Forgive me if this has been beaten to death but I want to be sure we do this right. Years ago, when my son lived in the same state I gave him an old H&R 22 revolver with the condition that if he ever didn’t want it that he would give it back to me. He has been in Colorado for a number of years and is about to move to California. He has never used it and doesn’t have much interest in keeping it. He would take it to California except I’ve cautioned him that it isn’t on their list of approved firearms and that he would probably have serious problems if caught with it. Thus, he wants to send it to me.
As I understand the sticky, he can send it to himself at my address but I can never open the box. Of course this will cause a problem as I wouldn’t be able to ship it back to him if he moves out of California. He can send it to me by sending it, with a copy of his driver’s license, to an FFL here. I would need to verify that my local FFL would accept a gun from a non-FFL sender. If they won’t, he would have to find a FFL in Colorado to send it here. Of course, we need to check current USPS, UPS and FedEx policies about shipping a handgun. Given the FFL’s name, it will be pretty obvious it is a firearm so USPS is probably out unless a Colorado FFL is the sender. UPS or FedEx might be kind of expensive so it might be cheaper to find a Colorado FFL. Is my understanding correct? Thank you.
I know I could make the argument that he is simply returning what I loaned him years ago but I'd rather be overly cautious than risk legal hassles over a small item.
As I understand the sticky, he can send it to himself at my address but I can never open the box. Of course this will cause a problem as I wouldn’t be able to ship it back to him if he moves out of California. He can send it to me by sending it, with a copy of his driver’s license, to an FFL here. I would need to verify that my local FFL would accept a gun from a non-FFL sender. If they won’t, he would have to find a FFL in Colorado to send it here. Of course, we need to check current USPS, UPS and FedEx policies about shipping a handgun. Given the FFL’s name, it will be pretty obvious it is a firearm so USPS is probably out unless a Colorado FFL is the sender. UPS or FedEx might be kind of expensive so it might be cheaper to find a Colorado FFL. Is my understanding correct? Thank you.
I know I could make the argument that he is simply returning what I loaned him years ago but I'd rather be overly cautious than risk legal hassles over a small item.