eBay Reversed its Gun Policy: Selling gun parts and accessories again

[Johnny Rico]

http://www.guns.com/ebay-flip-flops-on-gun-policy-7740.html

Gun enthusiasts who also enjoy the pleasures of online shopping may have noticed that gun parts and accessories are once again being sold on shopping website eBay. Although Guns.com just got wind of this, eBay had actually quietly removed its four-year-ban on firearms to permit gun part and accessory transactions last December. eBay spokeswoman Amanda Miller said via email the company wanted to "give sellers opportunities to offer more products in the hunting category," so the company lifted the restriction on gun parts and accessories that are legal to sell in the U.S. to, more or less, compete with other online and offline stores.

As of now, according to eBay's guidelines, items such as en bloc clips, barrels, bolts, choke tubes, firing pins, hammers, 10-round magazines, slides and trigger assemblies can be sold and bought under restricted circumstances. While speed loaders, stripper clips, magazine holders, manuals and non-pneumatic spear guns can be sold and bought no problem.

Back in 2007, vice president of Global Safety and Security Matt Halprin announced on eBay that the company would ban the sales of firearm parts and "place more restrictions around gun-related items." Evidently, eBay got nervous after media sources discovered that Seung-Hui Cho, the Virginia Tech shooter, purchased some of his bullets through eBay.

Although the ban of the aforementioned items has been lifted, selling live ammunition through eBay is still strictly prohibited.

Well, it's a step in the right direction. Now if they'd just allow the sales of firearms and ammunition they could give Gunbroker a run for its money...

[ManiacJoe]

1. When companies survive making a bad business decision,

some of them actually learn from the mistake and make corrections.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

2. I've been doing it for some time

Works about as well as Ebay ever does

[Meiko]

3. It would be great

if Ebay allowed gun sales. What a selection and they would make some serious cash.

[ellisonz]

4. Anyone can get a gun in America. n/t

[ManiacJoe]

5. True, but not all can do it legally.

[CokeMachine]

7. Anyone that's not prohibited can -- and your point is??

Anyone that's not prohibited can -- and your point is?? Never mind, I may have to post more than a one liner -- Oops it's more than a one liner (Coors Light got me again). How's that gun free Los Angeles treating you?

By the way, the Dodgers suck . Clippers not so much but -- Go Warriors and GIANTS!!

[ellisonz]

8. I mean anyone...

My point is that the right-wing in this country seems determined to undermine our system of gun control.

Dude, Coors Light is piss! And the Warriors

Los Angeles is pretty peaceful.

[gejohnston]

9. what gun control law has been seriously undermined?

carry and use of force laws, but not gun control laws. Like the post about "Florida making guns more available" when in fact it is simply minor changes to carry permit fees. The only major change was something I would think we would both agree on.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/117237942

in the UK anyone can get a pistol or a sub-machine gun for as little as 200 Pounds.

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/i-bought-a-submachinegun-within-24-hours-6613202.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-100130/Just-200-gun-London.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/aug/30/ukcrime1

El Paso is even more peaceful.

[GreenStormCloud]

6. Money talks. N/T

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

10. Yuri Orlov: "I had a flair for languages.

...But I soon discovered that what talks best is dollars, dinars, drachmas, rubles, rupees and pounds f~@&ing sterling."

The power of the market.

[GreenStormCloud]

12. That is one of my favorite movies. N/T

[Callisto32]

13. The opening titles...

just wow.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

14. Mine also. n/t

[ileus]

11. I've been bidding on Sig E2 grip sets....

Seems I'm too cheap to win....I've bid on 5 sets so far without success.