Shipping guns without the use of a (shipping)FFL??

[ladder13]

Shipped a long gun just 15 minutes ago via very small local USPS facility.
Paid extra for “over 30 inches, insurance, adult signature” …..off it went.

 

[VictorLouis]

I...a common carrier which would be UPS or FedEX, BUT neither allow a non licensee to do so.(they used to, but heck it is more expensive than going through a FFL)

It is illegal to ship a handgun through USPS by a non licensee.
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I'd been doing it occasionally for years. I had no clue of the policy change.
Well, guess what. I am now going to eat the cost of a gat that's been stolen. The FedEx ground delivery driver falsely completed a proof of delivery. However, the FFL has video surveillance of his driveway and door, and no such attempt was recorded that day. FedEx said that since I'm not an FFL, it was "illegal" for me to use them to ship...blah blahblah.

 

[Yaworski]

FedEx said that since I'm not an FFL, it was "illegal" for me to use them to ship...blah blahblah.

Tell them to call ATF. As long as you told the carrier that you were shipping a gun, nothing was "illegal." That said, I would hope that ATF would be interested in a FedEx driver who was stealing guns.