ORIGINAL: Paul L Mohr
Guys, or girls I guess, I have a quick question I hope someone can answer for me.
I am in the middle of doing a trade with someone through the mail. They sent me a money order and a copy of their dealers FFL paper work. My question is what EXACTLY do I need the FFL paperwork for? Do I need to show the post office so they can verify it is going to a registered dealer, or do I need to send it inside the package, or does it need to go on the package? My post office has never mailed a firearm before so they don't really know either.
I need to mail them later today so I need to know what to do with the paper work. I also need to get the same paperwork from my dealer because he is shipping me a gun as well.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Paul
I don't know what Michigan law requires. You can reefernce that on the NRA state gun laws site.
But to comply with Federal law, you keep that signed FFL copy for your records. Then you ship the gun to the FFL holder, and when he receives it, he will make the NICS telephone call, and if the buyer passes the check, the dealer will have the guy fill out the federal paperwork, and state stuff too, if any. Then the gun can be delivered to the buyer.
You MAY have to show the postal clerk, or the clerk at UPS/FEDEX (depending on how you ship) the signed FFL so they can verify that the gun is being shipped to the address of a licensed dealer, per federal law.
I believe you CAN mail long guns via USPS. I don't think the post office can legally refuse to accept a long gun for shipment to a
LAWFUL (read FFL holder or manufacutrer)
recipient.