If, after establishing a relationship separate from Facebook, you wish to change your mind and consider selling to the person, do what you’d normally do to make sure you’re not being set up by a stranger. And if it turns out that person was a gun-grabber troll, by that time you ought to have validated enough personal information to release it and “out” them as the punk snitch they are, complete with email address, phone number and more. In any case,you won't have transacted any business in violation of Facebook rules.
As a matter of fact, those of us without guns to sell could still set nets up for gunsnitches to blunder in to, as per this example:
The problem is, like all liberal-run organizations, rules and policies will change or be completely ignored should the necessity arise. Facebook will simply delete anything which references guns--unless it's a post which favors their confiscation.
ReplyDeleteYeah, well, like so many things, we can say it'll never work and not try, or, you know, try. What's it cost to see?
ReplyDeleteThe problem is not the ability to skirt the rules and sell. The problem is the way this neuters the ability to search...
ReplyDeleteIf you can't have dedicated pages to go to and regularly see what is available, i.e. "Dallas Texas gun sales group", or if you cant use their search engine to find gun pages or listings, then it is going to make it exponentially harder for sellers to connect with potential buyers.
Essentially, a seller wont be able to reach anyone outside of their 'friends' and it will be all but useless to list a gun for sale on facebook.