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mrvmax wrote:

urnoodle wrote:I shipped a handgun to my father to pick up at his FFL. I put it in a USPS one rate priority box but left it unsealed and took it to my FFL. My FFL photocopied his license and put it in the box and sealed it. He then logged it into his book and gave it back to me to take to the post office. Cost me $10 for the transfer fee and approx $15 priority rate postage that's it. It was easier than I thought.

Both you and your FFL violated Postal Service regs so I would not do this again. Only an FFL can mail handguns via USPS and when the FFL mails a handgun he is required to present a PS1508 with the shipment.

That's good to know. If it was illegal the post office didn't think so. There were at least 2 other postal employees overheard the conversation that didn't say anything. When the postal worker asked what was in the box I told her it was a handgun. She asked me if I was an FFL and I told her no. I gave her the FFL contact information and informed her that my FFL had placed paperwork inside the box and sealed it. No other questions were asked and the postal worker applied the postage and accepted the box.

I shipped a handgun to my father to pick up at his FFL. I put it in a USPS one rate priority box but left it unsealed and took it to my FFL. My FFL photocopied his license and put it in the box and sealed it. He then logged it into his book and gave it back to me to take to the post office. Cost me $10 for the transfer fee and approx $15 priority rate postage that's it. It was easier than I thought.