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[BFThorp]

If you're going to the trouble of a sit in and getting water cannoned, first find a hot hippie chick to go to the sit in with you. While it's still warm anyway.

I like the way you're thinkin'

If you know of anyone that's down for the cause, let me know.

 

[wgsigs]

Nothing illegal about shipping firearms USPS.

Pertinent part from rsaylorii's link:

Exhibit 432.1
Mailability Requirements for Firearms

Unloaded Handgun
Handguns — e.g., pistols, revolvers, and other firearms capable of being concealed on the person — are nonmailable UNLESS mailed by a licensed manufacturer of firearms, or a licensed dealer of firearms, or an authorized agent of the federal government or government of a state, territory, or district, and ONLY when addressed to a person in one of the following categories for use in the person’s official duties AND upon filing the required affidavit or certificate, as applicable (see DMM 601.11.1.3–7):

 

[Renegade]

Pertinent part from rsaylorii's link:

Exhibit 432.1
Mailability Requirements for Firearms

Unloaded Handgun
Handguns — e.g., pistols, revolvers, and other firearms capable of being concealed on the person

A receiver with no other parts is not a pistol revolver or firearm under Postal Regulations.

 

[Southpaw]

A receiver with no other parts is not a pistol revolver or firearm under Postal Regulations.

Policies, Procedures, and Forms Updates

12.0Other Restricted and Nonmailable Matter
[Revise title of 12.1 as follows:]
12.1Firearms
12.1.1Definitions
The terms used in this standard are defined as follows:
[Delete current items 12.1.1a and 12.1.1g in their entirety and replace with the following.]
a.Firearm means any device, including a starter gun, which will, or is designed to, or may readily be convert*ed to, expel a projectile by the action of an explosive; the frame or receiver of any such weapon; any firearm muffler or firearm silencer; or any destructive device; but the term shall not include an antique firearm.
b.Firearm frame or receiver is the part of a firearm that provides housing for the hammer, bolt or breech*block, and firing mechanism and that is usually threaded at its forward portion to receive the barrel.

c.Handgun (including pistols and revolvers) means any firearm that has a short stock and is designed to be held and fired by the use of a single hand and subject to 12.1.1a, or a combination of parts from which a handgun can be assembled.
d.Other firearms capable of being concealed on the person include, but are not limited to, short-barreled shotguns and short-barreled rifles.
e.Short-barreled shotgun means a shotgun that has one or more barrels less than 18 inches long. The term short-barreled rifle means a rifle that has one or more barrels that are less than 16 inches long. These definitions include any weapon made from a shotgun or rifle, whether by alteration, modification, or other*wise, if such weapon as modified has an overall length of less than 26 inches. A short-barreled shot*gun or rifle of greater dimension may be regarded as nonmailable when it has characteristics to allow con*cealment on the person.
f.Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) manufacturer, deal*er, or importer of firearms means a manufacturer, dealer, or importer duly licensed by the Bureau of Al*cohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) under Chapter 44, Title 18, United States Code (U.S.C.).
g.Curio and relic collector means an individual licensed by ATF to transfer or receive only those firearms de*fined as curios or relics by ATF under Title 27, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), section 478.11.
h.Antique firearm means any muzzle loading rifle/shot*gun/pistol that is designed to use black powder or a black powder substitute and that cannot use fixed am*munition (except those that incorporate a firearm frame or receiver, any firearm that is converted into a muzzle loading weapon, or any muzzle loading weapon that can be readily converted to fire fixed ammunition by re*placing the barrel, bolt, breechblock, or any combina*tion thereof); or any firearm (including those with a matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap, or similar type of ignition system) manufactured on or before 1898, or any replica thereof, if such replica:
1. Is not designed or redesigned for using rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition.
2. Uses rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition that is no longer manufactured in the United States and that is not readily available in the ordinary channels of commercial trade.
i.Air gun means a gun that fires a projectile by means of compressed air or other gas (including paintball and pellet guns).
12.1.2Handguns
[Revise 12.1.2 as follows:]
Handguns and other firearms capable of being concealed on the person are nonmailable unless mailed between the parties listed in 12.1.3 and 12.1.5 after the filing of an affi*davit or statement required by 12.1.4 and 12.1.6, and are subject to the following:
a. Firearms meeting the definition of a handgun under 12.1.1b, and the definition of curios or relics under 27 CFR 478.11 may be mailed between curio and relic collectors only when those firearms also meet the definition of an antique firearm under 12.1.1g.
[FONT]b.[/FONT][FONT] [/FONT][FONT]Firearms meeting the definition of a handgun under [/FONT][FONT]12.1.1b that are certified by the curator of a municipal, [/FONT][FONT]state, or federal museum that exhibits firearms to be cu[/FONT][FONT]*[/FONT][FONT]rios or relics of museum interest may be accepted for [/FONT][FONT]mailing without regard to 12.1.3 through 12.1.6. [/FONT]
c. Air guns that do not fall within the definition of firearm under 12.1.1a that are capable of being concealed on a person are mailable; but must include adult signa*ture service under 503.8.0. Mailers must comply with all applicable state and local regulations.

d. Parts of handguns are mailable, except for handgun frames, receivers, or other parts or components reg*ulated under Chapter 44, Title 18, U.S.C.

e. Mailers are also subject to applicable restrictions by governments of a state, territory, or district.
12.1.3Authorized Persons
[Revise introductory sentence of 12.1.3 as follows:]
Subject to 12.1.4, handguns may be mailed by a licensed manufacturer of firearms, a licensed dealer of firearms, a licensed importer of firearms, or an authorized agent of the federal government or the government of a state, territory, or district, only when addressed to a person in one of the following categories for use in the person’s official duties: