Thanks for the info. Its often difficult to distinguish between what is prohibited by law and what is prohibited by the contract carrier's local policy. For instance, it is clearly legal to ship an unloaded, disclosed long gun to a resident of one's own state. No FFL required on either end. So when I ship a shotgun to my buddy in Pocatello, ID for some stock work, I use my local UPS with no problems. But when he tries to ship it back to me, his local UPS depo in Pocatello refuses to take delivery. He's gone round and round with them over it and even showed them the ATF regs. They tell him that they don't care, its their own local policy only to accept firearm shipments from an FFL, and this is in gun friendly Idaho. To get my shotgun back to me, he uses Fed Ex. So if you try to ship a handgun to yourself in another state, don't be too surprised if the carrier refuses to take shipment either under a mistaken belief as to a legal prohibiton, or pursuant to their own policy.
