Re: Sooo, how many people would keep the gun and not say anything about it
Not knowing the history of said weapon ie murders, robberies I would not want it. My parents told me if its not rightfully mine you return it.
Re: Sooo, how many people would keep the gun and not say anything about it
I would contact the seller and see about getting it back to him with as little fuss as possible. I have no interest in keeping things that aren't mine. I would hate to see someone crucified for what was most likely an innocent mistake.
Re: Sooo, how many people would keep the gun and not say anything about it
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bogey1
I cant believe a state of emergency wasn't declared. At least they should of done was put up road blocks and locked down the town this happened in.
I could imagine if were ever to happen in my neighborhood. I better go out and buy milk and bread.
Yep, need to stop the outbreak of shoe guns before it spreads.
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Re: Sooo, how many people would keep the gun and not say anything about it
Great, I saw that picture and now I'm pretty sure I need shoe guns.:D
Re: Sooo, how many people would keep the gun and not say anything about it
2 thoughts... the pic is a S&W J frame so of course, there was no safety, much less the fact the "the safety was OFF' WTF
Second, it would be a nice shooter for awhile, then i would save it as a drop gun.... i mean... send it back of course!
Re: Sooo, how many people would keep the gun and not say anything about it
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customloaded
... how many .38 caliber handguns have a safety on them? Who makes a .38 caliber handgun with a safety?
CL
Smith & Wesson makes .38 caliber revolvers with a safety. Most of their revolvers are made with the internal lock, and they have made in the recent past, the Lemon-Squeezers.
Rick
Re: Sooo, how many people would keep the gun and not say anything about it
I'm one of those folks who returns too much change to cashiers, and I tell plenty of clients that they don't need a lawyer and they should keep their cash.
That being said, the first thing that occurred to me is the notion of explaining to cops, 5 years later, that the stolen murder weapon they found in your house "came in an eBay package". Yeah, they'll believe that, years later. Won't be causing you thousands of dollars worth of grief over a $250 used revolver. It will all be fine.
Further, at some point the seller could remember that he kept his revolver in with his boots, the ones that his wife shipped to Bob Smith, 123 Main Street....and it's really weird that old Bob never mentioned it. That could get ugly.
It's not actually illegal to receive a gun from someone in another state, if you had nothing to do with causing that receipt. On the other hand, it's a crime to keep property that you know was sent by mistake.
Re: Sooo, how many people would keep the gun and not say anything about it
Would it not also be considered an illegal interstate transfer?
Being in possession of it would be a crime?
Shipping it back would be a further crime?
Re: Sooo, how many people would keep the gun and not say anything about it
Ya remember when they would ship dope to peoples front doors and thier buds would wait for UPS truck? I wonder if someone missed the truck when it came to the gun.
Re: Sooo, how many people would keep the gun and not say anything about it
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Remington788
Would it not also be considered an illegal interstate transfer?
Being in possession of it would be a crime?
Shipping it back would be a further crime?
Keeping it would certainly constitute a federal crime because a transfer would have been made. The sending party probably wouldn't be guilty because there was no intent, but the keeping party would. 10 years in Fed + whatever thousands of dollars in fines.
Possession - yeah, see above.
Shipping it back - probably not, but maybe.. If you don't keep it, no transfers is made. But federal law's guidelines on loans may apply, which is only legal for sporting purposes. But this type of incident isn't a loan, but that doesn't mean a US DA may not try to twist it into one, or into a illegal transfer. By the letter of the law you should be able to ship it back to the original owner directly, but as a CYA thing it'd probably be best to ship it to a FFL in his/her home state to do another federal transfer(4473). However doing a federal transfer again may imply that a (illegal)transfer was made on the original shipping of the gun to you.
So in short, don't ship your guns accidentally and if by chance you do receive a gun mistakenly - STFU and contact a lawyer first.