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upvoteby socializer3 hours ago|
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Because these companies have large legal departments essentially in charge of minimizing regulatory and reputational risk. It's the same reason they've been progressively cracking down on firearm accessories, BB guns, knives, fireworks, laboratory chemicals, erotica, pill presses, and a bunch of other things over the past 20 years. All of that is generally legal in the US but makes lawyers and PR people queasy. It's not just marketplaces, Paypal has asinine rules on what you can and cannot pay for. So does Google Pay, Zelle, Venmo, and so on.

I don't think it's useful to point out inconsistencies; the bottom line is that lasers will be on the chopping block within our lifetime too.

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upvoteby ErroneousBosh3 hours ago|
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You can't buy firearms parts or tooling on eBay in the UK because quite frankly if you're a gunsmith you're probably not buying stuff on eBay, and it's unlikely that anyone who isn't a qualified gunsmith is buying them for anything legit. Similarly, there are age restrictions on buying bladed items, just as there are on buying bladed items in shops. Turns out that all those 13-year-olds buying 14" butcher knives weren't actually filleting venison with them, who would have thought it?

Yer cheapy Chinese radios though? Baofengs are currently about £19 each on eBay, with a discount for quantity.

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upvoteby BenjiWiebe2 hours ago|
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Why wouldn't a gunsmith buy stuff on eBay?

We buy lots of stuff for our dairy/cheese plant business from eBay.

When I worked in a mechanic shop there were always parts on the way from eBay too.

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upvoteby ErroneousBosh2 hours ago|
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The amateur gunsmith scene in the UK is pretty small and if you're buying and selling parts and tools, you probably already know who you're buying from or selling to.

It's easier just to speak to someone, bank transfer some money over, and they'll stick it in the post.

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upvoteby TedDoesntTalk47 minutes ago|
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You can buy gun parts on ebay in the US. Here's one example, a trigger for a 9mm Browning Hi-Power:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/287616828521

$30.00

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upvoteby lstodd1 hours ago|
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If someone wants a 14" blade, one can fetch some steel from a junkyard and apply an angle grinder to it. Best results with leaf springs. Then wrap one end with electrical tape and it'll chop an arm or a head off no problem. A bit more effort with the grinder and you get yourself something like a gladius.

Now, what is the point of those bans? So people feel safer while not being safer?

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upvoteby socializer55 minutes ago|
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Eh. I don't like these bans, but I think there are at least two good-faith arguments you can make:

1. People who decide to go on murder sprees are usually not high-functioning individuals, so even modest barriers can improve outcomes.

2. Fewer weapons in homes means fewer heat-of-the-moment acts involving these weapons. For example, there are very few firearm suicides in the EU, compared to the US.

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upvoteby charcircuit4 hours ago|
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The FCC made up rules for marketplaces and now ebay is forced to follow it.
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upvoteby Gormo2 hours ago|
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What statute gives authority to the FCC to "make up rules for marketplaces"? My understanding is that they only have authority over actual broadcasting.
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upvoteby someguydave1 hours ago|
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the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 (47 USC 154 1601 ff) is one place, among others, that Congress gave the FCC the authority to make rules about importing and selling electronics
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upvoteby charcircuit25 minutes ago|
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>Such regulations shall be applicable to the manufacture, import, sale, *offer for sale*, or shipment of such devices and home electronic equipment and systems, and to the use of such devices.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/47/302a

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upvoteby Spivak3 hours ago|
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Because the FCC is puppeting Ebay through regulation, the author is deliberately painting this as evil large corporation because I assume that gets more clicks, the real title would be "FCC Enacts Rule Restricting Sale of Radio Equipment, Marketplaces Like Ebay Forced to Pull Listings."

https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-adopts-rules-strengthen-rul...

> Protecting Against National Security Threats to the Communications Supply Chain…

Yeah… a foreign adversary is totally going to be thwarted by FCC certification. The Russian's are probably just kicking themselves for buying at Walmart.

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upvoteby MBCook3 hours ago|
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Puppeting?

If they’re pushing eBay not to allow the sale of devices which allow transmitting on illegal bands, is that really puppeting?

Or is that just saying “stop helping people do illegal shit or we’re going to have to start investigating you”?

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upvoteby mmmlinux3 hours ago|
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Because the FDA doesn't give a shit about regulating lasers. Yes, The Food and Drug Administration.
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