Thread: Trade me has firearms database

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Hi Kiwi Greg,

We announced recently that we’re making important changes to our firearms categories and we wanted to tell you a bit more about what’s changing.

While we already place a number of restrictions on the sale of firearms, we’ve been working with Police to increase safety and transparency.

What’s changing?

Currently, you must enter a firearms licence on Trade Me to bid, buy or ask a question on firearms or ammunition listings.

From September 2017 we’ll have the ability to verify firearms licences entered on Trade Me via the Police national firearms database.

What does this mean for me?

From September 2017 you’ll have to enter both your firearms licence number and the name on that licence.

Our system will then be able to check that information against the Police firearms licence database, to determine if you have a legitimate and current firearms licence, and that those details match your Trade Me membership.

It's important to note that we won’t be able to access any personal information from the Police firearms licence database.

Why are you making this change?

We’ve been talking to Police about this for a long time, and we think it’s important to make our processes as safe, transparent and robust as possible.

More information

For more information and FAQs, please check out our Trust & Safety blog or get in touch with our team.

The Trade Me Trust & Safety team