SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook is cracking down on private gun sales.
The Menlo Park, Calif., company said late Friday it will ban users from coordinating private sales of firearms on the social network and on mobile app Instagram. The ban does not apply to licensed gun dealers for purchases completed off Facebook.
President Obama and state attorneys general have increased pressure on Facebook to tighten restrictions on firearms because of the proliferation of posts that offer guns for sale, often without background checks.
Facebook and Instagram users will no longer be able to offer or coordinate the private sale of firearms, gun parts and ammunition, the company said. That brings firearms in line with Facebook's ban on the private sales of marijuana, pharmaceuticals and illegal drugs.
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Facebook owners are so stupid, they even are banning sales of Black Powder guns, which the Federal Govt. says, aren't firearms! Liberals are destroying this country.
ReplyDeleteAll the while, Facebook backed by the govt specifically darpa, who makes nothing as a company, is worth billions, tracks you and loves it... You willingly give your information as if it makes a hole in your pocket... Then you post pictures of you holding gun and drugs and money, you take pics of your cars and homes with plates and address on it, you take pics of mail with address on it, you take epics with pill bottles in the back and people can see your name and address, not to mention the post and messages you send... YES YOU PEOPLE ARE COMPLETELY STUPID!!!!
ReplyDeleteRemember, it's San Francisco. You know, in California.
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ReplyDeleteExactly. FB is still free to collect and sell any dollop of info on you they can scrape up!