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Transporting firearm to Alaska

Stylishxone767Stylishxone767 Member Posts: 513 ✭✭✭
edited June 2008 in General Discussion
Im going to be taking a trip to Alaska this year and will be driving through Canada to get there. Obviously I know I cant transport any weapons in my car. However, someone told me yesterday that you can mail them by UPS or Fedex to the Alaska and have them waiting for you when you get there. Has anyone heard of this? I dont see how you can do this when you dont have a mailing address to send them to. I dont have any family that lives there.
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  • IdahoboundIdahobound Member Posts: 20,587 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I believe that you have to send the to a FFL and then pass a background check on you own guns.
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  • kyplumberkyplumber Member Posts: 11,111
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by big800
    I believe that you have to send the to a FFL and then pass a background check on you own guns.


    lmao now that is funny in a pathetic kind of way [xx(]
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  • MIKE WISKEYMIKE WISKEY Member Posts: 10,046 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    you can send them to someone you know up there (addressed to you in care of XXX). If you don't know anybody, you could contact a gunshop up there to receive them (for a fee). you can transport firearms through Canada but you will be charged a fee both ways[xx(].
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  • peabopeabo Member Posts: 3,098
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by big800
    I believe that you have to send the to a FFL and then pass a background check on you own guns.



    This is true.
    If you pawn a gun at a shop, before you can pick it up, you must fill out a 4473 and pass a background check.
    The pawn shop must enter the weapon in his book and before he can log it back out, even to the original owner, he must have a 4473.

    Same thing happens when you send the weapons to any FFl dealer.
    He must log them into his book and before he can release them, you must fill out the 4473 and pass a background check.

    Crazy, huh.


    Thanks---Peabo
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  • JamesRKJamesRK Member Posts: 25,670 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    It is possible to transport firearms through Canada to Alaska, but it's a pain in the butt. Handguns are more trouble than rifles/shotguns.

    This might be a place to start:

    Canada's Gun Laws for Americans
    The road to hell is paved with COMPROMISE.
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  • ruger41ruger41 Member Posts: 14,665 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    It used to be no fee to bring a rifle or shotgun through Canada-that changed and now there is a fee-you can check Canadian customs for the forms. No semi-auto's or any handguns. A pump 12 gauge is your best bet as the times I've gone through they never hassled me about it and it will handle a bear with no problem. Now if you are going fishing and were going to pack a handgun thats a different story.
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  • iwannausernameiwannausername Member Posts: 7,131
    edited November -1
    You can mail them to yourself c/o someone there. That someone cannot open the packages, etc. though...
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  • 11b6r11b6r Member Posts: 16,584 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You CAN mail long guns to yourself- Recipient is not to open the package, but hold for you. Unless you have an 01 Dealers FFL, you cannot mail a handgun. Handguns can be shipped to yourself by UPS or FedX next day air (pricy). IF you are flying, you CAN check unloaded firearms as checked baggage. See your airline website for details. At one time, you could transport handguns THRU Canada by declaring them, filling out import paperwork, placing in bag that was sealed with Customs seal, not to be opened until yo left Canada, but times have changed.
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  • Sig220_Ruger77Sig220_Ruger77 Member Posts: 12,754 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:It used to be no fee to bring a rifle or shotgun through Canada-that changed and now there is a fee-you can check Canadian customs for the forms. No semi-auto's or any handguns. A pump 12 gauge is your best bet as the times I've gone through they never hassled me about it and it will handle a bear with no problem. Now if you are going fishing and were going to pack a handgun thats a different story.

    Not true. As long as it meets the requirements set fourth(minimum barrel length, etc.) then it is placed in the "restricted" firearm section and you must get the correct paperwork and fill it out before you go through Canada. Canada has 3 different sections for firearms: illegal, restricted, and nonrestricted(for lack of better term). Nonrestricted firearms only require you to fill out a firearms declaration, which can be done ahead of time or as you passing through the country. This section includes most rifles and shotguns.

    Jon
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  • TxsTxs Member Posts: 17,809 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Anyone know the drill on transporting guns if you drive to Seattle and then take the ferry on up to Alaska?
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  • ruger41ruger41 Member Posts: 14,665 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Jon0322
    quote:It used to be no fee to bring a rifle or shotgun through Canada-that changed and now there is a fee-you can check Canadian customs for the forms. No semi-auto's or any handguns. A pump 12 gauge is your best bet as the times I've gone through they never hassled me about it and it will handle a bear with no problem. Now if you are going fishing and were going to pack a handgun thats a different story.

    Not true. As long as it meets the requirements set fourth(minimum barrel length, etc.) then it is placed in the "restricted" firearm section and you must get the correct paperwork and fill it out before you go through Canada. Canada has 3 different sections for firearms: illegal, restricted, and nonrestricted(for lack of better term). Nonrestricted firearms only require you to fill out a firearms declaration, which can be done ahead of time or as you passing through the country. This section includes most rifles and shotguns.

    Jon


    well maybe times have changed--the last time I went through(1987) and told the agent I had a shotgun the customs agent directly told me he was searching the vehicle and if he found any handguns I was going to jail as Americans weren't allowed to bring them into Canada--then again what should one expect from a gov't agent from any country-thanks for the update Jon
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