Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Gun Owners Are Using Instagram to Privately Sell Firearms, Evade Background Checks

Instagram, which does not have a specific policy that bans users from selling firearms, has become another vehicle for online gun sales according to a Daily Beast report. While 91 percent of Americans support a law requiring anyone who purchases a gun to pass a background check, weak state and federal gun policies have left online sales of firearms largely unregulated, which now extends to the increasingly popular photo-sharing application. Daily Beast's Brian Riess describes a typical offer on Instagram: A typical gun-toting Instagram post goes something like this: "'LWRC 10' SBR FOR SALE!!! Come get it!



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