Whatnot has specific restrictions around the sale of firearms, firearm parts, firearm accessories, and ammunition.
Firearms: Firearms are not permitted to be offered for sale, or given away, on Whatnot. This includes, regardless of kind or size, all hand guns, rifles, antique guns, non-working guns, decommissioned firearms, grenade launchers.
Firearm parts: Firearm parts are not permitted to be offered for sale, or given away, on Whatnot. This includes: barrels, suppressors, silencers, sears, magazines, magazine extenders, bump stocks, pistol conversion kits, barrel shroud, forward pistol grip, vertical pistol grip, bolts, slides, firing pins, cylinders, hammers, triggers, trigger assemblies, tumbler, rail attachments, bayonet lug, bull-pup sticks, converters to give gun automatic capability, kits to create gun magazines, multi-burst trigger activators, firearm production machinery, case trimmers, and firearm receivers or frames, whether complete or not.
Firearm accessories: Only the following firearm accessories are permitted to be offered for sale, or given away, on Whatnot: scopes, sights, red dots, bipods and tripods, gun cases or socks, en bloc clips, choke tubes, straps, gun storage, cameras, holsters, slings, empty gun clips.
Ammunition: Ammunition for firearms is not permitted to be offered for sale, or given away, on Whatnot, including bullets, cartridges, casings, shells, and hulls.
In addition to the above, any and all kits, blueprints, or other information or tutorials on how to make firearms or firearm parts are not permitted to be offered for sale, or given away, on Whatnot.
As a reminder, the sale of any permitted item must comply with applicable shipping requirements and all laws and regulations applicable in both the jurisdiction of your business and of your buyer’s jurisdiction.
Toy guns are permitted on the platform provided they are clearly marked as a toy, and are not meant to imitate a real firearm.