I'm naive. I honestly cannot determine the source.

They're ubiquitous. Every gun thread, honest info gets karma nuked, and the same myths get high scores.

I know it's largely American politics, where guns are largely nonpartisan, but it still seems out of character for the site. Just came from a typical example: /r/politics submission gets massive upvotes when Bill Clinton contrasts strict voter ID laws with easy gun-buying laws. reddit approves of this submission. It wants easier voting, and/or more IDs/background checks.

But the comments. They're always such a shitstorm. Flooded by hundreds of familiar, upvoted lies, like "personal sales/internet sales must always show an ID. Personal sellers cannot mail guns, ever. All personal sales must ship through FFLs. There is no gunshow loophole." (along with the "voting is so easy" crowd)

So. How? Is this a natural peculiarity of reddit commenters? Is this coordinated effort, 24/7? Is it outside influence shilling...? None of those is a very satisfying explanation for me.