Just to elaborate, as I recall the Major's last definition, paraphrasing, he said that the threat to our 2nd amendment was so severe that anything political could be posted in the Gun Talk forum so it would reach the largest audience. Gun Talk used to be the "one forum" you mentioned, all the others were spun out of here.

I like to think of this as a bunch of gun enthusiast having a pleasant conversation in an open setting. When no one has a gun question, we chat about whatever is on our minds, and since many share the same values here, most of the time everyone enjoys others stories, and learn that we are a very diverse group. We learn many things from each other.

As to the gun questions, that is the main purpose of this forum. They are usually answered very quickly, so just let us fill in the idle time amusing ourselves.

I hope that explains 'Gun Talk'