Most weapons can't be listed on eBay because of strict laws banning the sale of these items. To safeguard the community, we may also ban other related items that are legal to sell outside of eBay.
Listings of permitted weapons must comply with the Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act, or Republic Act No. 10591, which regulates the ownership, possession, carrying, manufacture, dealing in and importation of firearms and ammunition or parts thereof in the Philippines, and imposes registration and licensing requirements for such activities, as well as Presidential Decree 1866 (Codifying the Laws on Illegal / Unlawful Possession, Manufacture, Dealing in, Acquisition or Disposition of Firearms, Ammunitions or Explosives), which regulates the manufacture, dealing in and possession of explosives.
In addition, listings must follow our guidelines as well as meet the following conditions:
The seller is located in the Philippines;
The buyer is located in the Philippines;
The item is also located in the Philippines:
Both the seller and buyer are licensed to purchase and possess the permitted item (if necessary under local laws); and
The seller offers only domestic shipping for the item, since international shipping would make the item available in countries where it might be prohibited.
Make sure your listing follows our guidelines. If it doesn't, it may be removed, and you may be subject to a range of other actions, including limits of your buying and selling privileges and suspension of your account.
What are the guidelines?
Live ammunition and ammunition components can't be listed.
Allowed
Snap caps
Reloading equipment, including items such as dies and moulds
Brass casings and reloading tools
Restricted
.Empty ammunition boxes. The listing needs to say that the item doesn't contain ammunition
Not allowed
Blank, dummy, live or inert ammunition or ammunition components
Bullets
Cartridges
Casings
Gunpowder
Hulls
Primer
Shells
Magazines
Ammunition with propellant (such as gunpowder) or blank ammunition
Not allowed
Air rifles, air guns or air pistols
Airsoft rifles or Airsoft guns
Any frame or receiver for a BB gun or air rifle
BB guns
Pellet guns
Black powder guns
Muzzle-loader guns
Replica, "look-alike" or imitation firearms.
Not allowed
Weapons, equipment or supplies issued to and formerly used by the Philippines Armed Forces, whether or not these have been disposed of or "demilitarised"
Ordnance, military weaponry (such as grenades and landmines), ammunition and related parts, and most military vehicles including aircraft and ships, even if it has been made 'unserviceable' or has been 'de-militarised' or 'de-milled'
Articles or services specifically designed, developed, configured, adapted or modified for a military application
Night vision goggles, body armour, technical data manuals, gas masks and protective clothing which have significant military or intelligence applicability
Atom or nuclear weapons
Explosives or explosive devices
Incendiary devices
Flamethrowers
Missiles, rockets or launchers
Grenades, including but not limited to metal military practice grenades, metal replica hand grenades, rifle grenades, dummy grenades, hand grenades, grenade launcher attachments
Mines
Pillbox bomb
Molotov cocktail bomb
Fire bomb
Any part, ingredient, machinery, tool or instrument of any explosive or incendiary device, whether chemical, mechanical, electronic, electrical or otherwise,
Chlorates, nitrates, nitric acid and such other chemicals and accessories that can be used for the manufacture of explosives and explosive ingredients.
Actual firearms can't be listed on eBay. Some accessories for firearms are okay to sell, but only under certain conditions. See the list below for more details.
Allowed
Calibre conversion information or blueprints
Magazine holders
Bulletproof vests / flak jackets
Restricted
Accessories for guns such as butt plates, cleaning supplies, holsters, pistol grips, racks, scopes, slings, stocks, storage cases or trigger guards. The listing must include a description of the type of firearm the accessory or part is used for. If it doesn't, the listing may be removed
Not allowed
Firearms regardless of their ability to fire, how old they are, or their status as collectable, antique or sport and hunting firearms, memorabilia, curios or relics, or signalling pistols
Any component part of firearms
Assault weapons, their related parts or accessories
Replica, "look-alike" or imitation firearms
Any items related to short-barrelled shotguns or short-barrelled rifles, fully automatic weapons, large-capacity magazines, multi-burst trigger activators and camouflaging firearm containers
Any item that is designed to discharge any shot, bullet or other missile
Gun parts, including, but not limited to:
Barrels
Choke tubes
Cylinders
Firing pins
Frames, including grip frames, or components or parts thereof
Magazines, regardless of capacity
Receivers, including components or parts, upper or lower, cut, or 80 per cent receivers
Slides
Trigger assemblies
Any listing for a firearm accessory which contains a picture of the firearm itself
Silencers
Short barrels
Converters (items that can be used to give a firearm automatic firing capability)
Firearm kits that are used to create a firearm
Flash suppressors
Sound suppressors
Laser scopes
Telescopic sights
Reloading presses and equipment
Sears
Zip guns
Any illegal firearm-related items
Firearms accessories - parts of a firearm which may enhance or increase the operational efficiency or accuracy of a firearm but will not constitute any of the major or minor internal parts thereof
Replica, "look-alike" or imitation firearms cannot be listed.
Restricted
Miniature gun lighters or miniature toy guns for action figures, unless they appear to be full size
Not allowed
Any listing for a firearm accessory which contains a picture of the firearm itself
Cap guns
Replica firearms
Replica blaster kits
Miniature gun lighters or miniature toy guns for action figures which appear to be full size
Some hand-to-hand combat weapons and martial arts weapons can't be listed. See the list below, as well as the Knives section, for more details.
Allowed
Instruction or training manuals on how to use hand weapons
Wii Nunchuk controllers for the Nintendo Wii
Restricted
Training or practice batons, night sticks, nunchakus, or tonfas that are produced and identified as a children's toy
Not allowed
Any offensive weapon as defined by relevant law, including but not limited to kung fu sticks or nunchakus
Any bladed, pointed or blunt weapons, including but not limited to:
Knife
Spear
Pana
Dagger
Bolo
Barong
Kris
Chako
Side-handled baton, extendable or telescopic baton
Knuckle-dusters
Sap or studded gloves
Whips entirely or partly comprised of any metal, or that consist of any number of knotted lashes (including whips known as "cat-o'-nine-tails")
Hunting slings or catapults
Any flail, mace or any article that consists of a club or staff fitted with a flanged or spiked head
Any instrument, device or equipment that administers an electric shock on contact, including patrolites, stun guns, control clubs or tasers
Slingshots
Brass or other metal knuckles
Leaded canes/staffs/crutches/sticks
Zip guns
Shurikens
Hand grenades or metal replica hand grenades
Throwing stars
Billy clubs/batons
Sandclubs
Sandbags
Any whip manufactured from bicycle or motor cycle chains or from any similar kinds of chainwork or slingshots (also known as saps or blackjacks)
Knives are generally permitted to be listed on eBay, subject to the exceptions outlined below.
Not allowed
Any push dagger or any other device that consists of a single-edged or multi-edged blade or spike that has a handle fitted transversely to the blade or spike and allows the blade or spike to be supported by the palm of the hand
Any trench knife or any other device that consists of a single-edged or multi-edged blade or spike that is fitted with a handle made of any hard substance that can be fitted over the knuckles of the hand of the user
Any flick knife (or other similar device) that has a blade which opens automatically by gravity or centrifugal force or by any pressure applied to a button, spring or device in or attached to the handle of the knife
A ballistic knife that propels a knife-like blade of any material by any means other than an explosive
A knife that has a blade cover which withdraws into its handle by gravity or centrifugal force or through pressure being applied to a button, spring or device attached to or forming part of the knife
A butterfly knife or "balisong" or any other device that consists of a single-edged or multi-edged blade or spike that fits within 2 handles attached to the blade or spike by transverse pivot pins and is capable of being opened by gravity or centrifugal force
A star knife or any other device that consists of a number of angular points, blades or spikes disposed outwardly about a central axis point and that are designed to spin around the central axis point in flight when thrown at a target
Any knife-like instrument with three sharp edges and a sharp pointed tip, sometimes known as a "bearing-scraper"
Belt buckle knives, lipstick case knives, air gauge knives, handwriting pen knives
Any sword, kris, parang or other knife which on any part of it is written, embossed, inscribed with or which otherwise bears any verse, word or character connected with or relating to any religion or belief
Machetes or, axes, sickles, bearing scrapers, spears, bayonets, iron rods.
A walking stick or cane that contains a sword or any other single-edged or multi-edged blade or spike
Any article or device that disguises and conceals within it, a single-edged or multi-edged blade or spike of any length or of any material
Switchblade knives: any knife that resembles a pocket-knife with a blade that can be released automatically or by use of a trigger. Other names for switchblades include spring-blade knife, snap-blade knife, gravity knife, and butterfly knife.
Arrows (not sporting equipment)
Allowed
Sporting archery equipment such as bows and arrows
Not allowed
Items, regardless of category, that are described as a weapon without a clear indication in the item title of what the actual product is
Anti-personnel devices including any acoustic, spray or light-emitting device that is designed to cause incapacitation or disorientation, including tear gas or pepper sprays
Noxious gases or noxious substances
Blow guns and blowpipes, including darts used with these
Crossbows
Dart guns
Flares, flare guns, flare launchers or receivers for flare guns
Handcuffs other than antique handcuffs, or children's toy handcuffs
Potato guns such as bazookas, cannons or launchers
Spear guns
For safety concerns and in order to follow laws and regulations, we restrict the kinds of weapons and accessories that can be sold on eBay. Be sure to follow all laws and regulations—as well as eBay policies—before buying or selling these items.
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