Shipping Handgun with FFL 03

[generalmeow]

Circuits, do you know that for sure? The USPS regs seem to indicate otherwise:

But it's still not crystal clear. It seems like it's saying I can use USPS to mail a C&R handgun to another FFL 03. I would assume then that I can mail it to any FFL greater than 03 as well, but it doesn't say that.

http://about.usps.com/postal-bulletin/2011/pb22321/html/updt_001.htm


12.1.2Handguns

[Revise 12.1.2 as follows:]
Handguns and other firearms capable of being concealed on the person are nonmailable unless mailed between the parties listed in 12.1.3 and 12.1.5 after the filing of an affi­davit or statement required by 12.1.4 and 12.1.6, and are subject to the following:
a. Firearms meeting the definition of a handgun under 12.1.1b, and the definition of curios or relics under 27 CFR 478.11 may be mailed between curio and relic collectors only when those firearms also meet the definition of an antique firearm under 12.1.1g.


12.1.1Definitions
The terms used in this standard are defined as follows:
[Delete current items 12.1.1a and 12.1.1g in their entirety and replace with the following.]
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 an antique firearm.
b.Firearm frame or receiver is the part of a firearm that provides housing for the hammer, bolt or breech­block, and firing mechanism and that is usually threaded at its forward portion to receive the barrel.
c.Handgun (including pistols and revolvers) means any firearm that has a short stock and is designed to be held and fired by the use of a single hand and subject to 12.1.1a, or a combination of parts from which a handgun can be assembled.
d.Other firearms capable of being concealed on the person include, but are not limited to, short-barreled shotguns and short-barreled rifles.
e.Short-barreled shotgun means a shotgun that has one or more barrels less than 18 inches long. The term short-barreled rifle means a rifle that has one or more barrels that are less than 16 inches long. These definitions include any weapon made from a shotgun or rifle, whether by alteration, modification, or other­wise, if such weapon as modified has an overall length of less than 26 inches. A short-barreled shot­gun or rifle of greater dimension may be regarded as nonmailable when it has characteristics to allow con­cealment on the person.
f.Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) manufacturer, deal­er, or importer of firearms means a manufacturer, dealer, or importer duly licensed by the Bureau of Al­cohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) under Chapter 44, Title 18, United States Code (U.S.C.).
g.Curio and relic collector means an individual licensed by ATF to transfer or receive only those firearms de­fined as curios or relics by ATF under Title 27, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), section 478.11.

12.1.1.G doesn't directly define an antique firearm either, but I know this handgun is defined as C&R by the listed ATF code. But it's not defined as an antique firearm under the listed ATF code.

I assume that whoever wrote the USPS code doesn't know that there's a difference, as they seem to interchange C&R with Antique.

EDIT - now that I'm looking through this again, I'm not so sure they don't know the difference. I think they mean you can ship a C&R handgun, but it also has to be an antique handgun, which by the ATF definition pretty much eliminates any popular C&R handguns. Antique, by their definition, means you basically can't get ammo for it anymore through commercial channels.