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Quote:Online auctioneer eBay Inc. said Tuesday it will block the sale and shipment of stun guns and other illegal weapons to New York residents under an agreement with Attorney General Eliot Spitzer.
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In an investigation that started last year, Spitzer's office found the eBay users were easily able to buy stun guns through the company's Web site.

EBay has also sent letters to stun-gun sellers to warn them that the sale of such weapons in New York is illegal.

full article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051011/ap_o...tun_guns_1

Sleepy1
What! :o

BBH! Why are you sleeping??? Don't you care that eBay is so lovingly concerned about your wellbeing? Meg LOVES you!

Indianapolis is different. I use stunguns all the time so I don't have to wait in line for Colts tickets. I think they all came from eBay.
I never knew that eBay allows stun guns  :-[
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Quote:Online auctioneer eBay Inc. said Tuesday it will block the sale and shipment of stun guns and other illegal weapons to New York residents under an agreement with Attorney General Eliot Spitzer.
ADVERTISEMENT

In an investigation that started last year, Spitzer's office found the eBay users were easily able to buy stun guns through the company's Web site.

EBay has also sent letters to stun-gun sellers to warn them that the sale of such weapons in New York is illegal.

full article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051011/ap_o...tun_guns_1

Sleepy1
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Quote:Online auction giant eBay is cracking down on the sale of illegal stun guns to New York residents - but there's plenty of other dangerous items still up for grabs.

...After being told of the other weapons on the Web site, Paul Larrabee, a spokesman for Spitzer's office, said probers may not stop with cracking down on the sale of stun guns.

full article: http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/3...3017c.html
[quote author=mandy link=topic=773.msg3057#msg3057 date=1129293442]
Quote:Online auction giant eBay is cracking down on the sale of illegal stun guns to New York residents - but there's plenty of other dangerous items still up for grabs.

...After being told of the other weapons on the Web site, Paul Larrabee, a spokesman for Spitzer's office, said probers may not stop with cracking down on the sale of stun guns.

full article: http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/3...3017c.html
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Does this mean I'll no longer be able to find a wide selection of nukes on eBay?  Laughing7