USPS would get a whole lot more business if they would allow non-dealers to mail handguns to dealers/manufacturers/importers.
made it a sticky. now its 100% guaranteed for no one to read it lol
made it a sticky. now its 100% guaranteed for no one to read it lol
Agreed, but verifying FFL/physical address etc would require them to maintain a current list, use the EZ check system and/or the shipper to provide FFL # or file copy.
Based on the typical USPS employee in Durham, that's asking way too much.
How the heck do you mail a gun, walk into the USPS with it??? I heard it's illegal...
Sounds like a scam to me. (yes, I did not read the link...)
-R
Regardless of my earlier snarky post, have mailed both hand and long guns via usps.It's easy to send a long gun USPS. I use Priority Mail, insured for the full value. I put a copy of the FFL in the case, in the box outside the case, and I carry a copy with me in case they ask questions. You are not required to declare a long gun as a firearm to USPS, because they are not a common carrier. However, I've never felt comfortable saying no, "It's not a gun, it's machine parts" or some other such thing.
I believe it's just plain against postal regulations for an individual to mail a handgun.
So if I declare a pistol, they do not ask for proof of FFL?
You can also mail a long gun to other NC residents without the need of an FFL so long as it is within NC.
Public Safety! Public Safety!But...but...what about "all laws apply"!?
What about "seeing their papers"!?
Bill of sale?
Notarized triplicated birth certificates and passport?
You can't just "sell" a gun to someone you don't know!
You forgot, "for the children".Public Safety! Public Safety!
It is legal in NC to send a rifle via USPS to another person but you do feel funny and the eyes from other patrons are like lasers lolHow the heck do you mail a gun, walk into the USPS with it??? I heard it's illegal...
Sounds like a scam to me. (yes, I did not read the link...)
-R
It is legal in NC to send a rifle via USPS to another person but you do feel funny and the eyes from other patrons are like lasers lol
made it a sticky. now its 100% guaranteed for no one to read it lol
I musta ran into a nice postal desk clerk he didn't blink an eye when I shipped a rifle.You got me thinking. So I looked up 18 U.S.C. Section 930. Note Subsection (d), #3
US CODE 18 U.S.C. § 930 Possession of firearms and dangerous weapons in Federal facilities.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (d), whoever knowingly possesses or causes to be present a firearm or other dangerous weapon in a Federal facility (other than a Federal court facility), or attempts to do so, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both.
(b) Whoever, with intent that a firearm or other dangerous weapon be used in the commission of a crime, knowingly possesses or causes to be present such firearm or dangerous weapon in a Federal facility, or attempts to do so, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.
(c) A person who kills any person in the course of a violation of subsection (a) or (b), or in the course of an attack on a Federal facility involving the use of a firearm or other dangerous weapon, or attempts or conspires to do such an act, shall be punished as provided in sections 1111, 1112, 1113, and 1117.
(d) Subsection (a) shall not apply to—
(1) the lawful performance of official duties by an officer, agent, or employee of the United States, a State, or a political subdivision thereof, who is authorized by law to engage in or supervise the prevention, detection, investigation, or prosecution of any violation of law;
(2) the possession of a firearm or other dangerous weapon by a Federal official or a member of the Armed Forces if such possession is authorized by law; or
(3) the lawful carrying of firearms or other dangerous weapons in a Federal facility incident to hunting or other lawful purposes.
So, if one has a valid CCP (call it what you want, you know what I mean) you can carry in a USPS location as it is a lawful purpose? In NC does this even work with open carry as it's also lawful?
You'll probably get arrested but is there a defense?!?
-R
How the heck do you mail a gun, walk into the USPS with it??? I heard it's illegal...
Sounds like a scam to me. (yes, I did not read the link...)
-R
It depends ENTIRELY on the clerk and the particular office you go to. I went into the Charlotte downtown PO & stood there for 20 minutes while they tried (unsuccessfully) to pull their heads out.I musta ran into a nice postal desk clerk he didn't blink an eye when I shipped a rifle.
It depends ENTIRELY on the clerk and the particular office you go to. I went into the Charlotte downtown PO & stood there for 20 minutes while they tried (unsuccessfully) to pull their heads out.
I said "screw it," walked out, went to Statesville... and the nice, competent woman behind the counter didn't bat an eye.
I bring a copy of the pertinent section of the DMM with me. That usually gets them straight.
Eta, domestic mail manual
The Point of NO Return was: I spent an hour packing it to make it Post Office Proof, and she -- the clerk who said it couldn't be done and abandoned me for 20 minutes --brought Bubba and Earl out from the back and said "we got a hunter here and he's gonna open it up and see if it's loaded."
Technically, the DMM probably said the PO had the "right" to check it if they felt it necessary. However, they felt it necessary to cover their own ignorance, not because of any nefariousness on my part, so I just laughed and left.
Thank you.Negative.
You require the services of an FFL in her home state.
Contract carrier to her FFL.
She goes and fills out 4473.
https://www.atf.gov/firearms/qa/whom-may-unlicensed-person-transfer-firearms-under-gca
Thank you.
So, can I go down to UPS and just ship direct to her FFL?
Yes. That's the only way via USPS it's legal to ship handguns.Can a handgun be mailed US Postal Service between two FFLs? The information I see on the web is confusing and contradictory.