http://advertising.microsoft.com/sm...rch-advertising/disallowed-content-guidelines
My fellow web surfers noted that Google banned firearms, ammo and other "dangerous items" from their "store" earlier this summer.
I (and many others) switched to "Bing" search engine at Microsoft for comparison shopping between vendors.
It appears that will also be going away soon.
"Weapons, knives, firearms, and ammunition
Advertising is not allowed that promotes firearms or weapons of any kind.
Such content includes:
Knives as weapons
Knives that are positioned as weapons or whose primary use is violence, including switchblade knives, disguised knives, buckle knives, lipstick case knives, air gauge knives, knuckle knives, and writing pen knives.
Firearms, ammunition, and integral parts
Guns capable of firing a projectile by using an explosive charge; for example, rifles, shotguns, handguns, semi-automatic or automatic guns, potentially functional replicas or antiques, and blank guns.
Ammunition; for example, bullets and cartridges.
Integral parts, including magazines, stocks, trigger assemblies, hammers, pulls, firing pins, barrels, silencers, and converters.
Militia ordnance and grenades
Ordnance (military weaponry, ammunition, and related parts), even if the item is unserviceable or has been "demilitarized.”
Grenades, including metal military practice grenades, rifle grenades, dummy grenades, grenade launcher attachments, and mines.
Other weapons
Brass, plastic, or metal knuckles.
Leaded canes, staffs, crutches, or sticks.
Zip guns, sand clubs, saps, or blackjacks."
My fellow web surfers noted that Google banned firearms, ammo and other "dangerous items" from their "store" earlier this summer.
I (and many others) switched to "Bing" search engine at Microsoft for comparison shopping between vendors.
It appears that will also be going away soon.
"Weapons, knives, firearms, and ammunition
Advertising is not allowed that promotes firearms or weapons of any kind.
Such content includes:
Knives as weapons
Knives that are positioned as weapons or whose primary use is violence, including switchblade knives, disguised knives, buckle knives, lipstick case knives, air gauge knives, knuckle knives, and writing pen knives.
Firearms, ammunition, and integral parts
Guns capable of firing a projectile by using an explosive charge; for example, rifles, shotguns, handguns, semi-automatic or automatic guns, potentially functional replicas or antiques, and blank guns.
Ammunition; for example, bullets and cartridges.
Integral parts, including magazines, stocks, trigger assemblies, hammers, pulls, firing pins, barrels, silencers, and converters.
Militia ordnance and grenades
Ordnance (military weaponry, ammunition, and related parts), even if the item is unserviceable or has been "demilitarized.”
Grenades, including metal military practice grenades, rifle grenades, dummy grenades, grenade launcher attachments, and mines.
Other weapons
Brass, plastic, or metal knuckles.
Leaded canes, staffs, crutches, or sticks.
Zip guns, sand clubs, saps, or blackjacks."
