U.S. Senate candidate in Missouri booted from Facebook for AR-15 raffle

By Brian Seay

Austin Petersen was critical of Donald Trump during the campaign last year, but has toned down his rhetoric in recent months. (Photo: Facebook)
A U.S. Senate candidate from Missouri says his online AR-15 raffle resulted in a 30 day suspension from Facebook.
Republican Austin Petersen wants to unseat Democrat Claire McCaskill next year. The 36-year-old said he posted a video to Facebook criticizing McCaskill’s support for a weapons ban, but Facebook took the video down and banned him.
The AR-15 raffle is still happening, but Petersen isn’t sure why Facebook censored him. “We’re very curious,” he told the Springfield News-Leader. “We’re paying for promotion on Facebook, and we have other posts about the gun that are still up.”
Facebook prohibits the “purchase, sale or trade of firearms, ammunition and explosives between private individuals,” according to its community standards section.
“Born in Independence and raised in Peculiar — near a town called Liberty,” proclaims Petersen’s campaign website. A Libertarian, Petersen is pro-gun, pro-life, pro-free trade, pro-tax reform and wants to repeal Obamacare. But he also fights for recreational drug use, Internet privacy and criminal justice reform that mirrors the position of Democrats.
“You don’t need to be straight to fight and die for your country. You just

Source: Guns.com