Palmstreet Weapons Policy: Keeping Our Community Safe

Palmstreet Weapons Policy: Keeping Our Community Safe Sep 30, 2025 Palmstreet Official

Safety is at the core of everything we do. These guidelines explain what weapons and potentially harmful items are permitted or prohibited on Palmstreet to help keep our community safe while respecting legitimate uses for certain items.

All items must comply with applicable laws regarding sale, possession, and shipment. Palmstreet reserves the right to remove any content that violates this policy or poses a risk to our community.

POLICY OVERVIEW:

🚫 NOT ALLOWED:

  • Firearms, parts, and most accessories (silencers, scopes, magazines, etc.)

  • Ammunition (live, blank, or inert)

  • Realistic imitation firearms (BB guns, airsoft, replicas)

  • Dangerous knives (switchblades, ballistic knives, butterfly knives, concealed knives)

  • Hand weapons (brass knuckles, batons, pepper spray, tasers)

  • Digital files for creating weapons or parts

✅ ALLOWED:

  • Storage and display items (gun cases, holsters, wall mounts)

  • Non-realistic toy guns (brightly colored, transparent)

  • Utility, kitchen, craft, and hobby knives (when marketed for their intended purpose)

  • Hunting and archery equipment (when properly categorized and legally compliant)

FULL POLICY:

1. Firearms: Where We Draw the Line

At Palmstreet, we take a firm stance against firearms and related items. The following are not welcome on our platform:

  • Guns and firearms, including individual parts

  • Gun and firearm accessories that may modify a firearm or make using one easier or more effective, including but not limited to:

    • Silencers and suppressors

    • Scopes and sights

    • Grips, foregrips, and skins

    • Magazines

    • Speedloaders

    • Bump stocks

    • Auto sears

    • Picatinny rails and accessories

    • Assault weapon vise blocks

  • Cannons

  • Live, blank, inert, and unmodified ammunition, including empty casings, shells, hulls

  • Digital files that can be used to create firearms or firearms parts

Permitted when clearly for storage or display (and compliant with law):

  • Cases and racks

  • Holsters

  • Wall mounts

  • Display stands

  • Non-tactical slings and bandoliers

  • Repurposed empty casings (e.g., decorative purposes)

2. Imitation Firearms: Keeping It Clear

Items that look like firearms can cause confusion and concern. Not allowed:

  • Any imitation firearm that fires projectiles with the potential to cause injury

  • Imitation firearms that realistically resemble actual firearms (even with safety markings)

  • Digital files that can be used to create imitation firearms or parts

  • Any item that is prohibited under applicable law

Specific examples:

  • BB guns and BB gun parts

  • Airsoft guns and airsoft gun parts

  • Realistic replica or look-alike guns

May be allowed when clearly non-realistic or decorative:

  • Non-firing miniature guns sold as decorative items

  • Brightly colored or transparent toy guns

  • Certain non-firing replica antique firearms

  • Toy guns with permanent safety markings that don't resemble actual firearms

3. Knives: Cutting Through the Confusion

We prohibit knives designed primarily for violence or concealment:

  • Knives with ejectable blades (e.g., ballistic knives)

  • Automatic opening knives (e.g., switchblades, OTF knives)

  • Knives that open with centrifugal force (e.g., butterfly/balisong knives)

  • Concealed knives disguised as other objects

  • Hidden hand blades (e.g., knuckleduster knives, push daggers)

  • Any knife marketed as intended for violence, self-defense, or personal protection

Allowed when clearly for legitimate use and properly marketed:

  • Utility knives

  • Kitchen knives

  • Craft and hobby knives

4. Hand Weapons: Keeping Hands Friendly

Items designed to cause harm at close range are not permitted, including (but not limited to):

  • Clubs or batons (billy clubs, leaded canes, nightsticks, police batons)

  • Brass knuckles or knuckle dusters

  • Kubotans and self-defense sticks

  • Pepper spray

  • Nunchaku (nunchuks)

  • Shuriken

  • Tasers and stun guns

  • Tonfas

5. Hunting, Archery, and Beyond

We recognize legitimate outdoor activities. Hunting and archery equipment may be permitted when properly categorized and compliant with applicable laws.

However, items designed primarily to cause harm—such as explosives or poisons—are strictly prohibited.

The Palmstreet Promise

We continually evaluate and update these policies to balance freedom of expression with responsibility to our community. Palmstreet reserves the right to remove any content that violates this policy or poses a safety risk.

Thank you for helping keep Palmstreet a safe place where creativity and community thrive.

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