• The Triple-F Ranch and its Administrators reserve the right to refuse access to the Family, Friends & Firearms website to anyone without explanation. The Triple-F Ranch in agreement with its members displays its members copyrighted "Intellectual Property" for display in an open forum like manner on the Family, Friends & Firearms website and other Family, Friends & Firearms publications. The Family, Friends & Firearms website is privately owned and operated. By your continued use of the Family, Friends & Firearms website you AGREE TO and ACCEPT the following terms of use as outlined here.

• The use or posting of copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned by you or you have prior consent is not allowed. Anyone doing so is subject to removal from the Family, Friends & Firearms website for a length of time to be determined by The Triple-F Ranch  Administration.

• You agree not to provide any Messages to The Triple-F Ranch that (a) infringes any third-party intellectual property or publicity/privacy rights, (b) is knowingly false, and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise violative of any law or regulation, (c) contains any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots or other computer programming routines that are intended to damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or personal information, and (d) promotes piracy.

• The posting or displaying of sexually explicit, adult related content, pornography, or any illegal material or links to it will result in your removal from the Family, Friends & Firearms website permanently on the first offense.

• Purposely posting incorrect, misleading, or hazardous information will result in removal from the Family, Friends & Firearms website permanently on the first offense.

• The Family, Friends & Firearms website is a Family Oriented site and the content of all post made on the Family, Friends & Firearms website should be in a manner that reflects this. We will not tolerate profanity and any post that contains profanity is subject to deletion or edit by an Administrator or Moderator without notice. Continued use of such language may result in removal from the Family, Friends & Firearms website for a length of time decided by the Administration.

• The Triple-F Ranch will not tolerate "Flame Wars" if you feel the need to constantly flame people then you are at the wrong web site and should leave now. Anyone violating this policy is subject to removal from the Family, Friends & Firearms website for a length of time decided by the Administration.

• Personal Attacks are considered unacceptable at The Triple-F Ranch and will result in removal from the Family, Friends & Firearms website, the manner in which these are handled will be at the discretion of the Administration. In cases of continued disagreements in open forum by multiple parties equal action will be taken with all involved parties, no one member will be shown special consideration in such cases regardless of membership status.

• Moderators at The Triple-F Ranch are volunteers and receive no monetary compensation for their time from The Triple-F Ranch. These are members who wish to contribute to the Family, Friends & Firearms website and therefore donate their time, please respect them and understand that they too are members here at The Triple-F Ranch and have opinions of their own and these opinions may not be that of The Triple-F Ranch or the Administration but as with any member deserves respect.

• Administrators and Board Moderators at The Triple-F Ranch are the only ones who have the power to remove anyone from the Family, Friends & Firearms website, All actions taken by an Administrator or Board Moderator is considered "Approved by The Triple-F Ranch", Administrators and Board Moderators act on behalf of The Triple-F Ranch and any action taken by an Administrators and Board Moderators is beyond contestation.

• Members at The Triple-F Ranch are bound by the terms of this agreement and anyone who fails to comply with the terms of this agreement in its entirety will forfeit their membership and any rights to view or use the information located on the Family, Friends & Firearms website servers, any "Intellectual Property" owned by a member who has been removed from the Family, Friends & Firearms website is still considered to be copyrighted by that individual but The Triple-F Ranch retains the right to continue displaying such "Intellectual Property" as outlined in this "Terms of Use" agreement.

• By posting content to the Family, Friends & Firearms website you are giving The Triple-F Ranch unlimited, unrestricted, royalty free use of your "Intellectual Property", The Triple-F Ranch is in no way obligated to reimburse any member for use of any copyrighted material posted on The Triple-F Ranch. The Triple-F Ranch retains the right to use the "Intellectual Property" posted on our site for any purpose it sees fit as long as credit is given to its copyright owner. The Triple-F Ranch retains these rights to all "Intellectual Property" posted on the Family, Friends & Firearms website regardless of the copyright owners current membership status.

• MEMBER'S ASSUMPTION OF LIABILITY - All The Triple-F Ranch members assume sole responsibility for their use of the information that is provided to them on the Family, Friends & Firearms website. No claim is made to the accuracy or completeness of any of the information located on the Family, Friends & Firearms website and therefore should be considered opinion and not fact.

• The Triple-F Ranch Classifieds are provided free for the The Triple-F Ranch members. Any member may post items for sale on the various classifieds forums provided the item conforms to the rules of the forum it is being posted to and provided the member is not acting on behalf of ANY company or business. Those wishing to use the The Triple-F Ranch classifieds as a source of retail or wholesale sales may do so but only after paying the yearly fee associated with that advertising plan.

• CLASSIFIED POSTING RULES - if you have an item on any internet auction DO NOT post it on the Family, Friends & Firearms website forums until the auction ends and the item does not sell. Also each of the Classifieds forums have a set of rules posted in them that will be the current policy for that forum and must be followed. If an item posted to Family, Friends & Firearms website Classifieds is moved to an auction site please so note by editing the subject. It will be removed from The Triple-F Ranch.

• Family, Friends & Firearms WEBSITE PHOTO ALBUM - Currently all registered members are allowed access to the Family, Friends & Firearms website Photo Album and may post images to it to be used on the Family, Friends & Firearms website or any other website on the internet. The Triple-F Ranch does not block remote linking of the images in the photo gallery but reserves the right to do so in the future at any time without prior notice. By posting an image to the Family, Friends & Firearms website server or by linking it in a post located on the Family, Friends & Firearms website server you are giving The Triple-F Ranch unlimited and unrestricted access and rights to use and display the image in any manner seen fit by the Administration. You retain sole copyright to the image but The Triple-F Ranch has royalty free use of the image indefinitely if posted on the FamilyFriends&Firearms website and for the period the link remains active on the Family, Friends & Firearms website for those located off site.

• MEMBERSHIP TERMINATION - The Triple-F Ranch reserves the right to terminate anyone's membership for any reason without any explanation; though this may not be the practice of the The Triple-F Ranch administrators they do have this right.

• STALKING & HARASSMENT - A member who intentionally and repeatedly harasses another person by threatening to expose personal data about that person, without that person’s permission, with the intent of causing real harm, embarrassment or who makes a credible threat, either expressed or implied, with the intent to place that person in reasonable fear publication of their personal data, if preconditions are not met, is guilty of a major violation which The Triple-F Ranch construes as similar to stalking or extortion and will result, immediately, in banning the offending member for life. Any other member who participates in the sharing of such personal data or information or aids or assists in the above prohibited acts shall also face banning.

• NOT A PUBLIC ACCESS SITE - Family, Friends & Firearms website is not a public access site and is not governed by any laws other than those set forth by the Federal Government. The Triple-F Ranch does not recognize anyone's given right to use or access the information contained on the Family, Friends & Firearms website, contrary to such all information located on the The Triple-F Ranch servers is considered to be copyrighted "Intellectual Property" and therefore its use and access are subject to the author's permission. All The Triple-F Ranch members agree to give the The Triple-F Ranch administration sole discretion as to who can and can not view their material while it is located on the Family, Friends & Firearms website servers. The Triple-F Ranch retains the right to refuse access without notice or explanation and for any length of time to include indefinitely.

• Posting Links on the Family, Friends & Firearms website is free to all, though the The Triple-F Ranch administration reviews all links posted to our links database. No links pertaining to adult or sexually related sites are allowed. Only links that are related to topics discussed on the Family, Friends & Firearms website or that fall into the predefined categories will be allowed.

• SPAM - The Triple-F Ranch has a NO SPAM policy; we will not tolerate spamming in any form, PM's Email, or open forum. Break this rule and your account will be banned indefinitely.

• TROLLS - The Triple-F Ranch will not tolerate "TROLLS" anyone suspected of being a troll on the forums will be dealt with promptly.

• MEMBER PROTECTION - The Triple-F Ranch wants to protect our members from any harm of any sort while at The Triple-F Ranch therefore in order to insure honesty and truthfulness in transactions conducted using the Family, Friends & Firearms website The Triple-F Ranch reserves the right to release any members known personal information to include, Name, Address, Phone Number, Date of Birth, Aliases, IP Addresses, ISP, Activity history, email transcripts, pm transcripts, open forum posts or any other information that The Triple-F Ranch might have relating to the member to any law enforcement agency or federal, state or local agency if fraud is reported and proof can be provided. The Triple-F Ranch will attempt to contact the member accused, and allow them to provide any proof that they might have to the contrary. If the member fails to respond The Triple-F Ranch reserves the right to turn over said members information to the above mentioned agencies or The Triple-F Ranch may elect to assist the accusing member in seeking legal actions or restitutions against the accused member in which case the accused members information would be turned over to the accusing member and/or their legal counsel.

• FIREARM SALES - The Triple-F Ranch is in no way responsible for the sale of firearms on its web site, any member offering for sale a firearm must follow all Federal, State and Local laws that govern the state in which the sale is being made from and to. Any member buying a firearm posted for sale on the Family, Friends & Firearms website must follow all Federal, State and Local laws that govern the state in which they intend to have the gun delivered. The Triple-F Ranch is not a "middle man" and no one representing The Triple-F Ranch has any part in the sale of or the collection of the money for any item located for sale on the Family, Friends & Firearms website nor do we have any dealings in the shipping of the items.

• EQUALITY AMONG MEMBERS - at The Triple-F Ranch we feel that all members are equal, and each and every one of you contribute in your own way to make The Triple-F Ranch what it is. We also understand that each of our members have their own ideas, beliefs and opinions, and we respect that. We ask that every member of The Triple-F Ranch always remember that we are all unique and we all have our own ideas, beliefs, and opinions and respect those of your fellow members as much as you would have them respect yours. Now if that is none and you feel as though you need not respect the opinions of your fellow members, I expect you will not be staying around here for very long.

• BAITING MEMBERS - The Triple-F Ranch has a zero tolerance policy for members who try to bait other members into violating the rules and "Terms of Use" of the Family, Friends & Firearms website. Those who bait other members while themselves trying to stay within the letter of the rules are in fact in "violation of the spirit of the rules". As such the member baiting another member is subject to the same actions by Moderators or Administrators as the baited member should the member then violate site rules in retaliation or in response to the baiting. This rule applies to all members of The Triple-F Ranch regardless of membership status or rank.

• PRIVATE MESSAGE SYSTEM - The The Triple-F Ranch private message system is in place for our members to have a way to contact each other and have discussions that should not be posted into the open forums. The Triple-F Ranch Administrators will from time to time prune the PM system to clean up the database. When this is done older pm's in your inbox may be deleted. If you wish to save a pm you should move it to your saved box. The Triple-F Ranch is not responsible for any information lost in this processes nor can we retrieve it once it is gone. When The Triple-F Ranch prunes, we prunes ALL messages by age. Saved ones too. Put it on your computer if you can't afford to lose it.

• Family, Friends & Firearms E-MAIL SYSTEM - The Triple-F Ranch does not give out members email addresses, rather we have an email system in place to allow members to send other members email without giving the sender the email address. Any member who abuses the email system or the pm system will be removed from the Family, Friends & Firearms website indefinitely. ALL MEMBERS must have a VALID EMAIL address on file with The Triple-F Ranch in order for the The Triple-F Ranch Administration to contact them if the need should present itself. Failure to have a valid email address is grounds for account termination. The Triple-F Ranch does not send Mass email to our members unless a change has been made to The Triple-F Ranch that members should be made aware of.

• Family, Friends & Firearms MAILING LISTS - The Triple-F Ranch does not at current maintain any mailing lists nor do we intend to in the near future. The Triple-F Ranch may elect to do so at any point and any member wishing to be "included" not "excluded" will need to contact The Triple-F Ranch at the time such mailing lists come available. The Triple-F Ranch will not send "junk email or spam" nor will we allow any third party access to our members information intentionally except as stated in this agreement. .

• Family, Friends & Firearms POST NOTIFICATION SYSTEM - The Triple-F Ranch has a system in place to notify members of new posts and/or PM' s if a member elects to use this system and said member is found to have an invalid email address listed on their account on the Family, Friends & Firearms website servers said members account may be deactivated and or suspended and the members right to use the notification system may be revoked at the discretion of the The Triple-F Ranch Administration.

• AVATARS - The Triple-F Ranch allows it members to use "avatars", these are small images the member chooses to represent them and their user account. These images must follow the terms as outlined here, NO adult related images or Sexually explicit images will be allowed, nor will images that are intended to offend or incite other members be allowed. Anyone not adhering to these rules is subject to having their account deactivated or removed from the Family, Friends & Firearms website servers.

• CHANGE WITHOUT NOTIFICATION - Though the practice of The Triple-F Ranch may not be to change this terms of use agreement without notification we reserve the right to do so. Any changes made to this document in whole or part are considered retroactive and thus are instantly in force and are considered to have been in force since this documents execution on 11-6-2000, this also means that a member who breaks the rules prior to the change of the rule can still be held liable for such actions retroactively.

• MEMBERS ACCEPTANCE - any member at The Triple-F Ranch registered or otherwise is required to follow all rules and guidelines set forth in this document, failure to do so will result in the member's removal and access to the Family, Friends & Firearms website to be denied to the member. The Triple-F Ranch in good faith trusts all of our members to read and understand the terms as outlined in this agreement. Any member who accesses the Family, Friends & Firearms website on or after 11-6-2000 agrees to be bound by the terms of this agreement and enters in to a contractual obligation with The Triple-F Ranch to conduct themselves in a manner set forth herein for the length of said members visit and each subsequent visit there after.

• INFORMATION COLLECTION - The Triple-F Ranch will collect information about its members for the sole purpose of improving the members browsing experience, The Triple-F Ranch will not collect any information without your knowledge, The Triple-F Ranch DOES NOT use ad ware or spy ware nor do we use Pop-Up Ads. You are here by notified that The Triple-F Ranch collects information about: your ISP, Computer Operating System, Display Resolution, Browser and Version and other demographics related information, never will we collect private/personal information without your consent. The Triple-F Ranch stores all personal information on a secure server and therefore abides by all laws regarding your personal information as set forth by the federal laws which govern it also. The Triple-F Ranch will NEVER sell or release any members information except where stated otherwise in this document.

• CONTESTS & DRAWINGS - The Triple-F Ranch will from time to time hold contests for our members, in such case the contests rules and guidelines will be posted for the members to review, anyone entering into a The Triple-F Ranch contest must provide The Triple-F Ranch with all information requested. This information will be of a private nature and can include Real Name, address, phone number and other personal information. The Triple-F Ranch urges anyone providing us this information to do so OFFLINE or through email, NEVER post your private information in open forum. Winners of the contests will be chosen according to the rules of each contest.

• CONTENT AVAILABILITY - The Triple-F Ranch makes no guarantee neither written nor implied as to the accessibility of the content located on the Family, Friends & Firearms website servers due to the basic nature of the internet and the possibility for problems that might prevent members from accessing the information at The Triple-F Ranch. The Triple-F Ranch also reserves the right to remove any content that it sees fit for any reason without notice. The Triple-F Ranch makes no guarantee to its members that their "Intellectual Property" will remain on the Family, Friends & Firearms website server for any set amount of time unless otherwise stated in writing by an administrator.

Although The Triple-F Ranch has attempted to provide accurate information on the forum, The Triple-F Ranch assumes no responsibility for the accuracy of the information. All information is provided "as is" with all faults without warranty of any kind, either express or implied. Neither The Triple-F Ranch nor any of its directors, members, managers, employees, agents, vendors, or suppliers will be liable for any direct, indirect, general, bodily injury, compensatory, special, punitive, consequential, or incidental damages including, without limitation, lost profits or revenues, costs of replacement goods, loss or damage to data arising out of the use or inability to use this forum or any services associated with this forum, or damages from the use of or reliance on the information present on this forum, even if you have been advised of the possibility of such damages.