Shipping a Firearm to yourself across state lines......

[Hogwylde]

You live in state A. You have a business/another home in state B. You box up your firearm in state A and ship next day air to yourself in state B. You get on an airplane in state A and beat your package to your other location and take actual possession in state B. Legal, gray area, illegal. (shipping company regulations not in play here.)

 

[patience0830]

You live in state A. You have a business/another home in state B. You box up your firearm in state A and ship next day air to yourself in state B. You get on an airplane in state A and beat your package to your other location and take actual possession in state B. Legal, gray area, illegal. (shipping company regulations not in play here.)

Still your rifle. Legal to own both places. State regs may dictate it must go to an ffl for you to pick up but I do not know.

 

[gassprint1]

Check with the airport regulations. Probably cheaper to buy the locks and case to fly when you do.

 

[xwing]

It is legal per federal law to ship a gun to yourself (e.g. "in care of"). You don't have to be there when it arrives, so it's ok if the gun beats you there. You must also follow state law in both the "from" and "to" states. (e.g. in some of the strict anti-gun states, you may not be legal to possess the weapon, depending on type of weapon and circumstances.) So read the state laws carefully. But in most states, there is no problem whatsoever.

https://www.atf.gov/resource-center/docs/0813-firearms-top-12-qaspdf/download

 

[Mij]

You live in state A. You have a business/another home in state B. You box up your firearm in state A and ship next day air to yourself in state B. You get on an airplane in state A and beat your package to your other location and take actual possession in state B. Legal, gray area, illegal. (shipping company regulations not in play here.)

Don’t know if this is what you mean or not, but people fly with rifles every year to Alaska and Canada for hunting trips. It’s entirely legal provided you follow the airline protocol.

 

[Creedmoor]

Don’t know if this is what you mean or not, but people fly with rifles every year to Alaska, Colorado, Montana for hunting trips. It’s entirely legal provided you follow the airline protocol.

Yep, done all the time.

 

[Colt556]

Check with your airline for their policy and just take it with you on plane. You’d be surprised how many people fly with guns in the baggage hold.

 

[Thor]

In my former employed life I traveled extensively. I didn't like trusting even clothes and bathroom articles to the baggage monkeys, I would not trust a firearm I valued to them. I bought expensive armored luggage and they managed to break every one...sometimes I'd go claim my baggage and I could hear a razor or some other battery powered device running because it had been thrown/dropped so hard it turned on.

I doubt that the postal service is any more delicate in handling packages. I have received many things destroyed in transit.

Just drive there and take it with you; otherwise you are just rolling the dice and trusting people who do not deserve your trust to get it there in one piece.

 

[Destro]

Check with your airline for their policy and just take it with you on plane. You’d be surprised how many people fly with guns in the baggage hold.

Anytime I fly AA, my bag has always been taken to the baggage office by someone. Every city, every time. Probably 30+. After the first time I never had doubt my firearm would make it flying AA.

Southwest tosses it on the carousel with everyone elses.

 

[Mij]

Anytime I fly AA, my bag has always been taken to the baggage office by someone. Every city, every time. Probably 30+. After the first time I never had doubt my firearm would make it flying AA.

Southwest tosses it on the carousel with everyone elses.

Don’t think you can do that with a firearm.

 

[Thor]

Don’t think you can do that with a firearm.

Baggage monkeys don't care.

 

[Mij]

Baggage monkeys don't care.

No, but you must declare a firearm on board. After that it is in control of the airline. It receives special handling. They are in control of it until you reach your destination, they then return it to your control. It receives special handling from the time you relinquish it until you get it back. You must then leave the airport. It will never see the regular baggage carousel.

 

[gassprint1]

Don’t think you can do that with a firearm.

I've seen a couple videos of a guy that's always doing it. His biggest problem was tsa cutting his locks even when they had the key, so he was showing some special lock for firearms transport.