Since our deputy business editor jeffbercovici reported that EBay sells gun parts that are supposedly prohibited the sites own policies, a senator has asked the company for data and better enforcement of its rules.
In recent weeks, amid deadly rampages in Gilroy, El Paso and Dayton, a shopper on EBay could buy a variety of products designed to make the types of weapons used in those attacks as deadly as possible.Lopez: When people are being gunned down, shame on those who defend their right to personal arsenals
“We write to urge you to immediately implement stronger measures to keep guns and gun accessory sales off your platform,” Menendez wrote. “America is in the throes of a gun violence epidemic and it is incumbent upon corporate America to do its part to help end the carnage.”Menendez asked Wenig to respond by Sept.
, also cited by Menendez, found hundreds of listings for assault-rifle parts for sale on EBay. When the reporter asked for data on flagged products, an EBay spokesperson declined, calling it “our secret sauce.” “Effective monitoring and the suspension of accounts in violation of these policies is essential,” Menendez wrote. “As such, I have concerns that EBay’s efforts are falling short of what is required in light of the current crisis.”
Menendez planned to send similar letters to Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos and Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai, followingrevealing recent listings on their sites for products including a 100-round ammunition drum similar to one used this month by a mass shooter in Dayton, Ohio. Both companies ban the sale of guns themselves and many gun parts and accessories, including high-capacity ammunition magazines.
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