I read the other day that you can send a handgun in two seperate boxes - frame in one box and slide/barrel etc... in a seperate box. You can then ship them as firearms instead of handguns. It will cost you two ground shipping fees but still cheaper than next day air. Any opinions?
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Gunslinger
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I've been shipping complete guns as "parts" via UPS for years. They had/have a policy that they will not ship a gun unless either the shipper or receiver has an FFL and UPS account.
Frankly I see that it is none of their business any more so than if one where shipping a toaster! The part that really whizzes me is that the reason they supposedly started the new over night policy for handguns was due to employee theft. If the problem was employees stealing benny babies they would take care of it internaly and not disrupt customer services. But we are just gun owners, a lower class, and underserving of the same treatment and services automaticaly given to and expected by others. If it truly were a case of employee theft then identify them and fire the #^%*&$'s and get ones they can trust!!!
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Gunslinger
We live in a time in which attitudes and deeds once respected as courageous and honorable are now scorned as being antiquated and subversive.
Frankly I see that it is none of their business any more so than if one where shipping a toaster! The part that really whizzes me is that the reason they supposedly started the new over night policy for handguns was due to employee theft. If the problem was employees stealing benny babies they would take care of it internaly and not disrupt customer services. But we are just gun owners, a lower class, and underserving of the same treatment and services automaticaly given to and expected by others. If it truly were a case of employee theft then identify them and fire the #^%*&$'s and get ones they can trust!!!
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Gunslinger
We live in a time in which attitudes and deeds once respected as courageous and honorable are now scorned as being antiquated and subversive.
Jason Demond
New member
The receiver is the only thing considered a firearm!
Dennis Olson
New member
I know a guy who, until a couple years ago, got his COCAINE shipped to him via Fed-x. Did it for over 15 years. I am NOT making this up!!!
A couple notes on this subject:
1) it is against the law to ship a handgun via a common carrier (eg UPS) without notifying them it is a handgun, IIRC.
2) UPS employee told me they have a policy now of opening and inspecting packages at random. Don't know if this was true, but it was enough to make me hesitant to ship ANYTHING via UPS. I won't do business with them anymore.
1) it is against the law to ship a handgun via a common carrier (eg UPS) without notifying them it is a handgun, IIRC.
2) UPS employee told me they have a policy now of opening and inspecting packages at random. Don't know if this was true, but it was enough to make me hesitant to ship ANYTHING via UPS. I won't do business with them anymore.
Gunslinger
Moderator
True Svt it would do nothing but draw the thieves to the package. I agree with Rick and Chadindex, I no longer use them. I do not do business with anyone that desciminates against me for being a gun owner. In fact I was ordering (gun) parts a couple of weeks ago. When I asked the (gun exclusive) business to ship my order via FedEx and not give my money to UPS he said they (FedEX) were two miles farther down the road and it was too inconvienent. I told him to keep the parts and I'd get them some place else.
I'd have packages shipped by pack mule if forced to to avoid giving the UPS &%$(^#'s my money!
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Gunslinger
We live in a time in which attitudes and deeds once respected as courageous and honorable are now scorned as being antiquated and subversive.
I'd have packages shipped by pack mule if forced to to avoid giving the UPS &%$(^#'s my money!
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Gunslinger
We live in a time in which attitudes and deeds once respected as courageous and honorable are now scorned as being antiquated and subversive.
A few weeks back UPS was bragging about how many underprivledged inner city new employees that they had hired in the past few years. There were thousands of them and they wonder where their employee theiving is coming from. One of my buds drives for UPS and these two legged predators UPS has hired will cut the bottome out of boxes that they think contain guns or jewelery. He said that this is happening in the warehouse as the packages are sorted and loaded on the trucks. I will never ship UPS again they are taking monetary advantage of the American public, caused by their inept hiring and retention policies. Why should we pay because they don't have the balls, to fire these cretins that they have hired.
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SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL POLICE, KEEP THEM INDEPENDENT.
I just recieved a gun from FedEX and the firing pin was not removed. One thing I did learn was that when you ship with them you must inform them of the contents but they won't mark the box as such, If marked as a gun it could be targeted for stealing. But they will tag for an adult signiture for recieving. That I got from FedEX since I just had a slight delivery problem with the driver dropping a gun and leaving it without getting me to sign, lucky I was home when this happened.
For what its worth
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We preserve our freedoms by using four boxes: soap,ballot,jury, and cartridge.
Anonymous
For what its worth
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We preserve our freedoms by using four boxes: soap,ballot,jury, and cartridge.
Anonymous
I worked for UPS for a couple of years loading trucks and sorting packages while I was in school. Hard work. If you didn't keep up you got buried by 75 lbs. boxes.
Anyhow, the point to my reply is that UPS hires most of the suspect employees from November to January for the holidays. They actually have tight security, at least at the plant I worked in.
Anyhow, the point to my reply is that UPS hires most of the suspect employees from November to January for the holidays. They actually have tight security, at least at the plant I worked in.
RikWriter,
You can ship a firearm by common carrier without telling the carrier about the firearm as long as you are shipping to an FFL holder. It is NOT against the law. I recently received a letter of clarification from the Firearms Technology Branch of BATF confirming this. However, BATF also said that a carrier can have a policy requiring it.
[This message has been edited by EOD Guy (edited March 04, 2000).]
You can ship a firearm by common carrier without telling the carrier about the firearm as long as you are shipping to an FFL holder. It is NOT against the law. I recently received a letter of clarification from the Firearms Technology Branch of BATF confirming this. However, BATF also said that a carrier can have a policy requiring it.
[This message has been edited by EOD Guy (edited March 04, 2000).]