Legally Mail 30 Rd Mag?

[Jimboh247]

I searched and all I could find was info dated 2013. The laws have changed so much, I can't find a definitive answer.

I'm hoping some of my Illini brethern can answer this:

Can an individual from outside Illinois mail a resident of Illinios 30 rd magazines?

 

[raimius]

Generally, Handgunlaw.us keeps pretty accurate information. It looks to me like IL does not have restrictions at the state level, but there are a few towns that have local bans. Assuming you can legally send it, and they don't live in a town that bans possession/transfer of the magazine, you should be good to go.

Here's the relevant PDF.
http://www.handgunlaw.us/states/illinois.pdf

 

[carguychris]

I cannot find any reference to firearm magazines in either the U.S. Postal Service Publication 52 "Hazardous, Restricted, and Perishable Mail" or the Domestic Mail Manual. Thus, I presume that it is not a violation of postal regulations to mail mags to a domestic* address where they may be lawfully possessed.

Here are the USPS links so you can check for yourself:

http://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/welcome.htm
http://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/dmm300_landing.htm

Disclaimers:

• The mag(s) must be empty, as live ammunition and unfired primers, including those in primed cases, are nonmailable, as prescribed in Pub. 52 item 341.21.
• Please note that the postal regulations do not address local laws regarding magazine transfers at the point of origin or the destination. This is the responsibility of the sender and recipient.
• In certain states, it may be unlawful for someone without the proper permits to export high-capacity magazines out-of-state, regardless of whether they are lawful to possess in the destination state. Check your local laws.

*International and APO/FPO shipments may be subject to DoD regulations, international treaties, and/or laws in the destination country, which are well beyond the scope of this thread.

 

[speedrrracer]

You could not do so from California (even if you owned the 30-rd mag legally) as that would constitute an illegal export.

To answer your question I imagine you'd have to do a survey of all export laws for all possible origins for the magazine in question.

 

[cecILL]

No mag bans in IL.

 

[carguychris]

You could not do so from California (even if you owned the 30-rd mag legally) as that would constitute an illegal export.

To answer your question I imagine you'd have to do a survey of all export laws...

Good point. I've reworded my prior post to say that it's "not a violation of postal regulations" rather than it's simply "not unlawful".