HOWEVER, the part of the faq about having to notify the carrier by Federal law is incorrect and the BATFE admits that it is incorrect.
18 USC 922(e):
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/1...2----000-.html
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(e) It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to deliver or cause to be delivered to any common or contract carrier for transportation or shipment in interstate or foreign commerce, to persons other than licensed importers, licensed manufacturers, licensed dealers, or licensed collectors, any package or other container in which there is any firearm or ammunition without written notice to the carrier that such firearm or ammunition is being transported or shipped; except that any passenger who owns or legally possesses a firearm or ammunition being transported aboard any common or contract carrier for movement with the passenger in interstate or foreign commerce may deliver said firearm or ammunition into the custody of the pilot, captain, conductor or operator of such common or contract carrier for the duration of the trip without violating any of the provisions of this chapter. No common or contract carrier shall require or cause any label, tag, or other written notice to be placed on the outside of any package, luggage, or other container that such package, luggage, or other container contains a firearm.
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The statute makes it illegal for an unlicensed person to ship interstate (out of state) a firearm to anyone OTHER THAN a license holder (FFL). IF you are going to ship the firearm interstate to anyone other than a license holder, ONLY then are you required to notify the shipper - and it has to be in writing. If it is staying within the same state OR it is going to an FFL, notification to the shipper is NOT required by law.
UPS and FEDEX have company policies that require you to inform them of the firearm, however, but it is not law.