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> What makes you assume it’s a moral judgment and not a liability/risk-driven business decision? I’ve almost never observed large businesses, including banks, p
by stametseater 4y ago
> What makes you assume it’s a moral judgment and not a liability/risk-driven business decision? I’ve almost never observed large businesses, including banks, passing up a chance to make money because of their moral scruples.
Amazon's firearm accessory rules seem to contain plausible examples of such. Permitted accessories include:
Vise blocks designed to hold firearms, except for those intended for "assault weapons."
Magazine loaders, except for those which can accommodate the following common rifle calibers: .223/5.56; 7.62x51; 308; 7.62x39; 5.45x39
Armorer's wrenches, except those specifically for assault weapons, particularly AR pattern rifles.
Hand gun grips, but not "assault weapon grips".
Implicitly permitted are jig kits except those for ARs specifically (no mention of other assault rifles/weapons. It bans "AR-specific jig kits")
Source with many more examples, many of them sensible restrictions likely motivated by state laws, but many of them perplexingly specific: https://sellercentral.amazon.com/help/hub/reference/external/G200164950 https://sellercentral.amazon.com/help/hub/reference/external... Is there any state in this union in which restricts sale or possession of vise blocks designed to hold ARs? Not as far as I'm aware.
They also restrict "Offensive and Controversial Materials", saying:
> We maintain these policies to ensure a welcoming environment for our global customers and sellers to do business while offering the widest selection of items on earth. We promote trust and respect, as well as adherence to the law.
> We exercise judgment in allowing or prohibiting listings and we keep our global community of customers and cultural differences and sensitivities in mind when reviewing and making a decision on products.
One of the examples of products they ban is "Products that promote intolerance based on race, religion, and sexual orientation.", which interpreted in an impartial manner would obviously ban the Bible and many other religious texts, but in fact Amazon doesn't actually ban those. They're exercising a lot of judgement in the application of these rules and many apparent contradictions can be found. For instance they claim they won't sell products which promote or glorify terrorism, yet they sell the Unibomber's Manifesto and t-shirts of Che.
https://sellercentral.amazon.com/help/hub/reference/external/G200164670 https://sellercentral.amazon.com/help/hub/reference/external...