There has to be an FFL on the receiving end and that is HALF of shipping something. I don't see where his PO says anything about using his "LOCAL" FFL! Can anyone post the section of USPS regulations that allows one to send a gun directly to a gunsmith for repairs without an FFL being involved? The local postal clerk is adamant that I need to use an FFL to do it. If you just try to mail it and not log it on the mailing Post Offices log and the box gets torn open in transit I hope you have your affairs in order at home because you won't see it for a while.Ĭlick to expand.I want to mail a shotgun to a gunsmith for repairs. Remember they want to keep their job too. If you do and show it to the clerk things go much easier. The "Licence" referred to in the regulations (USPS and BATFE) is a Federal Firearms Licence and if you ship it out of state you should have proof in hand that the recipient has one. Some people think that the line about sending a gun for "repair" means anybody who is going to "repair" it is legal to receive it and that will get you in trouble. They can send it directly back to you because you still "OWN" it. I mail them quite a bit and I just don't finish taping the box till I get there and since THEY have to see it I have THEM tape it up! Saves me a bunch of tape. The mailer may be required by the USPS to establish, by opening the parcel or by written certification, that the gun is unloaded and not precluded by 12.1.1e." Any shmuck can SAY he is a gunsmith but without an FFL he can not legally take possession (not ownership) of a gun shipped from across state lines.Īnd the Postal regs for the clerk says they must verify (establish) the gun is unloaded and mark that on the form.Īlthough unloaded rifles and shotguns not precluded by 12.1.1e and 12.1.2 are mailable, mailers must comply with the Gun Control Act of 1968, Public Law 90-618, 18 USC 921, et seq., and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, 27 CFR 178, as well as state and local laws. The only person you can ship to out of state without an FFL is yourself. The manufacturer is the ONLY one I would be willing to trust to have an FFL without getting a copy of it for my records. The clerk does not have to actually see it or have a copy but YOU better have one from this person. All the clerks obligation in the shipping is to have you sign a form that says you verified the recipient has a valid FFL and assume responsibility for that. The clerk is right! The gunsmith or anyone else for that matter who will be taking that gun out of the box and taking physical possession of that shotgun after it was shipped across state lines has to have a valid FFL.
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