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Gun buying question
spas12
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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?
Comments
Count your blessings, chastise the seller and put him on your "do not buy from again" list.
Kim
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.
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
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.