A new update to Uber policy prohibits riders and drivers from carrying "firearms of any kind" in Uber vehicles. The updated rules quietly popped up on the ride-sharing company's website last week, amid renewed calls across the country for gun control following the mass shooting at a church in Charleston, South Carolina.
Uber's policy update is meant to ensure that everyone "feels safe and comfortable using the service." Riders or drivers that violate the new policy could lose access to Uber's services. This new policy is a reversal of a previous Uber rule that allowed guns inside vehicles as long as the carrier had a permit.
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