U.S P.S no longer allowing airguns to be shipped
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This thread is about shipping an airgun via USPS and should not contain any discussion of powder burners. An airgun is not a firearm.
Discussion of firearms, firearm parts, or NFA items is prohibited per forum rules. https://www.airgunnation.com/topic/member-vendor-laws/
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On shipping forms that ask for description of contents, I always write “MACHINED PARTS”.
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Jared, Federal regulations define "firearms", and state how they "may" be shipped by USPS. They do require that USPS accept them, and the postal service can have its own restrictions. I'm not in disagreement with your point, and as far as I know, USPS has made no changes that restrict the shipping of either air rifles or firearms beyond those mentioned above. But, that possibility exists.
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That may be right, I'm not sure. If the federal regs (which are set pursuant to Congressional authority) establish that a certain kind of thing "may be shipped" via the USPS, does the USPS then have a "right" to override that with its own internal policies? I honestly don't know, but I wouldn't think so. At any rate, as far as I know, there has been no such attempt. I am able to ship... um, those kinds of things, without producing a copy of my FFL. So far anyway.
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The Post Office is not privately owned, it is an agency of the US Government (the executive branch, to be exact).
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That isn’t right you just got an ignorant employee. If it were a PB you wouldn’t even necessarily need an FFL. Just ill informed workers.
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If you dig into the regs of the USPS, I'm sure you'll find something in there about refusing a package based on a perception of potential danger or harm. For firearms or airguns, it comes down to one simple possibility: It may be loaded. Now, when you also take into account that the weapons in question may be transported by air, handled by dozens if not hundreds of people, would you trust someone you don't know to package up something like that and hand it to you and say, "nah, it ain't loaded".
I'm just saying there's a legitimate concern.
I'm just saying there's a legitimate concern.
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I see this happened in ME. Maybe go to another post office?
They only ask if it hazardous. Air rifles are not
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They only ask if it hazardous. Air rifles are not
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Why are the two of you discussing firearms when this thread has nothing to with that subject and it's not allowed on the forum?
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Looks like their discussing shipping regulations as they pertain to firearms to me. Are you now discussing firearms by using the word "firearms" in your post?
At any rate, I believe all the carriers (USPS, UPS, Fedex, whatever) have regulations that treat pressurized containers as hazardous and they must be shipped via ground unless they're depressurized. At least that's what the guys at AirGunDepot led me to believe.
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That has worked for me when shipping inside the US, but got rejected when selling a tank on the forum to be shipped to Canada. Had the same issue shipping paintball equipment like that as well.
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The problem might be because op was shipping to commieformia. None of the airguns I purchased when living there came USPS, they all came FedEx or ups.
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I have never had a problem shipping an airgun from my local post office. They are, quite often, surprised at the insurance I place on the package. Other than that, all is well.
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I'm in Central PA myself. I never used USPS to ship a gun, but have used FedEx. I like dealing with them better TBH. I bought 5 guns from Utah Airguns and only 1 came through a case from mishandling. Of course they sent me another gun right away. Takes like 3 or 4 days to get here. Super quick always. Our local PO is a PITA to work with. Lol.
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Same here ! Although they never ask me what I'm shipping. They generally just ask if it's fragile or hazardous.
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