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Originally Posted by RX-79G
And having someone else hold your boxed, addressed gun until the shipper gets it doesn't mean that they are "shipping it". You box it, you address it, you pay for it, you shipped it. This isn't a chain of custody issue, or you wouldn't be able to legally ship to yourself at someone else's address.
There are enough restrictions on gun owners without coming up with more through creative interpretation.
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Originally Posted by RX-79G
It is only your special interpretation that the period when someone holds your boxed firearm can only be after shipment. It doesn't say that. It does say that possession occurs when the box is opened.
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It is you who is coming up with the creative interpretation. Under any commonly-accepted definition of "shipper," the person who carries a package into the post office or shipping terminal, who fills out the paperwork and hands it to the clerk, and who hands the money to the clerk is going to be considered the "shipper."
The law and the BATFE guidance are very clear -- an individual may ship a firearm to him/herself in care of another person. The law and the BATFE guidance do NOT say that another person may hold your firearm and then ship it to you on a pre-established date. As I tried to explain in a previous post, objectively it would appear that the two actions are functionally equivalent, but legally they are NOT equivalent.
You really need to review the law and the BATFE guideline with an eye for understanding what they actually say, as opposed to what you wish they said.