UPS Rant

hqbmw · 04-18-2006, 04:15 PM

Tom,

We can't forget the first rule is to NOT mark the package as containing firearms. Alas, if you read the rules of most airlines for shipping firearms, you are required to not mark the parcel or luggage as containing such.

I have a personal friend who is the federal agent in charge of release of goods coming into the Phoenix (Sky Harbor) airport. He says that since the airlines have all outsourced luggage movement, the lost (stolen) rate has gone up more than 40% in the last year. You really don't want to hear the real life stories behind the scene there especially with our World renoun Sherriff Arpiao in town.

This leaves us with a most impractical method of SAFELY transporting firearms: self delivery. My friend tells me that the best thing to do is first NOT mark whats is contained in a box and second camaflouge it to look like everything else that is shipping even if it means paying a bit more by putting it in a larger package. The worst part is that all packages are x-rayed and if there are deviants doing that process, there is NO way to protect yourself. The only hope we mave have, and it is a shot in the dark, is insurance and registtration, but that will not get the gun back in all cases.

Jack Hiles
Mesa AZ

04-18-2006, 04:15 PM	#5
hqbmw User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Mesa AZ Posts: 228 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Tom, We can't forget the first rule is to NOT mark the package as containing firearms. Alas, if you read the rules of most airlines for shipping firearms, you are required to not mark the parcel or luggage as containing such. I have a personal friend who is the federal agent in charge of release of goods coming into the Phoenix (Sky Harbor) airport. He says that since the airlines have all outsourced luggage movement, the lost (stolen) rate has gone up more than 40% in the last year. You really don't want to hear the real life stories behind the scene there especially with our World renoun Sherriff Arpiao in town. This leaves us with a most impractical method of SAFELY transporting firearms: self delivery. My friend tells me that the best thing to do is first NOT mark whats is contained in a box and second camaflouge it to look like everything else that is shipping even if it means paying a bit more by putting it in a larger package. The worst part is that all packages are x-rayed and if there are deviants doing that process, there is NO way to protect yourself. The only hope we mave have, and it is a shot in the dark, is insurance and registtration, but that will not get the gun back in all cases. Jack Hiles Mesa AZ __________________ Jack Hiles Mesa AZ