Senators Demand Facebook Crack Down On Already Banned Gun Sales

By Tom Knighton

AP Photo/Ben Margot, File

It’s been years since Facebook banned gun sales on their platform. It’s a shame, too. It used to be a good way to buy and sell used firearms. I personally sold a number of firearms when times were ridiculously tight financially.

When they canceled it, there were some silly efforts to circumvent the rules, such as picturing the gun with a can of Coke and selling the can for $400, stuff like that. I didn’t know that Facebook got wise to the efforts, but I stopped seeing them.

I figured most law-abiding citizens tended to follow the rules and went off to other places to sell their guns.

Others didn’t. Despite Facebook’s rules, some are still using the social media platform to sell guns, and a group of Democratic senators is demanding that Facebook crackdown on it.

Fifteen Democratic senators sent a letter to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg demanding more information regarding the latent sale of firearms on Facebook Marketplace, a practice the company called a “clear violation” of policies.

Democratic Sens. Robert Menendez of New Jersey and Edward Markey of Massachusetts wrote the letter inquiring about Facebook’s knowledge and policing of the sales, The Wall Street Journal <a target="_blank" …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms