Spike’s Tactical Comments On New YouTube Policy

By Tom Knighton

The folks over at Spike’s Tactical aren’t exactly known for being demure members of the Second Amendment community. Frankly, that’s a good thing. I like their “middle finger to the gun grabbers” style.

As such, you had to know they’d have an opinion on YouTube’s new policy regarding gun videos.

YouTube bans, censors major gun manufacturer without warning

APOPKA, Fla. – On Tuesday, YouTube banned the channel belonging to Spike’s Tactical, a well-known gun and AR-15 manufacturer, without prior notice or warnings.

When thousands of Spike’s Tactical followers now attempt to visit the company’s YouTube channel, a red banner says, “This account has been terminated due to multiple or severe violations of YouTube’s policy against spam, deceptive practices, and misleading content or other Terms of Service violations.”

However, according to representatives from Spike’s Tactical, they claim they have not received any prior warnings about the content of their channel and feel they are being targeted because they are a gun manufacturer and for their vocal support for conservative issues.

“This is without question an attack on free speech,” said Kit Cope, marketing director of Spike’s Tactical. “We feel …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms