FFL shipping whoops

[spqrzilla]

Firearms can be in the mail so one would have to both detect and then research shipper and recipient.

[GilpinGuy]

How would it be detected thought unless they are looking at all the mail? Today I shipped two starters. Could have been a box full of disassembled pistols or gun parts. Actually, with AR parts, people regularly ship boxes of disassembled gun parts. It would take a gun person to know which part of the gun isn't okay to be in the mail.

Firearms can be in the mail so one would have to both detect and then research shipper and recipient.

I guess I'm a bit naive then...this all makes sense. Freaking bombs can be sent through the mail and not be detected, so why not a used firearm? With the surveillance state what it is these days, I guess I assumed they could detect this stuff. Have another beer John......

No repercussions for an FFL that mistakenly sends a firearm to the wrong address? Not that I think that their should be or will be, but I could see that being kind of a problem for an FFL.

[Circuits]

I guess I'm a bit naive then...this all makes sense. Freaking bombs can be sent through the mail and not be detected, so why not a used firearm? With the surveillance state what it is these days, I guess I assumed they could detect this stuff. Have another beer John......

No repercussions for an FFL that mistakenly sends a firearm to the wrong address? Not that I think that their should be or will be, but I could see that being kind of a problem for an FFL.

An FFL shipping to a non-FFL will result in a missed or falsified entry in their 4473, which may or may not be caught by their IOI at their next regular inspection. Depending on your region, you might only get inspected every five or six years.

If caught, it'll generate a report, and if severe enough, or blatant enough could result in suspension or revocation of their FFL, and possibly even fines or criminal charges at the discretion of the US Atty for the region.

That is, if the dealer's even still in business by the time the next inspection comes around.