Shipping a handgun help needed

[71Commander]

I sold a gun on gunbrokers, think it would be a cut and dried transaction. I have sold and shipped guns a few times before and had no problems, but I have never ran across this situation. I do not have an FFL. Shipping company would be UPS. Buyer sends me a money order and a copy signed in blue ink of his FFL. On the FFL, the address is a PO box. Well, UPS won't ship to a PO box. The FFL included a sheet of paper that gave instructions on what to do if the shipper (me) was not an FFL holder. It gave a numerical address to ship the gun to. I would be shipping a gun to an address that does not match the copy of the FFL. This doesn't sound very smart.

Questions.
Can a FFL use a PO box as a business address on it's document?
Is it legal to ship to an address that is not printed on the FFL?
Is agent Smuckatelli typing up an arrest warrent as you people read this?

Any help will be appreciated and thanks.

 

[Graystar]

No.
No.
No.

Further, it's UPS policy to only ship between licensees. You’d have to use FedEx in order to follow policy. However, it’s just policy...not law.

 

[MAKOwner]

Certainly smells fishy, my gut would say a PO Box as the address on the FFL is BS, but I'm not sure. Go here and use the ATF's EZ-Check to verify if the license number matches the address on the copy you have. https://www.atfonline.gov/FFLeZCheck

If not there is a number to call, at which case I'm sure they'll want the info on the address this guy is trying to get you to ship to...

 

[Dex Sinister]

Of course it might be worth noting that the Post Office does not have a policy against shipping "machined steel parts", which is what a gun is when it is partly disassembled and shipped in two separate boxes.

Obviously, some guns are easier to reduce to "parts" than others, so YMMV.

Dex }:>=-

 

[Graystar]

Of course it might be worth noting that the Post Office does not have a policy against shipping "machined steel parts", which is what a gun is when it is partly disassembled and shipped in two separate boxes.

That doesn't matter. The registered part, either a receiver or frame, is still considered a firearm.

 

[71Commander]

Thanks all.

 

[halvey]

Of course it might be worth noting that the Post Office does not have a policy against shipping "machined steel parts", which is what a gun is when it is partly disassembled and shipped in two separate boxes.

Uh huh. A good way to get your receiver confiscated. Good luck with that one.