jlg
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I recently made a trade with someone out of state. I shipped him a NIB Bushmaster 97S Carbon-15 Pistol. It's a 7.5" AR15 without a buttstock. They are very hard to get a hold of and not cheap at all.
When the box arrived at the other FFL the gun was missing and a box of fireworks had been put into the box.
Local Police and ATF basically told me that because it is just one gun they probably won't do anything about it.
After just a couple of days UPS called me and said, "We have been unable to find your lost package and since you didn't pay for extra insurance we will be sending you a check for $100." Apparently UPS can steal from you and call it a lost package...even if the package was delivered with the wrong contents.
What angers me more than the loss of $900 is the fact that no one seems to care that a firearm was stolen. UPS barely put any effort into tracking it down and figured it would just be easier to pay $100 and move on.
Stealing a firearm is a felony. So basically we now have a felon walking around with a firearm that meets almost every "evil" criteria that the government wants to ban (short barrel, flash suppressor, 30-round magazine, pistol grip, detachable magazine)...and nobody cares.
But, on a positive note, the ATF did tell me, "If he ever uses it in a crime we'll be able to track the serial number and know that it was stolen." So that makes me feel much better.:banghead:
When the box arrived at the other FFL the gun was missing and a box of fireworks had been put into the box.
Local Police and ATF basically told me that because it is just one gun they probably won't do anything about it.
After just a couple of days UPS called me and said, "We have been unable to find your lost package and since you didn't pay for extra insurance we will be sending you a check for $100." Apparently UPS can steal from you and call it a lost package...even if the package was delivered with the wrong contents.
What angers me more than the loss of $900 is the fact that no one seems to care that a firearm was stolen. UPS barely put any effort into tracking it down and figured it would just be easier to pay $100 and move on.
Stealing a firearm is a felony. So basically we now have a felon walking around with a firearm that meets almost every "evil" criteria that the government wants to ban (short barrel, flash suppressor, 30-round magazine, pistol grip, detachable magazine)...and nobody cares.
But, on a positive note, the ATF did tell me, "If he ever uses it in a crime we'll be able to track the serial number and know that it was stolen." So that makes me feel much better.:banghead: