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Keep and Bear Arms utilizes a complex Active Server Page/cookie system for logging into such areas as our Membership system, news posts and FREE email.  In order to visit some of the Keep and Bear Arms pages, you must have cookies "enabled" on your computer.  This area discusses what cookies are, how they work, why they are beneficial and non-intrusive, and how to "enable" cookies on your computer if they are not already enabled.

What are cookies?
Cookies are simply bits of information, small text files (usually less than 1K in size), that your browser picks up at many Web sites and stores on your hard drive. They are not programs or applets that can run on your computer.

Where do cookies come from?
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What are cookies used for?
Personalized content delivery is one of the most effective uses of cookies. Keep and Bear Arms uses cookies to deliver all the special, personal content members choose and to identify themselves as Keep and Bear Arms members. Without cookies, you will be unable to access or join Keep and Bear Arms as a member.

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If cookies are text files, who can read this text?
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Can a cookie carry a computer virus that will infect my computer?
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So what's the big deal? Why do some people object to cookies?
Some anti-cookie sentiment is based on misinformation and paranoia: That cookies are malicious, that they can snoop around your hard drive and gather information about you, that they can reveal personal information. But cookies are simple text files that can NOT capture any information about you. They only store information you have voluntarily provided while visiting a site. And browsers already reveal some information about you without cookies: your IP address, operating system, browser type, etc.

Do I have to accept cookies?
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Can I accept some and reject others?
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In this same pane you can click the Sites button which will allow you to explicitly allow or deny cookies from a specific web site.

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