GunListings: A craigslist for guns

GunListings.com is a craigslist style website to trade guns, ammo and other shooting gear. Zach Terhark, a 20 year old college student from Iowa and owner of GunListings, says:

Last year I was browsing craigslist.org and I thought I would search for a shotgun because I was in the market for a new one. I then realized that craigslist bans guns. I then go to google to search for a craigslist dedicated to guns, and there were none to be found. At that moment I was determined to make a website where people could buy and sell guns to others in their community for free.

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It looks quite useful.

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9 Responses to “GunListings: A craigslist for guns”

  1. Jerry Kaufmanon 19 Jun 2009 at 12:49 am link comment

    I don’t want to take away this kids thunder, but there is another website dedicated to the same thing. http://www.armslist.com/

    I say try them both.

  2. anthonyFLon 19 Jun 2009 at 1:09 am link comment

    Looks like a good site, but there is also http://www.gunbroker.com which is more of an ebay for guns.

    I’d say gunbroker.com along w/ the gunlistings.org and the site jerry mentioned armslist.com you should be able to find what you need, and get a pretty good idea for market value.

  3. Muon 19 Jun 2009 at 4:35 am link comment

    What are the rules for private-to-private interstate transfer of guns? Can you do it, or do you need the ship via federally licensed dealers? Sounds like a legal nightmare to me trying to keep a list like that clean.

  4. War Wolfon 19 Jun 2009 at 10:24 am link comment

    I checked it out and found a Beretta I was looking for in my city. Gret resource!

  5. Overload in COon 19 Jun 2009 at 10:29 am link comment

    Colorado has one already too:
    http://www.cologunmarket.com/mkt/

  6. mSmitherson 19 Jun 2009 at 10:39 am link comment

    RE: Jerry Kaufman

    You are right about armslist, but according to the gunlistings.org info, they started about 6 months before armslist. Gunlistings.org also claims to be the original on their facebook page.

    -Matt

  7. whatgunson 21 Oct 2009 at 5:52 am link comment

    This one seems to be getting a little more action, has more categories too.

    Bunch of stuff listed in Las Vegas.

    http://www.patriotslist.com

  8. Tomon 03 Nov 2009 at 2:50 pm link comment

    Patriostslist is a joke, it has about 30 listings, and half of it is jewelry that belongs in a pawnshop.

    http://armslist.com is the best one, hands down.

  9. DicknHarryon 04 Nov 2009 at 12:03 am link comment

    Armslist is cool,

    Patriotslist has that “patriotic” thing going on.

    After digging around in there a little bit, definitely more than 30, some cool stuff, don’t see any jewelry? Looks like you list your own city in there too so it doesn’t matter where you live, the pictures are monsters too.

    They all have pawn shop listings in them, they have a lot of guns at pawn shops. I personally don’t care where they come from.

    Can’t have enough options for GUNS, the more, the better!

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