Vmstat and iotop output please, 60 second polling rate is fine, 10 minutes worth during a time errors are prevalent. Pm me for email or send me a drive link.
Most common cause is the server is just overloaded. That can happen for lots of reasons including too many people trying to access, server undersized to begin with, other scheduled workloads going on (like a backup running) which increases load. Fix can be approached in many ways including...
You can get all sorts of accessories on Paypal and Amazon. When you get too close to actual firearms transactions though you are now the enemy, not just a cash cow on accessory transactions. Both organizations have walked that fine line for years.
If you've not done so already you should contact the NRA. They have their own issues these days sadly but once upon a time they used to be a civil rights organization, perhaps there is still some spark somewhere inside the NRA that still cares about assisting legally with this sort of civil...
Somebody just backed out of a deal with me a couple days ago. Price agreed, meeting time and place set and agreed, just changed their mind. Rare here but it happens.
Restrict non-supporters to a very small number of Ad and comment posts per month, like 1 ad, 3 comments, no PMs. Those that want more access can pay to be a supporter.
A couple thoughts. Charging to post would constrain the volume as some people wouldn't be willing. I think that would likely suffocate the site slowly over time. That's my first observation.
My second observation, I didn't realize until reading this thread that there was an option to pay...