Facebook and Instagram are currently being used to facilitate sales and trades of firearms between private sellers -- without background checks.
A teenager in Greenup County, Kentucky illegally bought a 9mm handgun from a stranger on Facebook and brought it to his high school's homecoming game.
Send a letter to Facebook and Instagram's chief executives and tell them to end this social media gun show now.
More than 230,000 people have signed the petition!
Moms Demand Action will deliver the petitions on Thursday -- so sign now!
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Dear Mr. Zuckerberg and Mr. Systrom,
Your platforms unfortunately allow users to buy, sell, and trade firearms without requiring criminal background checks.
Other online platforms including Craigslist, eBay, and Google+ have already prohibited these sales.
I ask that you put an end to this completely unregulated social media gun show and prohibit gun sales from your platforms immediately.
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