Full30 is an American
online video-sharing platform
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* Weapons platform, a system or ...
mainly dedicated to
firearms and
shooting sports-related content. The service was established in 2014 by Tim Harmsen
and Mark Hammonds
as a result of
YouTube
YouTube is a global online video sharing and social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by Google, and is the second mo ...
's increasing restrictions on gun-related videos.
History
After the
Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, many companies attempted to distance themselves from any association with the firearms industry.
As a result, YouTube began
demonetizing and sometimes outright deleting firearms-related videos,
and in one case, popular YouTube poster
Hickok45
Hickok45 is a YouTube and Full30 channel featuring videos about firearms. The videos are hosted by Greg Kinman (born July 11, 1950), a retired middle-school English teacher and former sheriff's auxiliary officer. Hickok45 videos also appear on ...
's channel was completely deleted but later restored.
In response, Harmsen, who operates the Military Arms Channel on YouTube, decided to create his own video-hosting website to allow himself and other firearms content creators a platform free from such restrictions; he named the website Full30 — a reference to the popular 30-round
STANAG magazine.
Contributors to Full30, in addition to Hickok45 and Military Arms Channel, include
Forgotten Weapons, Bavarian Shooter, Liberty Doll, and CloverTac.
In July 2020, site representatives announced the site had new ownership.
References
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Internet properties established in 2014
Video hosting
Social media
Firearms-related organizations