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[really]

USPS considers allowing people to ship handguns through the mail​

USPS considers allowing people to ship handguns through the mail
What could go wrong
article said must be unloaded, who is going to check that
P.O. better stock up on some arrow keys
abcnews.com/US/wireStory/usps-considers-allowing-people-ship-handguns-mail-132755642

 

[NorthernPines]

We already ship firearms.

I deliver multiple long guns a month. Having an FFL for convenience is not uncommon in the sticks. If anything, most handguns are safer to ship than long guns due to internal mechanics, such as firing pin blocks; preventing discharge in the event of a drop event.

 

[shoe72]

I'd be more worried about shipping alcohol through the mail. You want wine bottles or liquor bottles cracking open or leaking into your oven-like LLV during the summer or sliding around the back of the Metris when you make a sharp turn? Imagine a alcohol smelling POV?
I did read in the new union mag that the PMG said this was a good money making idea. Wonder if he would like his Cadillac smelling like cheap whiskey or stale beer in the hot summer months?

 

[Rogtar]

I'd be more worried about shipping alcohol through the mail. You want wine bottles or liquor bottles cracking open or leaking into your oven-like LLV during the summer or sliding around the back of the Metris when you make a sharp turn? Imagine a alcohol smelling POV?
I did read in the new union mag that the PMG said this was a good money making idea. Wonder if he would like his Cadillac smelling like cheap whiskey or stale beer in the hot summer months?

Imagine getting pulled over by the cops for them smelling alcohol! Oh but it would be a perfect excuse for the ones who drink and drive to never get caught.

 

[Drauwst]

allow me to carry and sure

 

[Gotrope]

I used to deliver custom guns for LEO'S and military all the time. A specific company did specialist work on them. They also did custom badges and quick reloads. I never had a issue delivering their stuff. At the time,they were sent as registered mail. It was common to deliver 50 plus registered items a day to them.

Guns don't worry me that much. I'd be more concern bout propellants in hot vehicles.

 

[Rt2mailman]

Many things are not allowed tI be delivered in the USPS but go through our hands every day. Amazon doesn't really care what our rules are they just send it anyway. For example i had a leaking parcel and my PM said to bag it and delivered it, I said no, I'll leave a notice. That customer happened to have another parcel that day and told me,"I had a leaking parcel? I hope you didn't get any of that on your hands, it was concentrated pesticide". It is illegal for pesticide to be shipped, but there is no method to correct Amazon for doing so. Many of Amazon's employees can't read English and wouldn't even know what the lables say anyway. With that knowledge, I now force only my manager to touch any leaking parcel while she cleans up any spill from any parcel in our office, and reporting to every employee that could have touched it or it's contents, what was inside and leaking.