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   From: gp@dont-email.me   
      
   You’ve seen the headlines about Brownells losing its YouTube   
   channel temporarily, about England forcing a gun supporter off   
   internet, and about liberal bias at behemoth social media site.   
   The answer, proposed by A1F contributor Frank Miniter was   
   simple: We need our own YouTube site. Well, guess what? It   
   exists.   
      
   Outdoorsports.video provides a gateway for gun owners to share   
   the love of their pastime with other like-minded people, and   
   they won’t have to worry about getting booted off the site.   
      
   Now, to be fair, this site isn’t yet monetized to the degree   
   YouTube is in that you’re not going to get rich by having   
   millions of people click on your video. But it’s certainly a   
   step in the right direction.   
      
   Denny LeFevre is the mastermind behind the plan. He currently   
   funds the site with his retirement check (he is a retired master   
   sergeant in the U.S. Armed Forces).   
      
   The site, still in its infancy by most standards, started by   
   legally embedding 3,000 videos from YouTube, LeFevre wrote in an   
   email to A1F. That number has since dwindled to 600 as YouTube   
   continues to cull its offerings that offend its liberal   
   sensibilities   
      
   To make up for the diminishing returns associated with YouTube,   
   outdoorsports.video is encouraging people to upload original   
   content. One goal, of course, is long-term growth, which could   
   ultimately lead to a better payoff for those who post there,   
   provided the site gets advertising support.   
      
   But even now, LeFevre reports that the site is viable enough   
   that the video owner who generates the most views every month   
   gets a check for $50. As was mentioned earlier, you’re not going   
   to get rich off it right now. But if enough gun backers thumb   
   their noses at YouTube and invest their online time with   
   outdoorsports.video, it will at least offer a way for believers   
   in the Second Amendment to exercise their First Amendment rights   
   as tbey pertain to guns.   
      
   A cursory glance at the site shows a mix of hunting and   
   defensive videos. If you’ve got video clips you’d like to share,   
   the sign-up process looks pretty straightforward.   
      
   https://www.americas1stfreedom.org/articles/2018/9/5/gun-   
   supporters-have-a-youtube-like-site/   
       
      
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