The new reality of shipping firearms, especially handguns is not good at all.
Other question that came up, buy a handgun thru a seller on GunBroker and have it transferred thru a small shop that doesn't have a shipper account with FedEx or UPS.
Try to return it to the seller, as a person you have zero options, and in the case I describe the licensed dealer only has USPS as an option.
In other words, ask your questions before making the purchase and be sure you really want what you are buying.

Richard