FAQ: Shipping

[billmaykafer]

As far as I know, yes, it is legal, as long as the firearm is legal.

C&R handguns have to be shipped to a CA FFL and can not go direct.

thanks.

[kemasa]

How about just deleting your post asking about it instead? :-)

[tenpercentfirearms]

Huh? You already added this thread to the master FAQ, item 10.

Oops, I thought it was a new one. Sure enough. That made that an easy question to answer.

To punish you for correcting me in public, I am going to go erase it.

[kemasa]

can a C&R03FFL in maryland ship a C&R rifle to a C&R 03FFL in san diego,ca? my buddy says no,the maryland C&R says yes SKS is type of rifle.

As far as I know, yes, it is legal, as long as the firearm is legal.

C&R handguns have to be shipped to a CA FFL and can not go direct.

[billmaykafer]

can a C&R03FFL in maryland ship a C&R rifle to a C&R 03FFL in san diego,ca? my buddy says no,the maryland C&R says yes SKS is type of rifle.

[kemasa]

Do you want to use this one and have me add it to the FAQ or do you want to make a new thread and use it?

Huh? You already added this thread to the master FAQ, item 10.

#10, what are the shipping rules in general for firearms? http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/s...4#post10218124

[tenpercentfirearms]

Do you want to use this one and have me add it to the FAQ or do you want to make a new thread and use it?

[Mssr. Eleganté]

Three examples of legally shipping a firearm to a non-FFL in another State are...

- shipping your own firearm to yourself care of a friend, hotel, hunting lodge etc.

- return of a repaired firearm to its owner by a manufacturer.

- distribution of firearms from an estate by an executor to an heir.

And then of course it's legal in most States for one non-FFL to ship a firearm to another non-FFL. This is even legal in California for loans to friends, family transfers and 50+ year old C&R long gun transfers.

[kemasa]

The Gun Contol Act only requires you to notify a common carrier that you are shipping a firearm if you are shipping it interstate to a non-FFL. If you are shipping within your State or to an FFL in any State then notification isn't required under the GCA. But like you said, the USPS regs do require notification and UPS and FedEx both have policies requiring notification.

Your reading of it might not be correct. Since you can not normally ship to a non-licensee, that reading does not make much sense, so why would it say that you have to give written notice when you ship to someone who you can't ship it?

As linked above:

Reducing it to make it more simple:

Read this carefully. While it can be read multiple ways, it also can be read that you can only ship a package only to a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector AND that you need written notice to the carrier.

[kemasa]

It is a bit unclear. Depending on how you read the section, you need to notify the carrier in writing that you are shipping a firearm. The shipper can not release a firearm unless they get an adult signature. If they are not notified, then they can not follow the law.

Also, the USPS web site says:

432.2 PS Form 1508

PS Form 1508, Statement by Shipper of Firearms, must be completed by each firearm manufacturer or dealer who deposits firearms for mailing. The form must be filed with the postmaster of the post office of mailing.

Notice, it does not say for handguns only. The bottom line is that it does not hurt and it is a means of reporting that it is a firearm as perhaps required.

[cruising7388]

The Gun Contol Act only requires you to notify a common carrier that you are shipping a firearm if you are shipping it interstate to a non-FFL. If you are shipping within your State or to an FFL in any State then notification isn't required under the GCA. But like you said, the USPS regs do require notification and UPS and FedEx both have policies requiring notification.

Would this apply if you were addressing and shipping it to yourself in another state?

[tenpercentfirearms]

USPS:

FFLs need to submit Form 1508 when shipping a firearm USPS.

Is it a firearm or a handgun? I thought you could ship long guns without the 1508, but needed it for handguns.

[Mssr. Eleganté]

...While the law is not perfectly clear, the Federal law seems to require written notification to the common carrier (which includes the USPS) that you are shipping a firearm. UPS and FedEx don't seem to have any process for this.

The Gun Contol Act only requires you to notify a common carrier that you are shipping a firearm if you are shipping it interstate to a non-FFL. If you are shipping within your State or to an FFL in any State then notification isn't required under the GCA. But like you said, the USPS regs do require notification and UPS and FedEx both have policies requiring notification.

[kemasa]

sticky?

No need really since it is listed in the FFL Master FAQ, along with other threads.

[kel-tec-innovations]

Found this on the NRA Website, hope it helps

http://www.nramuseum.org/gun-info-research/how-to-ship-guns-and-ammo.aspx