silicosys4
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Hello,
I have an issue, Its pretty much resolved at this point, but I'm curious as to the legal implications of my situation.
So a few weeks ago I bid on and won a barreled receiver for a .22 rifle on an online auction. Just the barrel and receiver.
Well, there must have been some confusion, because I received shipping notification that Fedex was trying to deliver said barreled receiver directly to my house...at an address I haven't lived at in quiet some time.
I called the business who auctioned off and shipped the barreled receiver, and the guy told me they "have been having a problem with shipping a few barreled receivers off to people who aren't ffl's"
Now they are calling FedEx and having the barrel and receiver shipped back to them for reshipping to my FFL.
Now, my question is, at what point would I have committed a crime by taking into my possession a firearm that was illegally shipped across state lines, and not through an FFL? As soon as the package was on my doorstep?
If I had been expecting a couple of packages, that fedex shipping notification wouldn't have raised any red flags and I wouldn't have known about it until I was unwrapping the dang thing in my living room.
I have an issue, Its pretty much resolved at this point, but I'm curious as to the legal implications of my situation.
So a few weeks ago I bid on and won a barreled receiver for a .22 rifle on an online auction. Just the barrel and receiver.
Well, there must have been some confusion, because I received shipping notification that Fedex was trying to deliver said barreled receiver directly to my house...at an address I haven't lived at in quiet some time.
I called the business who auctioned off and shipped the barreled receiver, and the guy told me they "have been having a problem with shipping a few barreled receivers off to people who aren't ffl's"
Now they are calling FedEx and having the barrel and receiver shipped back to them for reshipping to my FFL.
Now, my question is, at what point would I have committed a crime by taking into my possession a firearm that was illegally shipped across state lines, and not through an FFL? As soon as the package was on my doorstep?
If I had been expecting a couple of packages, that fedex shipping notification wouldn't have raised any red flags and I wouldn't have known about it until I was unwrapping the dang thing in my living room.