Acceptable Use Policy

1. Purpose

This Acceptable Use Policy describes prohibited uses of ArmoryFlow. It exists to protect ArmoryFlow, our customers, and the public from illegal, abusive, or unsafe activity.

2. General prohibitions

You may not use ArmoryFlow to:

2.1 Illegal activities

• Violate law.
• Engage in fraud or deception.
• Conduct or promote unlawful firearms transactions.
• Circumvent background-check or transfer requirements.
• Sell or advertise prohibited items.
• Facilitate straw purchases or trafficking.

2.2 Harmful content

• Upload malware.
• Spam, phish, or send abusive unsolicited messages.
• Promote terrorism or unlawful violence.
• Post defamatory, obscene, or otherwise unlawful content.
• Infringe intellectual property rights.

2.3 System abuse

• Attempt unauthorized access.
• Disrupt the Service or surrounding systems.
• Use unauthorized bots, scrapers, or harvesting tools.
• Launch denial-of-service activity.
• Probe, scan, or test vulnerabilities without authorization.
• Circumvent security controls.

2.4 Account misuse

• Share credentials with unauthorized persons.
• Create multiple accounts to evade bans or restrictions.
• Impersonate another person or entity.
• Provide false registration information.

3. Firearms-specific rules

3.1 Prohibited listings

You may not list or advertise:

• Illegal weapons without proper licensing.
• Stolen firearms or firearms with altered or removed serial numbers.
• Unlawful destructive devices.
• Items illegal under applicable state or local law.
• Sales to prohibited persons.
• Accessories illegal in the relevant jurisdiction.

3.2 Dealer compliance requirements

If you use ArmoryFlow as a licensed dealer, you must:

• Hold required FFL and state, local, or SOT licenses.
• Conduct required background checks and complete required transfer forms.
• Maintain required ATF or state records.
• Comply with federal, state, and local advertising, display, sale, shipping, and transfer laws everywhere you operate or advertise.
• Verify buyer eligibility before transfer.
• Report suspicious activity to authorities as required.
• Not treat ArmoryFlow filters, helpers, or workflows as legal clearance to advertise or sell any item.

3.3 Listing standards

Listings must be accurate, disclose material legal restrictions, include required disclaimers or warnings, and avoid false claims about legality or features.

4. Content standards

Content must be accurate and not misleading, respect intellectual property, and remain professional. No hate speech, graphic unlawful content, or sexual content is allowed.

5. Data and API restrictions

You may not scrape or harvest data without permission, build competing products from our API in violation of the Terms, ignore rate limits, or fail to secure credentials.

6. Marketplace-specific abuse

If you use the ArmoryFlow Marketplace, the Marketplace Terms of Use and Prohibited Items Policy also apply. You also may not:

• Arrange, or offer to arrange, any firearm transfer that does not go through a licensed FFL in the buyer's state.
• Make or facilitate a straw purchase, or a sale to anyone you know or have reason to believe is prohibited from possessing firearms.
• Avoid or defeat a background check, waiting period, or record-keeping requirement, or use offer or waiting-period tools to do so.
• List stolen items, items with altered or missing serial numbers, or items on the Prohibited Items Policy, including by disguising them with misspellings or coded terms.
• Repeatedly buy and resell firearms to earn a profit without a federal firearms license.
• Misrepresent your identity, age, state of residence, eligibility, or FFL status.
• Ask for deposits, gift cards, wires, or cryptocurrency outside the FFL transfer, or otherwise attempt fraud.
• Harass, threaten, or spam other users or dealers, or post another person's personal information.
• Open multiple accounts, or file false reports, to manipulate listings, reviews, or enforcement.

7. Reporting

Report violations to:

8. Enforcement

We may investigate, review activity, request information, suspend accounts, terminate accounts, pursue legal remedies, and report illegal firearms activity to authorities.

AUP terminations forfeit prepaid fees, as described in Section 6.3 of the Refund Policy.

9. Platform role disclaimer

ArmoryFlow is a technology platform provider. We do not act as the transferring FFL for your sales, conduct background checks as your dealer, guarantee listing legality, or take responsibility for your compliance. You are solely responsible for compliance with applicable law. Product tools are conveniences only.

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