Gun Law Silliness

So all this talk about Blemished Bullets has reminded me of a funny story. When I first got my C&R FFL one of the first guns I bought was my CZ-52 its not a great gun, and I rarely shoot it, but its an odd piece of history, and a very strange gun mechanically, so I’m still very happy to have it. I called up J&G sales who had some in stock at a good price after I had faxed over my license. They’re a great company and I’ve always been happy to do business with them. When I bought the gun I also decided to buy a case of ammo for the gun, as 7.62x25mm is an odd duck and you can’t find it at every shop like more common calibers. The nice sales person informed me that federal law stated that pistols could not be shipped WITH ammo, so I would be given two separate packages with my order. I said that was fine, but noted the silliness. Of course it was fine, what difference does it make if my order shows up in 1 box or 7? But why does the government accomplish in this fool’s errand? (And no need to get into the stupidity of needing an FFL in the first place to buy a single pistol from the 1950s for my private collection) So I gave them my credit card info and they told me they’d ship the gun that evening.

I hung up the phone and went on with my day…but not for log as my cellphone rang, it was J&G. They regretted to inform me that the person who rang up my sale failed to note my address, and that the company has a policy not to ship ammunition into Massachusetts. The reason why is best chronicled here

It IS perfectly legal to ship ammunition into Massachusetts, only to do so legally the recipient must have a Massachusetts FID or LTC (and which is required for which ammo is even more confusing, as you need an LTC if the ammo is handgun ammo….but even tho I was buying a CZ-52 handgun and ammo for it 7.62×25 certainly can be used in a Rifle) and the company just didn’t want to bother with keeping my LTC on file as well as my FFL as it just complicates things.

So they didn’t not send me my PISTOL, they sure sent me that, but they didn’t send me ammo for it. I actually ordered my ammo from another company (no link to protect them from foolish lawsuits and bullshit Stings) online, tho I could have driven up the street to a shop and bought some after showing my permit….or Driven to New Hampshire or Maine, or any other damn state and bought my ammo no different than I’d buy a holster, a book, or a gallon of milk.

It Cost J&G some money (and I mentioned in the previous post that Midway USA sells blemished bullets. I’d love to buy them too, and they’d love to sell them to me, but they can’t) It cost me some time, and it overall accomplished nothing but harassment to me. But then again that is the Face of Gun Control.