blizpaintball42
06-29-2007, 12:33 AM
Well something extremely odd happened to me today.
I walked into the post office, purchased a box, packed my Angel and barrel kit to send out, payed for shipping and insurance and as I'm getting ready to walk out the door this dude on the phone yells WAIT!
I shipped a gun out from the same post office on Tuesday. The guy was in his office to the right of the counter, and when he heard me tell the lady "I'm shipping a paintball marker" he yelled out "Is there a tank?" to which I replied no and he said "ok cool no problem."
So today when I walked in he ran to the phone and called his supervisor. After everything was said and done and I was ready to walk out, he stopped me. When he got off the phone he informed me that he couldn't ship my gun, unless I have a Federal Firearms License. WHAT?!?
I kindly explained to him that not only did I ship a marker at his post office on Tuesday, I shipped one a week ago as well, not to mention there are four guns coming to me via USPS this week. He told me under no certain circumstances would he ship it.
I was completely stumped. I've been buying and selling guns online since like 2001 (mostly on PBN) and have used the USPS probably a hundred or so times to ship, as well as UPS and FedEx. Not to mention, people sending me their markers through USPS. I've NEVER in my life had this problem before.
He printed up the "restriction" reguarding "firearms", and basically at the end it says "or any air or gas powered gun, that is powerful enough to be used as a weapon". When I pointed out that paintball markers are used in a game to mark other people, so they don't do all that much damage (yes we all know that they CAN if they are misused, we don't need to discuss that, because he doesn't know any better) since they are MEANT to be shot at people. He told me if I had a problem with the regulations that I should write a letter to my Congressman.
Needless to say, I went up to UPS, and they shipped it no problem, for less money.
But has anybody else had this problem????
I walked into the post office, purchased a box, packed my Angel and barrel kit to send out, payed for shipping and insurance and as I'm getting ready to walk out the door this dude on the phone yells WAIT!
I shipped a gun out from the same post office on Tuesday. The guy was in his office to the right of the counter, and when he heard me tell the lady "I'm shipping a paintball marker" he yelled out "Is there a tank?" to which I replied no and he said "ok cool no problem."
So today when I walked in he ran to the phone and called his supervisor. After everything was said and done and I was ready to walk out, he stopped me. When he got off the phone he informed me that he couldn't ship my gun, unless I have a Federal Firearms License. WHAT?!?
I kindly explained to him that not only did I ship a marker at his post office on Tuesday, I shipped one a week ago as well, not to mention there are four guns coming to me via USPS this week. He told me under no certain circumstances would he ship it.
I was completely stumped. I've been buying and selling guns online since like 2001 (mostly on PBN) and have used the USPS probably a hundred or so times to ship, as well as UPS and FedEx. Not to mention, people sending me their markers through USPS. I've NEVER in my life had this problem before.
He printed up the "restriction" reguarding "firearms", and basically at the end it says "or any air or gas powered gun, that is powerful enough to be used as a weapon". When I pointed out that paintball markers are used in a game to mark other people, so they don't do all that much damage (yes we all know that they CAN if they are misused, we don't need to discuss that, because he doesn't know any better) since they are MEANT to be shot at people. He told me if I had a problem with the regulations that I should write a letter to my Congressman.
Needless to say, I went up to UPS, and they shipped it no problem, for less money.
But has anybody else had this problem????