A boutique owner shot outside an East Village deli in July sued Craigslist for $10 million Thursday, claiming his assailant bought a gun through the online classified ad service.Yeah, well, one problem there:
...prohibited or restricted items...
Weapons and related items, including but not limited to firearms, disguised, undetectable or switchblade knives, martial arts weapons, scopes, silencers, ammunition, ammunition magazines, BB guns, tear gas or stun guns. Now is it possible to do an end run and post a gun ad? If you use a text ad, it will probably be detected very quickly, if not rejected outright. But if you post a hosted image file, yeah, I could see an ad being up for a couple hours before it's reported and removed. But that still requires the seller and buyer to intentionally disregard a slew of "gun control" edicts.
I'm no fan of Craigslist--their gun prohibition policy alone is enough to turn me off. And it seems every time you turn around there's another headline about scammers and robbers and
I'm no fan of Craigslist--their gun prohibition policy alone is enough to turn me off. And it seems every time you turn around there's another headline about scammers and robbers and
I'm no fan of Craigslist--their gun prohibition policy alone is enough to turn me off. And it seems every time you turn around there's another headline about scammers and robbers and whores (oh my!)...
If there was ever a place where the words "Caveat Emptor" need to be branded into the frontal lobes...
In a rational world, this lawsuit would be thrown out, the plaintiff scolded and the lawyer warned of sanctions. But who knows? Maybe they'll luck out and get Jack Weinstein...
If there was ever a place where the words "Caveat Emptor" need to be branded into the frontal lobes...
In a rational world, this lawsuit would be thrown out, the plaintiff scolded and the lawyer warned of sanctions. But who knows? Maybe they'll luck out and get Jack Weinstein...