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Gun buying question

spas12spas12 Member Posts: 571 ✭✭✭✭
edited August 2013 in Ask the Experts
If I were to buy a gun online and the seller were to mistakenly ship it directly to me instead o0f the ffl, what would be the best course of action to take?

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  • toad67toad67 Member Posts: 13,009 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Deal with it privately rather than in a public forum[;)] Contact the receiving FFL holder and figure out what he wants to do.
  • 322nd322nd Member Posts: 82 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yes, handle it privately (don't ask me how I know). If you live in a state like I do (ohio), where private gun ownership is not overly restrictive, then be thankful that the deed wasn't discovered by the U.S. Mail authorities enroute to you.
    Count your blessings, chastise the seller and put him on your "do not buy from again" list.
    Kim
  • competentonecompetentone Member Posts: 4,696 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'd just act as a "private carrier" finishing the last leg of its shipment to the FFL where it was supposed to go -- assuming the receiving FFL is OK with that. By taking that action, you're making it clear (particularly if this is an interstate transfer) that you and the seller had no intention of breaking the law.

    A clerical error (entering the wrong shipping address) isn't violating the law since there was not intent to break the law. By "finishing" the transaction, as it was intended to be done -- through the receiving FFL -- you are clearly demonstrating that it actually was just a clerical error.

    I'd say it's particularly important to finish the transaction by you bringing it to the FFL who was supposed to receive it, if the seller was an FFL; that way the sending FFL's records match the receiving FFL's records.
  • Sky SoldierSky Soldier Member Posts: 460
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by competentone
    I'd just act as a "private carrier" finishing the last leg of its shipment to the FFL where it was supposed to go -- assuming the receiving FFL is OK with that. By taking that action, you're making it clear (particularly if this is an interstate transfer) that you and the seller had no intention of breaking the law.

    A clerical error (entering the wrong shipping address) isn't violating the law since there was not intent to break the law. By "finishing" the transaction, as it was intended to be done -- through the receiving FFL -- you are clearly demonstrating that it actually was just a clerical error.

    I'd say it's particularly important to finish the transaction by you bringing it to the FFL who was supposed to receive it, if the seller was an FFL; that way the sending FFL's records match the receiving FFL's records.

    That's what I'd do.

    SS
  • dcs shootersdcs shooters Member Posts: 10,870 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Do as above, unless you are in the same state as the seller [;)] In state buyers can receive them without a receiving FFL [^]
  • gruntledgruntled Member Posts: 8,218 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by dcs shooters
    Do as above, unless you are in the same state as the seller [;)] In state buyers can receive them without a receiving FFL [^]


    Unless you live in the Demokratik Peoples Republik of Kalifornia.
  • CheechakoCheechako Member Posts: 563 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    What gruntled said. And, the same thing may apply to other States and to some cities and counties. Mailing a long gun to a buyer in the same state is allowable under Federal law. But, it might be very much illegal in some places.
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