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July 26th, 2018, 09:16 AM #1
Sending handgun to myself in same state. (PA) Illegal?
Traveling to Poconos for a week, after will be crossing border to communist republic of NJ.
Thinking using UPS to mail my handgun home.
So no sale, no state border being crossed... I don't see a problem, do you?
BTW Is there problem mailing loaded mag with that handgun?
I will take slide off when I mail.
Thank you gentlemen.
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July 26th, 2018, 09:20 AM #2
Re: Sending handgun to myself in same state. (PA) Illegal?
I called to check my ZIP CODE!....DY-NO-MITE!!!
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July 26th, 2018, 09:26 AM #3
Re: Sending handgun to myself in same state. (PA) Illegal?
Yes sir, I have to cross border for 2 days and then will head home. Thank you.
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July 26th, 2018, 09:31 AM #4
Re: Sending handgun to myself in same state. (PA) Illegal?
You could find a gun shop in the Poconos and have them clean it, or give it a check up, or appraise it.. then pick it up 2 says later.. just saying
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July 26th, 2018, 09:42 AM #5
Re: Sending handgun to myself in same state. (PA) Illegal?
lol I guess I could. But that would be a lot of miles on drive back home.
I live around philly. Will drive 4 hours north to Poconos for week. Then head to NY airport through NJ. Will stay in NY for 2 days and then will drive to philly.
So if I leave my gun in Poconos gun shop, it will be long drive to retrieve it.
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July 26th, 2018, 10:28 AM #6
Re: Sending handgun to myself in same state. (PA) Illegal?
Under their individual tariffs, UPS and FedEX will NOT ship handguns unless an FFL is on at least one end of the transport.
IANAL
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July 26th, 2018, 10:33 AM #7
Re: Sending handgun to myself in same state. (PA) Illegal?
and the US Postal Service is a "No Go" for handguns
"It seems that the Constitution is more or less guidelines than actual rules"
My feedback: http://forum.pafoa.org/showthread.php?t=305685
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July 26th, 2018, 10:35 AM #8
Re: Sending handgun to myself in same state. (PA) Illegal?
For what it is worth, a storefront agent for FedX (one of those mailbox companies in a strip mall) would not FedX ship a handgun for me back to the manufacturer even with the manufacturer supplied FedX label. They made me go to the actual FedX depot at the airport to do the shipping. I think I just hit an anti-gunner because she was rude and disdainful once she saw the name of the addressee. I do not do business there any more. FedX at the airport had no issues.
I mention this only because if someone hits this issue at the last minute without having an executable Plan B, they could find themselves greatly inconvenienced.Last edited by Wilderness 1864; July 26th, 2018 at 10:42 AM.
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July 26th, 2018, 10:35 AM #9
Re: Sending handgun to myself in same state. (PA) Illegal?
Will I be breaking UPS policy or some kind of law by sending UPS and not telling them it's firearm?
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July 26th, 2018, 10:37 AM #10
Re: Sending handgun to myself in same state. (PA) Illegal?
This is how the Jim Crow laws used to work. They made it nearly impossible for many black American citizens to travel or otherwise exercise fundamental Constitutional rights.
You might want to send it to an FFL that you know in Philly. I knew of a guy who wanted to travel from PA to a western state for hunting. Instead of dealing with all the airline nonsense in transporting his perfectly legal shotgun. He shipped it to an FFL in the state where he was hunting, picked it up, hunted and did the same for his return trip. Probably involved some extra expense but worth the avoidance of the problem with dealing with the generally anti-2A airlines.Last edited by Wilderness 1864; July 26th, 2018 at 10:41 AM.
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