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What Brian said; have shipped everything from a $19 used Crosman pellet gun to a $35K Holland & Holland over the last 40 years with my local USPS. They (the rouge clerks) have a right to ask but you are NOT duty bound under the law to tell them what's in your package (beyond answering their questions, "Is it liquid, flammable, explosive, contain perfume or have lithium or ion batteries, etc. ?" Favorite responses when pressed beyond these are (1) British lead toy soldiers, (2) depleted uranium sinkers for fishing, and (3) toxic hazardous waste in medical Ziploc containers for CDC Atlanta pilot study.
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You can always say antiques, but the guy at my post office usually says "another gun? What you sending this time?" He is one of we people
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Shipped the 16 ga VH to Bachelders this morning from the US Post Office located in Buzzards Bay. The postal lady just asked the standard questions. No problems, no issues, pkg is on its way.
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I once shipped a nice double from a post office on a military base in Virginia. No problem. I returned the next week to ship another and met that "rogue clerk" you mentioned who told me they would never ship a firearm. Needless to say, he did not want to hear that it was ok last week! As the worm turns.......and those people work for us, the taxpayers!
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In the past I generally shipped firearms via UPS with no issues what so ever. This time, I went to a different post office than the one where I had that encounter with the clerk I mentioned in my initial post on this subject. It does make one wonder how much discretionary latitude these 'rogue' clerks have or are they operating on instructions from their office manager. But as you say, we pay them. They should be operating within the limits of the USC code for postal operations.
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few things are worse than a small mind with big power
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Or prejudices that spill over onto the manner in which they serve the public.
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