Shipping Handguns

[dwood]

I tried searching this topic w/o success. My apologies if it has been covered before.

What is the rationale for requiring non-FFL's, when shipping a handgun, to do it 'overnight'? Or FFL's to use 2-day air?

Why not 'regular ground'?

Are they afraid that 'the longer in transit', the greater chance for theft?

 

[kingpin008]

Basically, yes. The shipping companies were experiencing high levels of theft, so they figured that the less time in transit, the less chance of things going missing on the way to their destination.

 

[Shadow 7D]

There is a sticky in general handguns and I believe in rifles too...
Always insure, or see if a freindly FFL will ship it for you
they get to use the Post Office, and a $15 insured priority box beats the hell out of 50+ at Fedex or UPS