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A comment on Amazon’s enforcement failures leave open a back door to banned goods.

Re:Amazon’s enforcement failures leave open a back door to b... by vorpalhex on Friday June 19, 2020 @08:54AM (#23573993)
I found it funny the article considered an ar15 vise as a prohibited part when it specifically is not. Amazon bans parts that directly attach to some weapons (and only some of them, not scopes or lights) and a vise block does not attach.

I suppose we could go the opposite way and declare Amazon should not sell any punch, hammer or gauge...

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Re:Amazon’s enforcement failures leave open a back door to b... by jonathanmkeegan on Friday June 19, 2020 @10:15AM (#23574729)
https://sellercentral.amazon.com/gp/help/external/help.html?... Assault weapon and AR-specific tools, such as: Vise blocks AR-15/M16 armorer’s wrenches or combo wrenches Bullet button tools
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Re:Amazon’s enforcement failures leave open a back door to b... by vorpalhex on Friday June 19, 2020 @10:57AM (#23575129)
Huh, you are right, they do specifically call out Vise blocks, though they also specify AR-15/M16 vise blocks. I wonder if it's possible to just add an AK trunnion pattern to it and still list it, since it's no longer AR-15/M16 specific...
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Re:Amazon’s enforcement failures leave open a back door to b... by dmoy on Friday June 19, 2020 @12:23PM (#23575955)
It looks like they allow "vise blocks not intended for use with assault weapons"

So a top level reading would indicate they don't allow ak47 vise blocks either.

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Re:Amazon’s enforcement failures leave open a back door to b... by agensaequivocum on Friday June 19, 2020 @12:50PM (#23576234)
They do not define the term "assault weapon". It only has a legal definition in a handful of states.
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Re:Amazon’s enforcement failures leave open a back door to b... by dmoy on Friday June 19, 2020 @02:30PM (#23577461)
True, and even when there was a federal AWB the definition was kind of arbitrary.

pistol grip + collapsing stock? assault weapon!

pistol grip + a2 fixed stock? not an assault weapon?

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Re:Amazon’s enforcement failures leave open a back door to b... by xfitm3 on Friday June 19, 2020 @10:28AM (#23574846)
While may be controversial but are legal tools to purchase and own. Regardless of a company specific policy.
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