Just was wondering...
I am a C&R FFL...so, as it is, any Gun I may aquire or purchase which qualifies under that, simply ships directly to me anyway from any State in the Union...no 'Brady', no anything.
If I leave a Gun I already own and have Legal posession of, with someone, in another State, and I have packaged it in a Box, and I direct them to hand the Parcel to the UPS Driver when the Truck comes at my direction for picking up the Parcel, with a Label I filled out, billing to my Account, to ship to me at my Home, or anywhere else I would intend to receive it, then, I'd say, in all reason and logic, I am shipping it to myself.
If I am not present, and someone else kindly packages my personal property for me, at my request, as my defacto representative and appointed Agent, and I provide an instrution and Label and so on, it bills to my Account, I have the UPS Truck arrive and pick up the Parel...I do not see what difference it would make. I am still shipping it to myself, if in this case, by enlisting the assistance of an on-site appointed Agent, acting in my behalf, to do so.
The real question here, far as Legality, is probably one of when, or if, a 'Transfer' is required to be involved.
Or, appearently, I can purchase a non-C&R-qualified Gun, from another State, where I am not present, and it can be my private property by virtue of my having bought and paid for it (under Common Law, I'd expect )...but I can be prohibited from assuming posession of it, if any Interstate Commerece is involved, untill the requirements for 'Transfer' are satisfied.
Or, my ownership of it is not recognised, until the requirements of 'Transfer' are satisfied...with rights of posession, being then incidental or dependant on the satisfactory 'Transfer'.
Just trying to understand all this better.