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FAQs for popular topics?

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Handy

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I'm prompted by the 43rd "How to ship a handgun" thread this year to inquire if the moderators would like to have a FAQ or primer for a couple fairly concrete, but complex, topics.

I would volunteer to submit (for review and editting) a shipping FAQ, since I've done it alot with all the usual companies, believe I have the facts in order.

Maybe someone like Shaggy could be asked to summerize Class III stuff.

"Can I buy a handgun at 18" Q&A might be a good one.

Firearms finishes, defined.

Etc - I'm sure there are dozens. As long as the topics are well researched and the moderators agree that the contents are accurate, this would be a simple way of cutting down on bickering and bandwidth by condensing the knowledge into one TFL sponsored document.


I'm not suggesting anything heavy-handed, or subject to a great deal of opinion. Just reference items to topics that end up being the subject of great debate, despite available reference material and experience.
 
I looked, but couldn't find that in library until just now.


Well then, maybe it should be corrected and expanded? It says "ground shipment is not legal," which is wrong.
 
You sure you weren't looking in the THR library, which is no longer updated?
Yeah, that sounds plausible. Ground shipping is forbidden by the carriers, but not forbidden by law?

I am sick of stupid laws. I'm sick of thinking about them, I'm sick of reading them, and I'm sick of having to make no-win decisions about whether to obey them. Therefore, the library's law summaries (like the more-or-less accurate blade laws summary and law-oriented FAQs) will probably not get fixed unless people like you provide corrections.
 
Handy, I would say go ahead and submit your reworded/updated version here. If it is better/more factual, I see no reason why we shouldn't incorporate it into the library.
 
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