App Store 1.1.3 rejection: Weapons and dangerous objects

Apple’s concern may be what your app enables, rather than whether a weapon appears on screen. Guideline 1.1.3 covers encouragement of illegal or reckless weapon use and features that help people buy firearms or ammunition.

Follow the action through

Check instructional videos, challenges, marketplace categories, checkout links, and messages between buyers and sellers. We’d follow each external link as well: sending the final purchase to a website can still help someone make that purchase.

A general description such as “outdoor community” doesn’t explain a listing that sells ammunition. Identify the actual feature the reviewer flagged and whether it falls within this rule.

Remove the prohibited use

Remove the purchase route or dangerous instruction, including the same route in remotely supplied content. If the app includes legitimate safety education, make its purpose and boundaries clear and explain the exact material to Apple; don’t assume every weapons-related feature receives the same treatment.

Test search, categories, links, and user submissions after the change. In your response, show what is no longer available and how your content checks prevent the same listing or instruction from returning.