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Looking for a firearm friendly freeper int the Los Angeles area.
8/9/08 | Me

Posted on 08/09/2008 6:19:32 PM PDT by Jeff Gordon

I am looking for a freeper in the LA area who would be willing help me out.

I received a latter in the mail from the LA Police Department. They have recovered a firearm that was stolen from me over a decade ago. They would like to return it to me however there is a catch.

I, or my "agent," has to pick up the firearm at a LA police station. They will dispose of the firearm at the end of October if I do not pick it up before then. My problem is that I live is San Jose and never have occasion to be in LA

I am looking for a LA freeper who would be willing to act as my agent, pick up the firearm and UPS it up to me. I would be willing to pay you for your trouble.

If you think you might be able to do this for me, please send me a freepmail.

Any alternative suggestions or advice on this matter would be greatly appreciated.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Hobbies; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: banglist; lapd; losangeles
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1 posted on 08/09/2008 6:19:34 PM PDT by Jeff Gordon
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To: Jeff Gordon

hire a lawyer.


2 posted on 08/09/2008 6:22:18 PM PDT by ken21 (people die and you never hear from them again.)
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To: Jeff Gordon

Does UPS even carry firearms any more?


3 posted on 08/09/2008 6:22:36 PM PDT by driftdiver (No More Obama - The corruption hasnÂ’t changed despite all our hopes.)
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To: Jeff Gordon

This is an extremely sketchy proposition to put forth over a public forum.

I’m not sure you will find this forum to be warm to this thread.

Sounds like a sting operation.

IDK if you are being honest or not, but the BS alarm just went off.


4 posted on 08/09/2008 6:23:41 PM PDT by JerseyHighlander
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To: driftdiver

UPS does not ship firearms across state borders, I’m not sure about in-state, but I think if you try to insure a firearm for in-state transport and declare the contents as firearm, they will refuse to take the parcel.


5 posted on 08/09/2008 6:25:35 PM PDT by JerseyHighlander
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To: ken21
NRA Members Council West LA

Bruce is based in So Cal. - Bruce Colodny Firearms Lawyer - Defending Firearm Rights Since 1982
6 posted on 08/09/2008 6:26:18 PM PDT by Fred (The Democrat Party is the Nadir of Nihilism)
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To: Jeff Gordon
Well, think of it this way. If the firearm was involved in a crime, then the LAPD already knows where you are, and probably wouldn't try to "trick" you into coming down to the station. (You haven't used firearms in a crime, I hope--meaning that the LAPD is not trying to trick you into relinquishing your fingerprints).

You might want to give a heads-up to your lawyer before heading over, but it's not something I'd worry about. Just go and find out what's up. They'll want you to prove the firearm is yours, obviously.

7 posted on 08/09/2008 6:27:44 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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Are you with the BATF?


8 posted on 08/09/2008 6:28:31 PM PDT by fella (.He that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough." Pv.28:19')
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To: JerseyHighlander
This is an extremely sketchy proposition to put forth over a public forum.

dI concur entirely. Assuming your end is entirely on the up and up, consider your own protection. What happens if someone agrees to help you. They go pick up the weapon as your representative and turn around and use it in a crime...are you going to then go to the authorities and try to convince them that your selected representative was a thief or felon? You should make the time to go pick it up yourself, or tell the authorities to dispose of the weapon for you.

9 posted on 08/09/2008 6:29:02 PM PDT by highlander_UW (illegal alien is to an undocumented worker as a drug dealer is to an unlicensed pharmacist)
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To: JerseyHighlander

How might it be a sting operation? A firearm was stolen from me. The letter I got was from the LA police. It looked pretty official. I am honest about this but now you have me worried about the cops and what they may be up to. I am honest and ancient citizen who has never been in any sort of trouble with law.


10 posted on 08/09/2008 6:30:41 PM PDT by Jeff Gordon ("An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile hoping it will eat him last." Churchill)
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To: fella

Isn’t Jeff Gordon a NASCAR driver? What does he even need a gun for?


11 posted on 08/09/2008 6:31:15 PM PDT by FatherFig1o155 (Politicians, like underwear, should be changed often, and for the same reasons)
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To: fella
Are you with the BATF?

Nope. Not my type of job. I am a simple, retired software engineer.

12 posted on 08/09/2008 6:32:31 PM PDT by Jeff Gordon ("An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile hoping it will eat him last." Churchill)
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To: JerseyHighlander

Word.


13 posted on 08/09/2008 6:32:35 PM PDT by FatherFig1o155 (Politicians, like underwear, should be changed often, and for the same reasons)
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To: JerseyHighlander
UPS does not ship firearms across state borders

Fedex does if it is disassembled. I have sent pistols to S&W for repair using them.

14 posted on 08/09/2008 6:33:22 PM PDT by Soliton (> 100)
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To: highlander_UW

I hear you. There are all sorts of forms that I will have fill out including a notarized one for the agent. I assume that the agent would have to be fully identified.


15 posted on 08/09/2008 6:35:27 PM PDT by Jeff Gordon ("An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile hoping it will eat him last." Churchill)
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To: Jeff Gordon

I’ll have to go along with JerseyHighlander this whole situation does not pass the smell test.


16 posted on 08/09/2008 6:36:01 PM PDT by fella (.He that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough." Pv.28:19')
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To: Jeff Gordon

UPS will still ship guns, they just have to be shipped next day air, (as of a coupla years ago). See if the police will ship it to a dealer near you c.o.d. or prepaid.
Good luck.


17 posted on 08/09/2008 6:36:17 PM PDT by herewego (Got .45?)
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To: Soliton
Fedex does if it is disassembled.

Thank you for that information.

18 posted on 08/09/2008 6:36:55 PM PDT by Jeff Gordon ("An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile hoping it will eat him last." Churchill)
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To: Jeff Gordon

If it were Texas I wouldn’t be too worried. In CA I wouldn’t get involved with this no matter what.


19 posted on 08/09/2008 6:37:07 PM PDT by driftdiver (No More Obama - The corruption hasnÂ’t changed despite all our hopes.)
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To: Jeff Gordon
You are over-analyzing this . . . even if you send a duly-authorized agent, what's to keep the LAPD from coming after you? The cops know where you live.
20 posted on 08/09/2008 6:37:15 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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