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The thing about the gun-related stuff is that it's 99% perfectly legal (yes, there are videos about illegal mods, but those were not specifically targeted).

I don't think they're worried about lawsuits. This is all about political optics.

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I think it's also about those channels not being suitable to advertise on / having a bad demographic to advertise to and them being funded by patreons or private shop backers advertising in-video. YT gets very little revenue from that even though they are high-volume channels so it's just a pure cost cutting exercise.

I don't buy it. Cabellas and Bass Pro make a killing. There are plenty of companies out there willing to cater to this market. This is nothing more than a Silicon Valley political thing.

> having a bad demographic to advertise to

I don't follow. A full 31% of the US population, most of whom have sufficient disposable income to blow $600-$2000 on a piece of steel and polymer. How is that a bad demographic to advertise to?

So are porn videos. So are snuff videos.

How do you propose YouTube draw the line on what is and isn't acceptable? Because legal/illegal isn't going to work here.

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