I was under the impression if a store exists, sells a product, that store is technically illegal, and it is never shut down (has existed for years) that does mu

I was under the impression if a store exists, sells a product, that store is technically illegal, and it is never shut down (has existed for years) that does murk the waters quite a bit between gray and black market. That's why I believe it's much closer to gray than black. I adjusted the parent message to remove black market references. I agree with you.