Shipping guns

[John Allen]

UPS and Fed Ex will no longer accept a gun from a non FFL. The post office will accept it but you need to show a copy of the receiving FFL to verify it is going to an FFL. I tried to send one last week through a Nashville post office and the clerk refused to take it even though I had a copy of the FFL. I went to a post office out of town and they took it with no problem. The government at work.

[B. Dudley]

Originally Posted by John Allen

UPS and Fed Ex will no longer accept a gun from a non FFL. The post office will accept it but you need to show a copy of the receiving FFL to verify it is going to an FFL. I tried to send one last week through a Nashville post office and the clerk refused to take it even though I had a copy of the FFL. I went to a post office out of town and they took it with no problem. The government at work.

Why would they ask? Why disclose? And why would they refuse to accept it? This is simply a case of a rogue clerk refusing to do their job. I have heard of this happening from time to time. There would be hell to pay with their postmaster if it every happened to me.

The postal service should never ask what the contents of the package is. Only if it is perishable, hazardous, blah, blah, blah. Even if it is being insured. It is not in their paperwork or script of questions.

[GunnerGrilli]

Phil, I ship guns all the time to gunsmiths, stockers, etc. You can send any gun you own to a gun smith or FFL, they do not need an FFL. I always send them insured via USPS. I never use FedEx or UPS.


Hope that helps,


Thanks,


Bobby

[Cold Spring]

Originally Posted by GunnerGrilli

Phil, I ship guns all the time to gunsmiths, stockers, etc. You can send any gun you own to a gun smith or FFL, they do not need an FFL. I always send them insured via USPS. I never use FedEx or UPS.


Hope that helps,


Thanks,


Bobby

Food for thought ...... so, let's say the "gun smith" to whom you're sending a post-1898 gun is in another state and s/he doesn't have a Type 01 FFL for gunsmithing. Are you in violation of Federal law by transferring a firearm interstate to an unlicensed person? Also, let's say the gun is damaged or stolen while in transit, how do you file a claim with the USPS if in fact you violated federal law by sending it to an unlicensed individual?

[B. Dudley]

Originally Posted by Frank Srebro

Food for thought ...... so, let's say the "gun smith" to whom you're sending a post-1898 gun is in another state and s/he doesn't have a Type 01 FFL for gunsmithing. Are you in violation of Federal law by transferring a firearm interstate to an unlicensed person? Also, let's say the gun is damaged or stolen while in transit, how do you file a claim with the USPS if in fact you violated federal law by sending it to an unlicensed individual?

Legally any gunsmith taking in someones firearm for work needs to have an 01 FFL by federal guidelines. And possibly state licensing depending on individual state laws. So, such a scenario should not exist. Unless of course the smith is not operating their business properly. But I suppose it is no different than “collectors” who regularly sell more guns than some dealers. It happens.