Google bans gun sales on US shopping center

[jpak]

http://dailycaller.com/2012/06/29/google-bans-gun-sales-on-us-shopping-center/

Google is banning the sale of weapons and ammunition within its shopping center, causing firearms owners to second guess their use of the search giant.

The company announced on May 31 that it would be changing its product search policies for Google Shopping.

“All of the items in your feed must be in compliance with Google Shopping policies,” the company said on the site’s support center. “In particular, all items have to be family safe.”

The company listed “guns, ammunition and knives” as part of its products list “not allowed on Google Shopping.”

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[Remmah2]

1. I always make my straw purchases on Amazon anyway. nt

nt

[ileus]

5. Last several misc parts orders have come from Amazon.

[ManiacJoe]

2. Well, that is one way to give business to your competitors.

[DonP]

3. Even E-Bay changed their "no firearm parts" policy a while back

Maybe Google will stay with it for a year or two, maybe not.

Doesn't really matter. Guns are still selling at a record pace with or without Google, their loss.

In fact E-Bay, who had a no gun related parts or accessories policy for years, saw how much they were losing to places like Gunbroker and such, and changed it back to gun parts and reloading equipment are OK to sell again.

But the Big Box sporting goods stores like Cabela's and Bass Pro continue to grow their firearm departments and gun libraries, the local mom and pop stores around here are busier than ever and they are taking up any slack that might be out there from Google getting all PC.

[Remmah2]

4. You can't find rifle optics on Google shopping.

But you can find vibrators and lube! Sort of sums up anti 2A attitudes.

[Starboard Tack]

36. If you don't sell an item how does it give business to your competitors?

Google is showing some integrity by setting a good example. If you want to live in a better world, why contribute to the pollution?

[GreenStormCloud]

44. Is your business knowledge really that lacking?

If Google Shopping doesn't sell it then I will go to gunbroker.com, or cheaperthandirt.com. They will then make a sale that Google could have made but didn't. Google doesn't stop me from buying a gun or an accessory but only loses the profit from the transaction.

[Starboard Tack]

45. Of course it doesn't prevent the sale.

The decision is about integrity, not business. I run a business, but I don't sell guns and I don't sell crack cocaine. I only sell stuff that allows me to sleep at night and face myself in the mirror in the morning.

[GreenStormCloud]

49. What keeps you awake is your problem, not mine.

I have sold personal guns before when I needed some cash, and slept well that night. Shaved the next morning without cutting myself.

[Starboard Tack]

57. Thankfully, it is not my problem.

[GreenStormCloud]

6. Google's choice. Other sites will pick up the slack.

You can still enter gun manufacturers as a google search item, and you can search for gun stores in your area.

[NewMoonTherian]

7. Who uses Google search anymore?

I just went there for the first time in months to test this out. There are still knives all over the place, but no gun-related items, other than airsoft. I guess their "guns, ammunition and knives" statement was a little dishonest.

Good thing I shitcanned Google search engine earlier this year over privacy concerns and a seething contempt for Eric Schmidt. Quitting YouTube is proving much harder, however.

[ManiacJoe]

9. What search site are you using instead of Google?

[NewMoonTherian]

10. I've been bouncing around.

At first I switched to Bing, just to get off Google. Tried a couple of others. Now I'm using Ixquick, while doing my homework on them. I actually don't have anything to hide, but I resent the notion that I SHOULDN'T have anything to hide.

[PavePusher]

17. The main Google search page works just fine for firearms. n/t

[NewMoonTherian]

24. Oh yeah. I was just referring to the shopping... module. n/t

[PavePusher]

27. Ah, O.K. I've never used that. n/t

[Callisto32]

61. I like startpage.com.

Mostly because they also give you proxy browsing, a very handy-dandy little service.

[NewMoonTherian]

62. Oh hey, I'm on Ixquick!

It's a sister website of Startpage. Ixquick offers proxy service too.

[bongbong]

8. Google

This shows google is braver than 17 Democrats, and of course all the repigs.

[Hoyt]

11. +1

[DonP]

13. - 7.62

[Hoyt]

14. I feel for your poor, pitiful gun plight.

[DonP]

15. Thanks, got a High Power match this weekend

... and I'm using some special hand loads I made for my '03 Springfield for the first time.

There will be around 80 or more of us shooting in 3 relays at 200 yards.

Thousand of us all over the country will be out shooting this weekend, in all kinds of events, pistol, rifle and shotgun.

In the meantime, I'm confident several gun control supporters will be whining at the local coffee shop somewhere.

Enjoy your Mocha Frappacino, skim, no foam.

[Paladin]

16. Wow! A Caricature Ricochet.

Pretty fancy maneuver for the Gungeon; hope it didn't wound you too badly.......

[DonP]

18. You enjoy your skinny, with an extra shot, two Splenda Latte too.

Thanks for listening and for another pointless irrelevant post.

Always glad to see you and the shrinking group of gun control supporters down here.

Perhaps you can give us a few names of some major candidates running with gun control as part of their platform this year?

[Paladin]

22. Golly---An Arrogant, Self-Satisfied Gun Activist. Imagine That.

I'll make a deal with you, amigo: I'll give up my triple-effeminate coffee drinks if you'll try shooting something other than a military firearm. I've dropped a couple of deer with an '03; I like my Weatherby better.......

[gejohnston]

23. Tell you what,

I'll break out my .30-30 Marlin and we'll have real coffee together.

[Paladin]

34. Suits Me.

I've had the real coffee thing down for several decades, now......

[DonP]

25. Thanks anyway, like most gun owners I don't hunt - haven't killed anything since 1971

[Paladin]

35. Yeah, I Figured As Much.

Most of you modern-day Gun Enthusiasts think hunting is icky. Doesn't exactly square with the low-testosterone coffee insults---but then, those are just taken directly out of the Limbaugh/Hannity/Nugent "How To Trash A Liberal" play book.......

[DonP]

37. Guess again wise ass

More than a few of us "modern day Gun Enthusiasts" don't feel like hunting for a lot of reasons. In my case two tours in the 1st Cav in RVN cured me of any interest in shooting living things.

Go shoot your bunnies and Bambi, they won't shoot back, and feel all manly for it.

I got nothing to prove to slackers like you.

[Paladin]

41. Pardon me if I don't salute........(nt)

[PavePusher]

38. Wow, you're as omniscient as Hoyt.

Do you two hang out together?

[Paladin]

42. You Better Show Hoyt And Me More Respect.

Guys like us are all that's standing in the way of the Gungeon devolving into an argument-free gun wonk circle jerk. And a worldly intellectual such as yourself wouldn't want that, right?

[aikoaiko]

43. I haven't seen you make a substantive post on gun policy in years.

[Paladin]

52. Oh, I Don't Know.......

I thought it was rather substantive when I nailed you just the other day, regarding the gun militancy movement's boo-hooing over the death of that law enforcement officer, in connection with the Fast And Furious matter. Like I said, the only time you Gun Enthusiasts appear to care about victims of gun violence is when it can be used against Democratic office holders. Pretty fucking substantive, if I do say so myself........

[aikoaiko]

55. Ah, I see what you think passes as substantive comment on policy -- distortion.

The "gun militancy" as you call them are, if nothing else, law and order types who completely support the harsh punishment of ALL criminals who use gun for violence or other crimes.

If you recall correctly, which I know is difficult for you, gun types went after the Bush administration for the fiasco at Ruby Ridge just as zealously.

Even someone like you would have to admit that.

[Paladin]

56. If You Have To Dredge Up Ruby Ridge, You've Lost. (nt)

[aikoaiko]

58. That's another great example of what you consider a substantive post.

[Paladin]

59. Thanks For Playing. (nt)

[Hoyt]

19. That "High Power" stuff tickled your fancy?

[DonP]

20. It's a competition category - look it up, if they still allow you in the library after that incident

Typically military service rifles from the last century or so, mostly '03 Springfields, M1 Garands and AR-15s.

Eventually, if you're good enough, you can compete at Camp Perry. I doubt if I am, but I keep trying and getting a little better each time.

Targets usually at 200 and 600 yards, iron sights only, no optics ... or machetes or bike wheels.

[Hoyt]

26. Sorry, I used to use Hi Standard 22s back in the day. Sold it, paid FFL.

I'm sure there are some manufacturers using that term to attract buyers.

[DonP]

28. No one that I've ever seen uses "High Power" language to sell rifles

Anyone that's going to spend that kind of money on a rifle is going to know what they are doing.

The most common round on the target range today is probably a .223 with a little 55 or 62 grain bullet (grain - as in roughly the weight of a grain of wheat) and is generally considered to be intermediate power. If you shot .22s you probably shot 40 grain rounds that were about the same size, just a little to a lot slower. So "power" isn't really for target rounds, or an issue period, for anyone outside of poorly researched crime novels or newspaper writers trying to jazz up a story.

Accuracy comes from consistency and making sure your rounds are as close to identical for the specific rifle you are using as they can possibly be. When I hand load I try and keep my bullets within .01 grain or less in weight and my cartridge lengths absolutely identical, checked with a digital caliper.

[Hoyt]

29. There are ads using words like tactical, sniper, etc. Gets a lot of gunners drooling.

People who pack guns aren't as "geeky" (not meant as critical) as you. They are into stopping/killing power.

[DonP]

31. And there are idiots who pay an extra $2500 for NASCAR "racing stripes" on their Chevy too

Same as a guy that pays $5 grand or more for a set of custom fit Ping golf clubs and a monogrammed leather bag and will never break 120 on any course that doesn't have a windmill.

Or the guy that has to own the latest high tech bike with full restored classic Campagnolo gear and the biggest hill he'll ever climb is a highway overpass.

Shooters are no different, and based on the actual facts available, no more dangerous than the golfer and maybe less so than the guy with the Camaro with the Goodyear Gum Dip slicks.

Emotion is an integral and big part of any purchase and lifestyle choice and always will be. Anyone who says they make only rational purchase decisions is a liar..

[Hoyt]

32. The NASCAR stuff is usually right wing too, at least here. Campy stuff is good.

Pretty much non-lethal unless you ride where rednecks hangout.

[PavePusher]

39. Oh Hoyt.... You and your wonderful powers of telepathy....

They should build a new branch of the mental sciences around you.

[ileus]

47. Hi Standard some of my fondest memories

of shooting a 22 pistol growing up were the times I spent behind my fathers Hi-Standard.

My brother still has it.

[Simo 1939_1940]

51. Since an FN Hi-Power (.40) was my first semi-auto

there are some fond memories attached to that pistol.

[permatex]

53. -.223 or -762X54.

[gejohnston]

12. voids are almost always filled

and has already been filled.
http://www.gunspec.com/shop/

[Hoyt]

30. Yep, people will find a way to feed their addiction/obsession.

[ileus]

50. Excellent thanks for the link.

[gejohnston]

21. Daily Caller?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/117215542#post89
The answer to that question is "yes we do."

[fucawe]

33. Google's not banning ALL gun related sales

Link to Google Offers page.
http://tinyurl.com/7zuxrsg

And the Preview if you want to see where you are clicking 1st.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/7zuxrsg

[Tejas]

40. Porn will be next.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

46. There's two strikes...

...for the Dodge Caliber.

[ileus]

48. What search engine is next best to google?

Bing sucked ass but I may have to give it another try.


http://www.bing.com/shopping/search?q=sig+p229&qpvt=sig+p229&FORM=HDRSC6


Not bad.....Looks like I'll need to switch to a windows phone.

[aikoaiko]

54. Google drinks the Brady Bunch koolaid leftover from the 1990s

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Their decision probably won't hurt gun sales much, but it is a display of an odd bias in this more enlightened age.

[Callisto32]

60. Google announces:

"We will not sell the single most useful tool ever invented by mortal minds."

Jpak gives a thumps up....*facepalm*

[G26]

63. This isn't about integrity or family safety...

When Google, like any huge corporation, does something, it is a cold-blooded business decision.