Facebook Bans Gun Sales, Sort Of
Melissa Cronin · 01/30/16 09:48AM![](http://d20hvt89h2l7r8.cloudfront.net/kgv9hw4vfqiuihfhvteh/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800.png)
Facebook, once a safe haven for gun profiteers and those who wanted to, for some undisclosed reason, anonymously obtain a semi-automatic weapon that can take a life with the push of a button, is clamping down. The social media site announced this week that it will no longer allow private gun sales on its site or on that of Instagram, which it owns.