by Jeepejeep » Thu Jun 16, 2016 1:02 pm
Well the deal is done and I finally got the rifle shipped to the new, lucky owner. You would never believe the idiocy I received from the local post office! The nice lady behind the counter was wide eyed when I told her I wanted to mail a firearm. She actually said "You want to mail fire????!!!??" I kid you not!! I said, "No a firearm. A rifle." She told me that was illegal. I told her it is not. She then pointed to a poster showing banned items one of which said fireworks. She pointed to that and said "See?" I told her she had no idea what she was talking about and asked for a supervisor. She returned and said the supervisor told her it has to be sent by registered mail and I needed a "special permit". I knew this was complete BS but I asked what kind of permit? She mumbled a bit then said a permit to mail the gun. I asked where I get this permit and she said that was up to me to figure that out. The stupid was starting to get to me so I just told her that both she and her supervisor had no clue about what they were saying and I left. By the way, to be sure I sent it to a FFL dealer, not to the the individual who bought the gun.
I went to UPS and I was out in about 5 minutes. No muss, no fuss and the rifle was delivered in a few days.
Sorry for the long post but I thought you might get a kick out of the dopes at the PO and you might be better off using UPS if you need to ship a gun.
"An unarmed man can only flee from evil and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it."Col. Jeff Cooper