I don’t think anyone is jumping to conclusions. Kes let that place go to hell in a hand basket, so it’s not surprising it’s having even more problems. At what point does one decide to pull the plug completely?
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They did a great job on the new ones.
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Same thing
Total network issue
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Just so you guys know, I had nothing to do with this! I was working on and released the new Gun Range directory…
Some people thinking I have control over Calguns sometimes… might be the deep state or the ATF, but it ain’t me
Some people thinking I have control over Calguns sometimes… might be the deep state or the ATF, but it ain’t me
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@ikeo1 One of the big flaws with CGN is (was?) that there's a bus factor of 1. If Kes became incapacitated (or he just stopped caring about it or is otherwise unable to maintain it), the site dies. For CAguns, are there other folks who can run the show if God forbid something happens to you?
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I have nothing but respect for what you have done here w/Caguns. and for anybody to think otherwise they must have a screw loose.It is very fortunate for the rest of us that you came along when you did otherwise where would we go.
Thank you as stated you have my respect and online friendship forever.
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Not at the moment, but I'm always looking for a good partner/investor.
I have a bit of experience building and transitioning sites once they've matured to a certain state, but this market is unique since there's not a lot of unity so to speak.I'm still trying to but we still have a ways to grow before someone will take us seriously. The site is still young and not large enough. It doesn't help there's a general slowdown in 2A, but that's also why I'm expanding the offering and reach. I'm building a larger network so that it would interest a bigger company. There's a consistent experience and uniform framework to make it sustainable for several markets.
The CA market was too small specifically. This doesn't generate enough $ to hire staff etc for one location but multiple then it starts to make more sense, so i launched in Texas. A lot of the pieces you see me working on is trying to get it to a point where we can get backing by a bigger entity because it makes sense.
The umbrella coming out is ArmoryHQ which is going to be the national site, accessories only. Then we have economies of scale and might be able to afford health insurance and a few eggs. The honest truth is because this niche is so impacted by gov't. It's really only side money, not enough to live off of since we don't require payment or have any fee's. ~1% of the members here donate and even fewer are subscribers. We offer a lot for free.
For the guys saying get advertisers - a lot of brands don't work in California because of the rules. It sucks, also why I had to see if this platform works outside CA.
You see my other post asking how we compare to TacSwap because I'm not a big user in existing platforms but I have built platforms. Then it becomes more marketing to get to the level of ARF which we're 1/3rd the way. If Texas grows then its 2/3. If ArmoryHQ works we'll be the same size as ARFCOM based on my traffic analysis prediction. I know Brownell's backs them, so that seems to be the bar.
I've built the system in a way where a team could take my place when the time comes. We just need to get there.
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Can confirm. They're back! Probably just some small administrative thing. Good thing is, you know he's working on it.
Gotta give credit to the folks who are in there. They still get a lot of posts all things considered.. lol
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Looks like it’s gone completely. Good. That POS kes deserves the backlash
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I have been getting more annoyed when visiting cal guns lately. The website is barely functional, but they all want to act like everything is running great. Whenever I manage to get on everyone wants to be pro mass deportation but whenever I start telling them how this administration is making things incredibly difficult for the agencies doing the deportation work and how parts of the administration they like are negatively impacting the deportation mission I'm a 
who doesn't know anything.... Retaining officers is more difficult, recruitment is down, funding hasn't improved and the workload has increased. It's not a great time right now.
who doesn't know anything.... Retaining officers is more difficult, recruitment is down, funding hasn't improved and the workload has increased. It's not a great time right now.
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Worked normally for me. You know 504 Gateway Timeout.
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The Account Suspended message means that the Calguns.net hosting provider has suspended the hosting of the website. Could be for simple non-payment or it could be for some infraction of the terms of service.