Flying with a handgun out of Newark

[NavyLCDR]

However the wording is a bit ambiguous.

The wording is not ambiguous at all:

UPS accepts packages containing firearms (as defined by Title 18, Chapter 44, and Title 26, Chapter 53 of the United States Code), from and between persons not otherwise prohibited from shipping firearms by federal, state, or local law, and when such shipment complies with all federal, state, and local laws applicable to the shipper, recipient, and package.

You ARE a PERSON and you are NOT otherwise prohibited from shipping or receiving a firearm shipped by you to yourself.

 

[hirundo82]

UPS rules allow you to ship a firearm to yourself, but their employees don't seem to be well-educated in the matter. When I've done it before, I've gone in with printouts of their policies they will ship for people not otherwise prohibited from shipping firearms as well as a printout of the ATF FAQ saying that it is legal to ship to yourself. You may have to be persistent (don't be hesitant about asking asking for a supervisor), but it is allowed both by law and by UPS's policies to ship a firearm to yourself interstate.

 

[WC145]

Geez, fly out of CT with the gun in your checked luggage and be done with it. If you choose the right flights the layovers when switching planes aren't so bad.

 

[bushmaster1313]

A hunter I know got nabbed at Newark and it was a big hassle even though he was within the law and they let him go, with his gun, after he had missed his flight to Alaska.

I would not fly through Newark with a gun.

 

[GRIZ22]

I have flown out of Newark several times with a handgun in my checked luggage. I was never asked for anything more than the photo id required for check in. There never has been any involvement with Port Authority Police. Yes, there have been problems in the past (4-5 years ago) but I don't know of any since then.

Keep in mind that flying with a connecting flight gives one more chance for your luggage to be lost/stolen during the transfer.

 

[xquercus]

Two years ago a sent a number of hand guns across country to myself being careful to follow federal law and UPS's own policies. I ran into a problem at UPS, however, as the person behind the counter said they only accepted handguns from individuals with a federal firearms license. This is clearly different than what their policy stated. The packages had already been paid for online so this was a huge pain. I happen to have a C&R license so I told the individual behind the counter I had a FFL. This is true, even though my C&R license has absolutely no relation to my ownership of modern non-C&R eligible hand guns. She didn't ask to see a copy of my license, so that was that. She accepted the packages and even held up the truck that was just leaving because she was "nervous" about having hand guns sitting around in the terminal overnight.

In speaking with others, it seems that one's success in shipping a hand gun via UPS is mostly determined by the individual behind the counter. Not any UPS policy.

 

[bushmaster1313]

In NJ many of the local UPS stores do not want to handle any guns but the major UPS center will

 

[hirundo82]

Per UPS policy, firearms have to be shipped from a "Customer Center" (located at their shipping hubs). You can't ship from a UPS store.

 

[AirForceShooter]

My Mailbox guy will ship a gun.
You have to tell him and it has to go overnight air but after that he good to go.

His attitude is I'm not breaking the law.

AFS