My understanding is that Silk Road did not have a hitman business. I remember the site laying out explicit rules such that "nothing may be sold that could be used to hurt another human being." I believe that was the phrasing anyway.
I that made sense to me, as it was inline with DPR's philosophies. However, my peers have said he had another site for stuff like that. Maybe they're mistaken? Anyway, I know that stuff wasn't on SR.
The site's terms of service had said that they prohibited the sale of "anything who's [sic] purpose is to harm or defraud."[15] This included child pornography, stolen credit cards, assassinations and weapons of mass destruction.[22][25]
And:
A sister site called 'The Armory' sold weapons (primarily guns) during 2012, but was shut down due to a lack of demand.[26][27]
thanks for pointing that out. It seems for a time, the members took it upon themselves to buy and sell guns on the silk road. until it was moved to The Armory, then later shut down.
