Facebook Bans Airsoft Gun Sales

[oddjob]

i heard it ment to start in america first but they have decide to do it across the lot.

i am on one and the admin has posted and warned people to just post gear and thats it.

thing is we all know people dont listen

 

[Sacarathe]

Probably not. The ban is aimed at "unauthorised dealers" so basically private sales.

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Unfortunately this is pretty much rubbish, they're not going to check whether someone is or is not authorised. You're just not authorised, even if getting authorised is impossible.

Or does authorised mean: you pay facebook money?

I'm not even aware of anyone that needs to grant authorisation to sell airsoft guns in the UK or to UK citizens.

 

[ImTriggerHappy]

Couldn't care less it wont make much if any difference to most peoples lives.

People will just sell on forums instead.

Even better ban facebook and its "I have a thousand fake friends" crap the world would be a better place.

 

[Okto Eight Milsim]

At the moment, it's sales and trading of firearms which includes BB guns by their default. Whether it impacts on airsoft (non second hand sales) and photos of military stuff remains to be seen.

Facebook is useful in that many people have access and its really easy to post stuff up, especially photos.

However, if FB get very silly, we will just start up websites and fan forums to cover what we do and general milsim activity. At the end of the day, FB is just a type of social media which has been convenient to use.

Our sister organisation, Gunman Airsoft already have a website and forum running in parallel to their FB activity.

 

[beastmode]

If we were to start up our own social network just for airsoft what would it be called airbook? Just find Facebook convenient because of the app. And the fact I can check people's profiles before I buy off them.

 

[Hudson]

Soon...

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[two_zero]

Why is so bad to be in Sweden ???

soz just being very stupid and silly - like FaceBook

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No good/established forums. for most people to bother to join seems somewhat unlikely. a somewhat different and what I'd consider less serious scene.

^^^^^^^not sure if 100% accurate, but its how I feel about it.

thou if its just the word gun combines with b/s/t that is banned then likely it wont affect any swedish airsoft b/s/t that I know of.

 

[GiantKiwi]

At the moment, it's sales and trading of firearms which includes BB guns by their default. Whether it impacts on airsoft (non second hand sales) and photos of military stuff remains to be seen.

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As it explicitly says airsoft guns, its pretty well clear cut that its going to affect us.

 

[Okto Eight Milsim]

As said in our earlier post, it seems it only affects second hand sales and trades (at the moment at least). The airsoft community and retail stuff is still continuing and most of the trade and sell groups have simply morphed into community only groups to survive the cull.

 

[Bencupra]

But when you report an extremist website you get an email back saying it doesn't breach their rules. Idiots get real.

 

[Sitting Duck]

getting silly but wtf