A Free Press Clause protects the right of individuals to express themselves through publication and dissemination of information, ideas and opinions without interference, constraint or prosecution. However Google is censoring information on our right express ourselves and our right to protect ourselves. Product information, articles about gun rights, sales and other information is deliberately being censored by Google. We all know Google once gave in to the Chinese government, but why are they censoring free speech and products used for self-protection by America’s gun owners? Google is trampling on our rights of free speech and our right to protect ourselves.

Ironically, Google’s own policy for “Freedom of Expression” says, “We’ve pressed governments to make combating Internet censorship a top priority in human rights and economic agendas.” And they say, “We regularly assist research efforts like the Open Net Initiative, the premier monitor of global trends on Internet censorship, by providing funds for their work. Maybe so, but they don’t think the Second Amendment in the Bill of Rights is acceptable in the U.S peacefully, they’ve banned results related to firearms and other products that they don’t deem to be “family safe.”

Until recently, gun-related products appeared with other products in search results on the shopping section. Many of America’s 80 million gun owners have used Google as a powerful price-comparison tool. Google’s, anti-gun policy, assigns a “family status” to all products. Products that are “non-family safe” are blocked from Google Shopping. This includes guns, ammunition and knives, as well as vehicles, tobacco and radar scramblers. This “family safe” does more damage to families than good? How it “safe” to deny someone the right to protect themselves against criminal? How is it “safe” to block information from individuals seeking laws and regulations on how and when to use necessary force to protect yourself and your family? It seems to me that Google isn't such a transparent company after all? I believe that Larry Page would rather put his own personal interests above his own countrymen and women rights.

"To He who gives up freedom for safety deserves neither.”

“ To Learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize."