UPS 'lost' my lower receiver.

[merl]

UPS Customer service how may i help you.
Yes a firearm was lost in transit from the manufacture. it has been XX days with no response. As of today i have notified the ATF about theft within your organization, have a good day.

UPS "lost " a FN-FAL i shipped to MA say 10 years ago. Tracking showed in transit, yet no delivery to the address it said "delivered" to. UPS jerked me around for 5 min, till i said. Your driver and warehouse have no idea where it went. No problem. I have ATF on the other line and they will be handling the investigation from here. 5 min later, that lost in space rifle was located, go figure.

And we wonder why shipping companies don't like shipping firearms. Anything else it'd be "was it insured?"

[Great-Kazoo]

And we wonder why shipping companies don't like shipping firearms. Anything else it'd be "was it insured?"

BS. IF we have to jump through their hoops to ship a firearm. They should be held to the same level, if not higher, of accountability.

[merl]

BS. IF we have to jump through their hoops to ship a firearm. They should be held to the same level, if not higher, of accountability.

Would there be as many hoops if a lost package didn't result in threats of getting the feds involved? They have an interest in stopping thieves and loss, it is not like they don't care.

In a perfect world UPS and FedEx would just worry about shipping packages in accordance with the law. Not the moral implications on society of the contents of the packages. When was the last time anyone at a UPS store asked if you were shipping child pornography or something like that?

Been asked about alcohol before, hmmm ATF again...

Agreed, it should go like this: here is the package, no it is not hazmat, yes I want insurance.