mailing a ccw to oneself?

[ksievers]

If a person were to fly to a far western state, and then drive back to the midwest, alone, relying on naps at rest-stops, etc.. and therefore desired to have a ccw with... is it better to go through the hoops to check the ccw in baggage for the flight out... OR, is it OK to ship the ccw to a trusted someone at the destination, to procure for the drive home??

what are the ramifications/concerns for shipping a ccw across state lines, etc...?

thanks -

 

[Michael Brown]

If a person were to fly to a far western state, and then drive back to the midwest, alone, relying on naps at rest-stops, etc.. and therefore desired to have a ccw with... is it better to go through the hoops to check the ccw in baggage for the flight out... OR, is it OK to ship the ccw to a trusted someone at the destination, to procure for the drive home??

what are the ramifications/concerns for shipping a ccw across state lines, etc...?

thanks -

If you mail it back to yourself, you don't have your weapon at one of your most vulnerable times: From the gate to your car and from the parking lot to your home.

I'm perfectly willing to check the gun in order to have it at those times.

Michael Brown

 

[Wall]

I could be wrong but I didn't think you could ship a firearm to an individual.
It'd have to ship to an FFL.
Someone please correct me if that's not the case.

 

[repete34]

You can ship it to yourself, at address whatever. It must be air mail and most shipping place don't like to do it.

Checking a firearm and ammo is easy, and you will have it when you need it, as the above post stated.

 

[abinok]

which state are you flying into?

Most states there really isn't any "hoops" at all.

Look up your airlines regs. Look up tsa regs. print them. laminate them together. know them.

approach ticket counter, greet the folks there, tell them you need to "declare an unloaded firearm" and you will have one form to fill out... your personal info.
thats it!

If youre flying southwest your day will go really well.




some pointers:

you must use a lock. DO NOT USE A TSA LOCK its a felony.
pack an extra in the case. This way if one of the fine, well educated folks at tsa need to cut the lock from your case to verify that its unloaded you have an extra. Stick you cell# and name on the outside of your case, and on the firearm itself ( that blue masking tape is great). If they do open your case, they have no reason not to contact you. Your phone is on untill its almost time for departure anyway right?

At many airports you will be able to watch the luggage be screened by TSA. Standing there looking alert lets these guys know whats going on. Only once have I had a screener fail to see the gun, and look up searching for the guy whose gun it is. They make eyecontact, and communicate that you are good to go.

Youre flying with a pistol... pack the small case in your bigger luggage. Extra padding, and your gun case flies covert. Its not gonna disappear into a luggage throwers car at break time because they don't know it exists. Don't allow anyone to put a tag indicating the presence of a firearm on the outside of the case if they try, ask to speak to a manager, and produce those laminated sheets I brought up earlier. Its against the law to do so.


I fly with a gun about 4 times a year... have for several now.
its easy.
do it.

 

[vicious]

I'll only chime in to agree with what the others have said. It's easy, and it will let you have your CCW when you need it on the other end. I didn't have any issues doing the same when I went back to VA and drove a truck back here. Checked on the way out there, and had it on my person at all times that I was not in the terminal or plane.

 

[vvvvvvv]

I assume he is flying into a non-CCW state such as California. You must make sure that the firearm is legal in the state that your plane lands in.

Revell v. Port Authority (3d Cir. 2010) held that FOPA does not offer full protection in events such as missed connections due to late flights where you have to recheck your luggage, and that could be construed to include any transfer of the firearm to another vehicle.

 

[Rod Snell]

I could be wrong but I didn't think you could ship a firearm to an individual.
It'd have to ship to an FFL.
Someone please correct me if that's not the case.

There's a whole lot wrong so far.

1. Only an FFL can send a hangun through the Post Office(without it being a Federal Felony)..

2. You can use a common carrier to ship a handgun to an FFL, but not to an individual. Although Federal Law allows you to ship a gun to yourself, UPS and FEDEX won't do it as a matter of company policy; they insist on an FFL on one end or the other.

3. Some states require shipment into their state to go to an FFL, period, even if an FFL sent it.

4. Checking a gun on a flight is not that big a deal, even to CA. New York and New Jersey are special problems.

 

[justinsaneok]

There's a whole lot wrong so far.

1. Only an FFL can send a hangun through the Post Office(without it being a Federal Felony)..

2. You can use a common carrier to ship a handgun to an FFL, but not to an individual. Although Federal Law allows you to ship a gun to yourself, UPS and FEDEX won't do it as a matter of company policy; they insist on an FFL on one end or the other.

3. Some states require shipment into their state to go to an FFL, period, even if an FFL sent it.

4. Checking a gun on a flight is not that big a deal, even to CA. New York and New Jersey are special problems.

Listen to this guy! He's right.

 

[Wall]

There's a whole lot wrong so far.

1. Only an FFL can send a hangun through the Post Office(without it being a Federal Felony)..

2. You can use a common carrier to ship a handgun to an FFL, but not to an individual. Although Federal Law allows you to ship a gun to yourself, UPS and FEDEX won't do it as a matter of company policy; they insist on an FFL on one end or the other.

3. Some states require shipment into their state to go to an FFL, period, even if an FFL sent it.

4. Checking a gun on a flight is not that big a deal, even to CA. New York and New Jersey are special problems.

This is what I was thinking.
Also, when shipping to an FFL via UPS/Fed Ex they require you to ship it overnight.
Again, I could be wrong, I have never shipped a firearm anywhere.
But it seems that if it were that easy, there'd be no need for FFL transfers.