New York Daily News

PornHub a haven for gun-nut vids

- Jessica Schladebec­k

THEIR MESSAGE is clear: No more senseless killings — and enact gun control now.

Impassione­d students from Brooklyn's Ascend charter schools crowded onto the steps of Borough Hall Friday to call for an end to gun violence in memory of a tragically slain classmate.

Rohan Levy, 15, was shot in the head Feb. 20 as he stood with a group of friends near his East Flatbush home.

The teen, who graduated from Brooklyn Ascend Middle School in 2015 and was scheduled to begin an architectu­re internship at Williamsbu­rg High School for Architectu­re and Design, died three days later.

“You are the leaders of this,” his mother, Nadine Sylvester, told youngsters gathered in remembranc­e of her son.

“My hope is what’s happening now,” she added, referring to Friday’s rally and the March 14 walkout, when 100,000 city students took to the streets to honor victims of the Parkland, Fla., high school shootings.

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams urged city students to build on the momentum, saying, “It’s so important that you raise your voices around this issue. The winds of change have never been blown by adults.” IT’S GETTING hard to share gun videos on the internet these days.

A recently announced YouTube crackdown on a portion of its gun-related content has pushed some users to a new, unorthodox hub willing to host their content.

InRangeTV, which has more than 144,000 subscriber­s on its YouTube channel, has opted instead to publish its videos on PornHub.

A search of the adult website turns up a series of clips including one that sees hosts comparing a Glock 19 and a Hudson H9.

Though it’s listed among racier clips common to a porn site, the video appears exactly as it does on YouTube.

InRangeTV on its Facebook page said the move was an effort to defend “freedom of expression on the internet.”

“We will not be seeking any monetizati­on from PornHub and do not know what their monetizati­on policies are, we are merely looking for safe harbor for our content and for our viewers,” wrote Karl Kasarda and Ian McCollum, who run the popular gun review blog.

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