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Quoted: Firearms require an adult signature, ammunition does not. In any case, it is the shipper's responsibility to request (and pay for) an adult signature.
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That's odd, no one signed for my M1 Carbine when it was delivered (came back from being serviced).
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If it was an interstate shipment, then either the gunsmith or the carrier violated Federal law. If you are a nonlicensee, the gunsmith who shipped the carbine was required by law to inform the carrier that he was shipping a firearm to you.
Here is the applicable part of the regulation.
TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS, AND FIREARMS
CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS, AND EXPLOSIVES,
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
PART 478_COMMERCE IN FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION--Table of Contents
Subpart C_Administrative and Miscellaneous Provisions
Sec. 478.31 Delivery by common or contract carrier.
(a) No person shall knowingly deliver or cause to be delivered to
any common or contract carrier for transportation or shipment in
interstate or foreign commerce to any person other than a licensed
importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector,
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
This was the gumsmith's responsibility. (d) No common or contract carrier shall knowingly deliver in
interstate or foreign commerce any firearm without obtaining written
acknowledgement of receipt from the recipient of the package or other
container in which there is a firearm
This was the carrier's responsibility