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shilowar
Please correct me if I am wrong...but I thought it was illegal to ship a handgun through the US Postal Office?


I bought a Beretta off the auction side from a non-ffl....he shipped the gun through the US Postal Service using express to my FFL...


I was thinking that was illegal.


I don't think this is his first time, he has sold a bunch of guns on GB. I just sent him an email letting him know that he might want to check into that before he ships another gun that way.
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  • Spider7115
    It is. He was lucky.
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  • ruger41
    he is darn lucky he wasn't found out--non ffl shipping a handgun through the Post Office is very illegal.
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  • mark christian
    Violation of the US Postal regulations. I think that it happens quite often, especially after non FFLs get a look at the shipping charges that UPS and FedEx demand for shipping a pistol ($50+ for air shipping vs. around $12-$15 for Priority Mail--which also goes by air). So far he has been lucky, but one of these times his luck will run out.
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  • Grasshopper
    I know it is illegal,,,,, but,,,no wonder the USPS is "losing money." The item is going to a FFL, he sends I.D. ect. from whence it came,,,,,so whats the problem as long as it GOES to an FFL...More government at its best.[B)]..imo,,,,and no, I follow the laws like most but it still does not make any sense,,,
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  • mark christian
    That postal regulation went into effect in 1949. Prior to that it was perfectly legal to mail firearms of any kind through the US Mails. There is actually a scene in an episode of Band Of Brothers where just before the invasion of Normandy one of the characters receives a pistol in the mail sent to him by his police buddy from back home. I've never been able to find out just what brought about the change in Postal regs back in '49, no one seems to know.
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  • Grasshopper
    quote:Originally posted by mark christian
    That postal regulation went into effect in 1949. Prior to that it was perfectly legal to mail firearms of any kind through the US Mails. There is actually a scene in an episode of Band Of Brothers where just before the invasion of Normandy one of the characters receives a pistol in the mail sent to him by his police buddy from back home. I've never been able to find out just what brought about the change in Postal regs back in '49, no one seems to know.

    My friend had a Arisaka that was sent back to the states during the war,,,,it had the address on the stock of it and it got to the place. It was not wrapped up or anything...Only one I ever saw like that,,it had the postal marks and all..should have bought it just for that[B)],,nambu
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  • shilowar
    The point is mute, I just found out he did use an FFL to send it. Initially I had to make sure my FFL would receive a gun from a non-FFL...apparently he changed his mind and used an FFL...


    which I am glad to hear, I didn't want to potentially cause my FFL a problem if the original incident had ocurred. Thanks for the responses
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  • mark christian
    The poster wants me to tell everyone that he was misused and given false information about the actual shipping method for the firearm so the question was not pointless.

    All of you know are aware.
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