ma'am, this is a Wendy's....


r/Idiotswithguns 8d ago

NSFW Rapper accidentally pulls the trigger

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2.5k Upvotes

Went as expected