ebay to ban sales of all gun and ammo related items

[Brett]

Friday, August 03, 2007
 
Years ago, eBay banned the sale of all complete firearms on its online auction and shopping website.  However, they did continue to allow the sale of parts and many accessories.  This week, a spokesman for eBay announced that the company would ban the sale of all gun-and-ammunition-related parts and components.

The ban is set to begin in mid-August, when eBay will prohibit the listing of “any firearm part that is required for the firing of a gun.”  This prohibition will include, according to eBay, “bullet tips, brass casings and shells, barrels, slides, cylinders, magazines, firing pins, trigger assemblies, etc.”  In explaining the decision to restrict these items, Matt Halprin, eBay’s Vice President, Trust & Safety, said, “After much consideration, the Trust & Safety policy team – along with our executive leaders at eBay Inc.– have made the decision to further restrict more of these items than federal and state regulations require.” [emphasis added]

With this action, eBay sends the message that they don’t want, or appreciate, law-abiding gun owners’ business.  By banning these legal products, eBay is adopting the anti-gun movement’s opposition to all legal gun ownership.  Fortunately, gun owners and sportsmen have alternatives. 

The following companies operate websites designed for the buying and selling of firearms and related products:  www.GunsAmerica.com; www.AuctionArms.com; and www.GunBroker.com.   
 
 

[Keith L]

Ebay has gone down hill since the beginning.  Buyers are committed to the deal, but sellers can back out any time without penalty.  Feedback has become a joke, and now this.  I once used Ebay lots, but I doubt I will much anymore.

[gypsyman]

I've never used ebay, so I can't say that I'll miss it at all. I know their are shooters and dealers that use it. But it kinda reminded me of a gun show gone bad. Beanie baby's, quilts, glass defoggers, and some of the rest of the stuff that turns up at a show. I'm sure that with all the web site's and blogs, buyers and sellers will connect somehow. gypsyman

[Heavy C]

I started using Ebay when I got into Contenders.  Early on it was a great source of barrels for me and made it more affordable to get hooked on T/C's!  Of course now I've discovered all sorts of other sources so I rarely visit Ebay anymore.  It is truly unfortunate that these politically correct libs would sacrifice what I feel is a decent chunk of their business.  Well, more power to sites like Auction Arms and GunBroker.