Catch 22

[Wolfsbane]

We've talked here about mailing a long gun through the mail to yourself or back to the manufacturer for repair. Also mailing a pistol holding the proper FFL.

I was in the post office today an noticed a sign saying it's illegal to carry a firearm into the facility.

So isn't this a catch 22? It's legal to mail one but illegal to bring it into the post office. A firearm in a box is definitely a concealed firearm.

So when you want to legally mail a firearm should you only use those private mailing facilities that accept mail for the USPS?

 

[Salmoneye]

Read the first line of part 'A' again...

 

[Frank Ettin]

Read the first line of part 'A' again...

Basically, that's the story. There's an exception which will allow someone who may lawfully mail a firearm (which for a non-FFL means a rifle or shotgun only and only to certain addressees) onto Post Office property properly packaged for mailing.