Looking for a firearm friendly freeper int the Los Angeles area.

8/9/08 | Me

[ken21]

hire a lawyer.

[driftdiver]

Does UPS even carry firearms any more?

[JerseyHighlander]

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.

[JerseyHighlander]

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.

[Fred]

NRA Members Council West LA

Bruce is based in So Cal. - Bruce Colodny Firearms Lawyer - Defending Firearm Rights Since 1982

[1rudeboy]

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.

[fella]

Are you with the BATF?

[highlander_UW]

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.

[Jeff Gordon]

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.

[FatherFig1o155]

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

[Jeff Gordon]

Are you with the BATF?

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

[FatherFig1o155]

Word.

[Soliton]

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.

[Jeff Gordon]

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.

[fella]

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

[herewego]

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.

[Jeff Gordon]

Fedex does if it is disassembled.

Thank you for that information.

[driftdiver]

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

[1rudeboy]

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.