Explosives, Weapons, and Related Items

Our policy: Amazon prohibits the listing and sale of products controlled by the Army. Amazon policy also prohibits the listing or sale of certain knives, including switchblades, gravity knives, stilettos, and some blades designed to look like harmless items.

The following examples of permitted and prohibited listing are not exhaustive, but should be instructive in evaluating products for listing and sale.

Knives

Amazon policy prohibits the listing or sale of certain knives, including switchblades, balisongs, stilettos, and some blades designed to look like harmless items.

Example of permitted knives:

• Camping knives
• Hunting knives
• Kitchen knives
• Replica swords
• Training butterfly balisong with blunt and perforated blade

Examples of prohibited listing but not limited to:

• Stiletto Knives
• Gravity or gravity-assisted knives
• Knives disguised to look like harmless items, such as:
  • Air gauge knives
  • Belt buckle knives
  • Comb knives or hairbrush knives
  • Lipstick case knives
  • Writing pen knives
• Switchblade knives
• Spring-loaded/Spring-assisted knives
• Automatic knife
• Pushbutton knife
• Ballistic knives
• Shuriken or throwing stars with sharp edges
• Push daggers
• Karambit knives
• Claw knives
• Butterfly balisong

Products controlled by the Army

Amazon policy prohibits the sale of products controlled by the Army, including airsoft guns, airguns, paintball guns, tasers and explosives.

Examples of prohibited listing but not limited to:

• Firearms, including 3D printed guns and 3D gun blueprints
• Accessories that can mount a gun
• Muzzleloaders
• Airsoft
• Paintball guns
• Airguns
• Ammunition for all the mentioned weapons above
• Bulletproof vest
• Scopes, including:
  • Night vision or infrared scopes.
• Pepper Spray
• Fireworks
• Other products controlled by the Army, such as explosives

For more information: Annex to resolution R-105 by Brazilian Army