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Democratic Senators abuse power to hinder gun owners.

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Both UPS and FedEx have recently announced changes in their policies about shipping firearms. They now require that firearms only be shipped by Federal Firearms License holders (FFLs), to other FFLs.

This new policy comes after letters were sent from a group of Democratic senators to a variety of shipping companies, including UPS and FedEx.


The letters were signed by Senators Edward Markey (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Cory A. Booker (D-N.J.), Christopher S. Murphy (D-Conn.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.).

In them they asked questions about shipping security and informed the companies of the following:

Under existing law, only licensed gun dealers and manufacturers — known as Federal Firearms Licenses (FFL) — can ship a firearm across state lines.

The problem is that it's not true. Existing law allows an non-licensee to ship interstate to a licensee or manufacturer.

May a nonlicensee ship a firearm by common or contract carrier?

A nonlicensee may ship a firearm by a common or contract carrier to a resident of his or her or her own state or to a licensee in any state.
[18 U.S.C. 922(a)(2)(A)] [emphasis added]

May a nonlicensee ship a firearm by common or contract carrier? | Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

A nonlicensee may ship a firearm by a common or contract carrier to a resident of his or her or her own state or to a licensee in any state. A common or contract carrier must be used to ship a handgun. In addition, federal law requires that the carrier be notified that the shipment contains a...
www.atf.gov

If these Senators think that making shipping a firearm more inconvenient and expensive will somehow reduce crime, then they should introduce legislation to change the law. If they can't get it passed, they should take the hint and let the matter drop, instead of strong arming shipping companies to change their policies and misrepresenting the law to do it.
 
They know it doesn't reduce crime it's not about reducing crime and it's about reducing lawful ownership.

They know that if they got their way and I'm talking about all politicians Republicans too that those guns would be pointed at them. What you doing said is just trying to private carrier.
 
CLAX1911 said:
They know it doesn't reduce crime it's not about reducing crime and it's about reducing lawful ownership.
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Isn't 'lawful firearm ownership' a Constitutional 2A right?

Unlike the left's invented and manufactured rights?

CLAX1911 said:
They know that if they got their way and I'm talking about all politicians Republicans too that those guns would be pointed at them. What you doing said is just trying to private carrier.
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The government, the federal government in particular and the political elites at the top of that list, needs to come back to the realization that they work for the people and not for their own interests and pocket lining.

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eohrnberger said:
Isn't 'lawful firearm ownership' a Constitutional 2A right?
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yeah but that doesn't stop tyrants and they're lackeys from attempting to interfere with rights.
Yeah that Heller decision really shoots a hole in this whole agenda.
 

Good deal!
We have to use every tool in the toolbox to get these Gun Nuts up against the wall, imo.
I support these Democrat Senators.
BAN. THEM. ALL.
(crime will fall)
 

Where are UPS and FedEx required by law to ship firearms?
 
Phys251 said:
Where are UPS and FedEx required by law to ship firearms?
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They didn't seem to have a problem with shipping firearms until the government lied to them.
 
Rucker61 said:
They didn't seem to have a problem with shipping firearms until the government lied to them.
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That accusation doesn't answer my question.
 
CLAX1911 said:
yeah but that doesn't stop tyrants and they're lackeys from attempting to interfere with rights.
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Quite true.

CLAX1911 said:
Yeah that Heller decision really shoots a hole in this whole agenda.
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Not sure how the Heller decision plays into Congress' predilection for insider trading, nor any curbing of that.

Can you please elaborate?
 
Phys251 said:
Wrong. FedEx and UPS are private corporations, are they not? So who's to say what they must ship?
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The topic is about what they were falsely told not to ship under penalty of law. It's about the government lying. Do you have a problem with members of the government lying to the public?

They were already willing to ship firearms.
 
Rucker61 said:
The topic is about what they were falsely told not to ship under penalty of law. It's about the government lying. Do you have a problem with members of the government lying to the public?

They were already willing to ship firearms.
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Ah, I see your point. I need to look into this.
 

Exactly how is writing a letter with misinformation abusing their power? How is a mail packages carrier totally agreeing with these five Senators on what should be a federal law an abuse of power by the letter authors?
 
Patriotic Voter said:
Exactly how is writing a letter with misinformation abusing their power? How is a mail packages carrier totally agreeing with these five Senators on what should be a federal law an abuse of power by the letter authors?
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Because they flat-out deliberately lied for no good reason.
 
".....law enforcement reportedly recovered more
than 6,600 guns used in crimes that were traced back to dealers who claimed to have never received them and never reported the theft or loss to law enforcement......"


Cons love it when guns are stolen during shipment (end up in the hands of criminals) and not reported, they want everyone to be equally able to not report their lost and stolen firearms.
 
eohrnberger said:
Isn't lawful firearm ownership' a constitutional 2A right?
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Only as long as people obey all gun laws, of course. The Fourth Amendment takes that right away from all gun crime suspects.

eohrnberger said:
Unlike the left's invented and manufactured rights?
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Everyone knows Democrats did not invent and manufacture any gun rights because what they are doing is taking them away. Use your head.
 
Patriotic Voter said:
Exactly how is writing a letter with misinformation abusing their power? How is a mail packages carrier totally agreeing with these five Senators on what should be a federal law an abuse of power by the letter authors?
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On two counts. One is that if they want to change how things are done, they should change the law. If they can't get enough support from the rest of the people's elected representatives to get a new law through the House and the Senate and then signed by the President, then things don't change. That's how democracy is supposed to work.

The second is misrepresenting what the existing law is. That's just irresponsible.
 
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True, there’s a scarcity of guns in the US, and this rule will make it even harder to find them. Solution: Get a license. Ship all the guns you want.
 
Nickyjo said:
True, there’s a scarcity of guns in the US, and this rule will make it even harder to find them. Solution: Get a license. Ship all the guns you want.
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The law only allows non-licensees to ship to licensees and manufacturers. Why was this a problem?
Do you have an issue with US Senators lying to push agenda?
 
Nickyjo said:
True, there’s a scarcity of guns in the US, and this rule will make it even harder to find them. Solution: Get a license. Ship all the guns you want.
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Gee, I wish it were that easy. Getting a license requires getting a business license, and where I live in California it would be nearly impossible to get a business license for a "gun store" where I live. Then I'd have to put up with the local paper doxing me by printing a list of all FFLs in the county with headlines like "Is there a gun dealer in YOUR neighborhood? Threat or Menace?". Not to mention the odds of ATF issuing a license without a brick and mortar store are iffy.
 

True, but there is no chance of that happening with only 48 real Democrats in the Senate and the House of Representatives expected to turn red. If they were just making suggestions for a corporate policy change without lying about the law, would you be happy?
 
No. Again, if they can't get enough support in Congress to pass a new law, then they have no business trying to undermine the will of the people by implementing a de facto new law by strong arming shipping companies.
 
What would be their purpose in asking for a policy change, given that the only legal destinations for shipments are to FFLs and the manufacturer of the firearm.

The USPS does not ship handguns.
 
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