YouTube Gun Channel Hickok45 is Shut Down and Then Restored

By Guns ‘n’ Freedom

If you don’t know who Hickok45 is on Youtube and you are a gun enthusiast, I don’t know where you have been. The cordial Youtube star has almost 1.8 million subscribers and a video gun review on about every firearm on the planet. He also has access to his own shooting range that could make any gun owner jealous.

But recently he faced a bit of a scare with his Youtube account. Tuesday night his entire account was shut down because of apparent policy violations with Google.

According to Guns.com,

“It was a long scary morning. I really don’t know what I’d do if I were not able to inflict lame humor upon millions of shooting enthusiasts every week!” said Hickok45, operated by Greg Kinman, in a post on Facebook. “Life is fragile, especially ‘virtual’ life.”

Hickok45 issued a statement Wednesday morning that explained the brief termination was sparked because of issues with Google+, a type of networking functionality attached to gmail and YouTube accounts.

“Apparently, Google + is more sensitive about firearms related postings and such. I never use Google+ and did not even realize the videos were being posted over there, I guess,” he said.

The cancellation spawned the …Read the Rest

Source:: GunsNFreedom