Double Naught Spy
New member
The issue is we won't be seeing the folks that buy guns here, or on any other site where they might gain useful knowledge of their new purchase.
There is no issue. What you suggest isn't even the norm for gun owners. There are 10s of millions of gun owners in the US, and only a tiny fraction are involved with gun forums and the like, such that we would be seeing them (joined members).
Being worried or expressing some sort of lament that folks won't be on the internet to learn more about their guns is sort of silly when you think about it. Gun owners did just fine for hundreds of years without being on the internet. The internet is nice and is full of information, but it is also full of a bunch of garbage about guns as well.
Personally, I would be more concerned about new gun owners not taking the time to get competent with their firearms on a gun range or remote shooting location than about them not being on the internet. However, it is not atypical for people to buy guns for home defense and either not shoot them, or not put more than a box or two down range and not shoot them ever again or to shoot it so rarely as to be largely unfamiliar with them. People often treat guns like fire extinguishers, and unless they have a fire/immediate threat, may never use them.