Attorneys general from 18 states call on UPS and FedEx to clarify gun-purchase tracking policies
by Jack Birle - November 29, 2022 08:01 PM
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/n...acking-polices

Attorneys general from 18 states are calling on UPS and FedEx to clarify their policies on shipping guns amid concerns about the companies being able to track gun owners without a warrant.

The states are requesting the leaders of two shipping companies to respond within 30 days to their letters expressing concern over new policies they allege allow the companies to "track firearm sales with unprecedented specificity and bypass warrant requirements to share that information with federal agencies."

The attorneys general from Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming signed on to the letter, which was sent on Tuesday.

In the letter, the attorneys general claim the companies are requiring those who hold federal firearms licenses to create "separate shipping accounts" for firearms, firearm parts, and other firearm-related products. The attorneys general also allege the new policies allow for the companies to comply with law enforcement and other *governmental authorities* in providing undo access to information on gun owners without a warrant, even if requests from those authorities are inconsistent with current laws, rules, or regulations.

The letter, led by Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen, asks each company several specific questions seeking to clarify if they were pressured to make the changes by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and how much information they share with the agency.

With the U.S. gun death rate hitting its highest level in nearly three decades, gun policies around the country are being debated by gun rights advocates and gun control advocates.
Montana AG: UPS, FedEx Working With Feds to Track Gun Purchases
By Nicole Wells | Tuesday, 29 November 2022 07:32 PM EST
https://www.newsmax.com/us/guns-trac...29/id/1098450/

Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen claims shipping companies UPS and FedEx are helping the Biden administration skirt laws that prohibit the federal government from creating a national gun owner registry, according to a letter sent to the companies Tuesday.

The letter, obtained by The Washington Free Beacon, claims new shipping guidelines allow UPS and FedEx "to track firearm sales with unprecedented specificity and bypass warrant requirements to share that information with federal agencies."

Signed by Knudsen and 17 other state attorneys general, the letter says the new guidelines force licensed firearm dealers to provide detailed information about their customers who are receiving purchases through the mail. While the letter does not have undeniable proof the companies are feeding information to federal agencies, it references conversations between state officials and firearm dealers who claim they were forced to comply with such regulations.

State officials are requesting UPS and FedEx provide them with information about any recent regulation changes that might give "federal agencies a workaround to normal warrant requirements."

Knudsen said sources who spoke with his office indicated the Biden administration's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) "told [the companies] they have to do this."

"This, to me, looks like another back alley attempt to get around specific legislation and laws so ATF can say, 'We're not keeping track; it's these companies keeping track,'" Knudsen said. "We see this over and over again from this administration: When they can't pass legislation, they turn around to their buddies in private business and try to get their agenda done that way."

The attorneys general allege UPS and FedEx require federal licensed firearm dealers "to create three separate shipping accounts: one for firearms, one for firearm parts, and one for all other firearm-related products. Under this three-tier system, gun sellers cannot mix and match shipments, which reveals to your company whether they are shipping a gun, gun part, or a gun-related item."

Sellers are also reportedly required to keep paperwork on the specific items they shipped and to provide that information to the shipping company when requested.

According to the letter, both UPS and FedEx have agreed to comply with information requests from law enforcement and other government agencies, even if those requests are "inconsistent with applicable laws, rules, and regulations."

A FedEx spokeswoman told the Free Beacon the company implemented a "firearms shipping compliance program" in September 2021 that requires that licensed firearms dealers send packages containing firearms from a specifically designated account and only to those with a federal firearm license.

The state officials are asking UPS and FedEx to provide them with internal communications and documents about the alleged regulation changes within 30 days.

Knudsen said it "sure looks and smells to me like they're trying to get around the Fourth Amendment," which prohibits unlawful searches and seizures.
Work-arounds to violate your RIGHTS appear to be acceptable to many companies. Like the government, they embrace socialist, dictatorial policies against their own customers.

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