How Gun Owners Should Act On Social Media

By James England

If this past election has shown us anything, it’s how people’s perception of the world can be incredibly skewed because of social media. Social media outlets like Facebook, Twitter, and others often have a way of distorting the way we portray ourselves to others. Plenty of simple disagreements or arguments have devolved into absolute crap shows in front of friends, family, and complete strangers.

Here’s five ways gun owners can proverbially shoot themselves in the foot on social media.

Reveal Too Much — Gun Locations & Quantity

Even if you have all your privacy settings set to their tightest, there’s plenty of examples of people’s private personal communications and pictures being intercepted on the internet.

By revealing the number, location, and style of your firearms to the open internet, you’re essentially giving every bad guy a huge heads-up. This can be used against you.

The last thing you want to do is accidentally reveal where you like to keep your guns. If you stash a pistol in the glove compartment and leave it out there, not only does a thief now have a picture of precisely where it’s located, he can even take a good guess on how well secured it is.

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Source:: Concealed Nation