GunSite® South Africa

What we are...

GunSite South Africa® was created as an interest website and forum. Its purpose, but not limited to, is to provide a place to discuss, exchange information and ideas about firearms, firearm laws, Hunting, Knives and the Outdoors. Additionally we aim to provide a common resource, for the preservation of firearms, their ownership and the industries related there too, in our country.

We as a forum do not...
have political or religious affiliations, and any religious or political debate allowed on this forum will be on our terms.

With regards to religion, these debates generally consist largely of people expressing strongly held personal beliefs about things that can't be proven . And, as such, they rarely result in anyone involved changing his or her point of view. Post with caution on these topics.


Forum RULES & GUIDELINES:

These rules & guidelines have been created for the GunSite South Africa® community. All members are expected to follow these rules & guidelines as part of their acceptance of using the forums.

In order to keep the forums running well and to prevent problems, please follow these simple rules for the forums here. If you have any questions or problems, please feel free to contact us at admin@gunsite.co.za

These rules & guidelines can be updated at any time, it's your responsibility to keep yourself up to date.

GunSite South Africa® has an international user base, and as such is primarily an English language forum.

Member Groups:

a) Users

b) Paid up members

e) Dealers

Advertising:

Advertising is allowed on GunSite South Africa® providing you conform to the following:

Commercial:

a) Should your advertising be for, or catering to a hobby or business,rather than private use, we ask that you contact us at admin@gunsite.co.za for our commercial advertising services.

b) Unauthorised commercial adverts found on any thread, will be deleted and the member may be banned.

Members Classifieds:

The classifieds forums are provided as a means for active contributing members of GunSite South Africa® to advertise their personal items and requests, without unduly detracting from the content of the forums. (A minimum post count of 50 is needed before you may sell items on this forum. These posts should be constructive.)

No "bumping" of your "for sale" posts


Excessive spamming or flooding of the sales forums with adverts will be penalised. Moderators will use their judgement as necessary.

Dealers who choose to advertise within the forums, outside of the classifieds or their personal forum are asked to add substance to their post and add value to the topic being discussed. Adverts not complying to this will be moved to the classifieds section, or deleted.


If using the GunSite classifieds, note.

Users:If you advertise more than 2 items a month , the moderators will likely consider you to be a hobbyist or dealer and ask you to upgrade your account accordingly and they may suspend your trading privileges until you do so.

Members: If you advertise more than 12 items a month, the moderators will likely consider you to be a dealer and ask you to upgrade your account accordingly and they may suspend your trading privileges until you do so.
Members please note :
... you buy items with the express purpose to turn around and resell them at a profit, on a regular basis, then you just might be a dealer.
... you buy items at wholesale, then turn around and sell them at just below retail, then you just might be a dealer.
... you have a shop but you're selling as a Member, then you just might be a dealer
... you have more than 12 transactions emanating out of a single "for sale post", then you just might be a dealer

Dealers: Dealers will be provided with their own board.

Please note: No "feeler" posts or selling on behalf of a third party.

Moderators will use their judgement as necessary.

Members and Users: Before selling or buying anything firearms related read this. http://www.gunsite.co.za/forums/show...n-of-the-forum


Posting and attaching pictures:

We encourage members to post pictures in our forums, however we prefer these to be hosted externally with either Photobucket.com, Flickr.com or the likes.The attachment of pictures privilege is limited to our subscribed Members.

Picture posting in forum threads SHOULD NOT force the screen to horizontally scroll at a resolution of 1024x768 - if it does, either post the picture as a link, or resize it to 800 x 600 pixels. Moderators will either ask you to re-size the picture, or turn it into a link for you.

Attachments deemed to be of a pornographic nature, will be deleted and the member banned.

Complaints:
If you have a complaint about a Manufacturer or Dealer, make contact with them first – Internet forums have a large global audience and unsubstantiated or ill-informed comments will affect the livelihoods of a lot of hard working people in the industry. If you have an issue with a manufacturer or dealer that you would like to resolve, we ask that your first contact them to resolve it. Please contact Craig or FrankH before posting any issues.

Spamming:
Spamming of the forums or members is not and will not be accepted. Members caught spamming will be banned from the forum, no exceptions, no second chances.

Signatures:
Members signatures are not to exceed 100 characters. Text should not be more than size 2 font.
No advertising of services or products are allowed in members sig lines.

Links in signatures or in posts must follow these guidelines:

a) URL links are allowed, provided the site is not sexual or does not violate GunSite South Africa® community standards. The GunSite South Africa® team shall be the sole arbitrator of what does and what does not violate community standards. (Examples might include links to sites about drugs and/or pornography.)

b) Links to websites or forums must be reciprocated - that website should have a clearly visible link pointing back to GunSite South Africa®. Failure to reciprocate will result in the link being removed from the signature or post. Please note : URLs are only allowed to be displayed in sig lines.

c) Signatures that are in question will be wiped and replaced with a URL to this thread.

d) Email addresses in signatures are not encouraged, GunSite South Africa® will not be held responsible should this email address be misused.

Avatars:
Members may upload their own custom avatars. They must not be pornographic, threatening or offensive in nature. Members (not users) will be able to upload animated avatars. (100 x 100 pixels)
Moderators will use their discretion.

ITAR:
All users of this site agree to comply with all applicable laws including those relating to disclosure and export of defence-related information and materials such as the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR
). Soliciting members from outside of South Africa to break these laws, will not be tolerated and may result in a permanent ban.

Bannable:
Violating of community standards will result in a ban, The GunSite South Africa® team shall be the sole arbitrator of what does and what does not violate community standards.

Do a search:
Before posting, members should perform a comprehensive search of the forum for a direct answer to their question. Moderators may ask members to search for the answer to their questions, should it already have been answered.

Spelling:
Members are encouraged to download a compatible spell checker and to please use it.
This one works well: http://www.iespell.com/download.php

Flaming:
Aggressive slander, foul language, or serious harassment of other members will not be accepted (otherwise known as flaming). However, GunSite South Africa® does support an informal, friendly and relaxed discussion atmosphere, and in deference to this, acknowledges some tolerance to the above. As these forums are often viewed both at home and in workplaces, family language is encouraged. Moderators will use their discretion.

User-names:
Members may have one (1) user-name, multiple aliases are not permitted.
Only paid up dealers may use their company name, as a user-name.
No email addresses or links may be used.


The Law:
You agree to comply with this set of rules as part of your terms of service of this site. Please note that you need to abide by both your local and international laws. GunSite South Africa® will not be held responsible for any breach of these!

The Team

1. Craig - Owner & Administrator Craig@gunsite.co.za

2. Frank - Owner & Administrator Frank@gunsite.co.za

3. BigT- Moderator BigT@gunsite.co.za

4. Camouflage762 - Moderator Camouflage762@gunsite.co.za

5. ikor - Moderator ikor@gunsite.co.za

6. Khumba - Moderator Khumba@gunsite.co.za

7. SSP - Moderator SSP@gunsite.co.za

8. KK20 – Moderator KK20@gunsite.co.za

9.Thorkind- Moderator Thorkind@gunsite.co.za

10. Wanderin' Zero - Moderator WanderinZero@gunsite.co.za

11. Skaaphaas
- Moderator Skaaphaas@gunsite.co.za


Moderators

Moderators are a group of individuals who freely give of their time and extensive knowledge, to ensure that the site runs as smoothly as it does. The owners of GunSite® are deeply indebted to them all.

Moderators are neither paid nor in anyway way remunerated by GunSite South Africa and as such, are entitled as every other user of the site, to have their own views and opinions.

Limitation of Liability:

All messages and articles submitted to GunSite.co.za and made available as part of this discussion forum and any opinions, advice, statements or other information contained in any messages posted or transmitted by any third party are the responsibility of the author of that message/article and not of GunSite.co.za (unless GunSite.co.za is specifically identified as the author with user-name Admin of the message). The fact that a particular message/article's posted on or transmitted using this GunSite.co.za web site does not mean that GunSite.co.za has endorsed that message in any way or verified the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any message. If you are an author (including direct poster to GunSite.co.za forums) you agree that by submitting articles, messages or video, you warrant that you have the right to do so and you are granting GunSite.co.za an irrevocable, perpetual license to use the articles/messages/videos in any way GunSite.co.za deems fit and you agree to indemnify GunSite.co.za for any claims related to such articles/messages against GunSite.co.za, its owners, moderators, or volunteers.

Under no circumstances, including, but not limited to, negligence, shall GunSite.co.za be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages that result from the use of, or the inability to use, the GunSite.co.za Forum or any information contained in any bulletin board. You specifically acknowledge and agree that GunSite.co.za is not liable for any defamatory, offensive or illegal conduct of any user.

GunSite, its administrators, it's members and persons posting information or products on this make no warranties whatsoever in respect of the information or products posted on this site. Persons using the information and products do so entirely at their own risk. Persons using GunSite indemnify and hold harmless GunSite,its administrators, its members and persons posting information or products against any damages or loss, howsoever caused, from the use of information or products posted on this site.

You understand that GunSite.co.za has no obligation to monitor the GunSite.co.za discussion forum and the bulletin boards. However, GunSite.co.za reserves the right at all times to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, at GunSite.co.za's sole discretion.

Thanks for your support.


Small Print

The GunSite South Africa® Team reserves the right to amend or update these rules at any time. The onus is therefore on you the users of the GunSite South Africa® forum , to be updated at all times with these rules and regulations. Basically we can and will, do as we please!

Take note: Should something go wrong, it’s all your fault, not ours!!
For us it’s better to be safe than sorry!


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