Hey Hogbuster-
I'm a manager with the USPS. I'd like to help you out. Please check your PM.
Jeff
Ngrumba,
What is the real policy? Straight from a USPS Manager ?
What I have found is no hastle when I ship from my Post Office in Sioux City, IA, the Morningside branch.
But my brother in Bondurant IA gets the "We can't ship guns" runaround from his local Post Office.
Inform us.
Thanks,
F1
You could answer that question for yourself if you took the time to look it up on the USPS' website. It's pretty well spelled out in plain English.
http://pe.usps.gov/text/dmm300/601.htm#wp1099754"
11.3 Rifles and Shotguns Although unloaded rifles and shotguns not precluded by 11.1.1e and 11.1.2 are mailable, mailers must comply with the Gun Control Act of 1968, Public Law 90-618, 18 USC 921, et seq., and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, 27 CFR 178, as well as state and local laws. The mailer may be required by the USPS to establish, by opening the parcel or by written certification, that the gun is unloaded and not precluded by 11.1.1e.
11.4 Legal Opinions on Mailing Firearms Postmasters are not authorized to give opinions on the legality of any shipment of rifles or shotguns. Contact the nearest office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms for further advice."
It's said that for a long time. The two paragraphs above refer to shipping firearms that are not legal.
If you read the posts above you would see the problem isn't the legality of shipping but whether or not the PO employees know their own rules. I can read, can you?
You shouldn't flatter your perceived reading skills. The two paragraphs I quoted are the regulations regarding firearms that are
mailable by individuals. (I.e. non-licensees who wish to mail long guns.)
The regulations to which you are incorrectly
referring, i.e. the so-called non-legal firearms states this:
"
11.0 Other Restricted and Nonmailable Matter
11.1 Pistols, Revolvers, and Other Concealable Firearms
11.1.1 Definitions The terms used in this standard are defined as follows:
e. Short-barreled shotgun means a shotgun that has one or more barrels less than 18 inches long. The term short-barreled rifle means a rifle that has one or more barrels less than 16 inches long. These definitions include any weapon made from a shotgun or rifle, whether by alteration, modification, or otherwise, if such weapon as modified has an overall length of less than 26 inches. A short-barreled shotgun or rifle of greater dimension may be regarded as nonmailable when it has characteristics to allow concealment on the person.
11.1.2 Handguns Pistols, revolvers, and other firearms capable of being concealed on the person (referred to as handguns) are nonmailable unless mailed between the parties listed in 11.1.3 and 11.1.5 after the filing of an affidavit or statement required by 11.1.4 and 11.1.6."
If you had read
my post, you would see that the purpose of posting this regulation is to give someone a footing on which to base their explanation or argument to an uninformed USPS representative.
Are you able to read that?
