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If I can verify via Texas Driver's License that I'm shipping inside the state, Texan to Texan, would this be legal without going thru an FFL?
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So...If the receiver was made into a rifle it would be legal to ship via USPS?While Federal law doesn't prohibit such a shipment, you are going to find it difficult.
1. USPS prohibits you from mailing anything other than a rifle or shotgun. Receivers are classified by USPS the same as handguns, only mailable by dealers.
2. Neither UPS or FedEx will accept a nonlicensee to nonlicensee firearm shipment. It matters not one bit what the clerk at the UPS Store or Bobs Pack n Ship says......both carriers tariffs clearly state they will not accept such a shipment.
3. If you choose to ship it anyway, doing so USPS is a federal felony. Shipping via FedEx/UPS means any claim for loss, damage, theft will be denied because you violated their tariff. The counter clerk at USPS/FedEx/UPS cannot alter or change policy.
Well, yes because rifles and shotguns are clearly allowed by USPS.So...If the receiver was made into a rifle it would be legal to ship via USPS?
Does it have to be a functional barrel and shoulder stock?Add barrel and shoulder stock...................it's a rifle.
Does it have to be a functional barrel and shoulder stock?
There are lots of silly laws and rules (such as prohibiting shipment of handguns through the mail, but allowing shipment of rifles and shotguns). Sillyness isn't a reason for a law to not exist, so it's worth asking the question. That being said, how "functional" does the barrel and stock have to be in order to make the receiver a rifle?Don't be silly. If the stock and barrel aren't functional, it's still not a rifle.
There are lots of silly laws and rules (such as prohibiting shipment of handguns through the mail, but allowing shipment of rifles and shotguns). Sillyness isn't a reason for a law to not exist, so it's worth asking the question. That being said, how "functional" does the barrel and stock have to be in order to make the receiver a rifle?
Pistols, revolvers, and other firearms capable of being concealed on the person are nonmailable and shall not be deposited in or carried by the mails or delivered by any officer or employee of the Postal Service. Such articles may be conveyed in the mails, under such regulations as the Postal Service shall prescribe, for use in connection with their official duty, to officers of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, or Organized Reserve Corps; to officers of the National Guard or Militia of a State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District; to officers of the United States or of a State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District whose official duty is to serve warrants of arrest or commitments; to employees of the Postal Service; to officers and employees of enforcement agencies of the United States; and to watchmen engaged in guarding the property of the United States, a State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District. Such articles also may be conveyed in the mails to manufacturers of firearms or bona fide dealers therein in customary trade shipments, including such articles for repairs or replacement of parts, from one to the other, under such regulations as the Postal Service shall prescribe.
Whoever knowingly deposits for mailing or delivery, or knowingly causes to be delivered by mail according to the direction thereon, or at any place to which it is directed to be delivered by the person to whom it is addressed, any pistol, revolver, or firearm declared nonmailable by this section, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.
Except under 431.2, unloaded rifles and shotguns are mailable. Mailers must comply with the rules and regulations under 27 CFR, Part 478, as well as state and local laws. The mailer may be required by the USPS to establish, by opening the parcel or by written certification, that the rifle or shotgun is unloaded and not ineligible for mailing. The following conditions also apply:...
A rifle is a shoulder weapon having a barrel that is 16 inches or more in length. A shotgun is a shoulder weapon having a barrel that is 18 inches or more in length. Rifles and shotguns have an overall length of 26 inches or greater and cannot be concealed on a person.
Handguns and other firearms capable of being concealed on the person are nonmailable unless mailed between the parties listed in this section,...
...a. Firearm means any device, including a starter gun, which will, or is designed to, or may readily be converted to, expel a projectile by the action of an explosive; the frame or receiver of any such weapon; any firearm muffler or firearm silencer; or any destructive device; but the term shall not include antique firearms (except antique firearms meeting the description of a handgun or of a firearm capable of being concealed on a person).
b. Firearm frame or receiver is the part of a firearm which provides housing for the hammer, bolt or breechblock, and firing mechanism, and which is usually threaded at its forward portion to receive the barrel....
b. Other firearms capable of being concealed on the person include, but are not limited to, short-barreled shotguns and short-barreled rifles.
Probably true. Lowers are cheap, though tough to find at the moment.Not worth the chance, especially for just a stripped AR receiver.
Good Info! Thanks