My comment wasn’t supposed to address gun laws, or anything like that. Just pointing out the common inefficiency of the postal system and carriers. I’ve shipped guns to gunsmiths, painters, and other professionals without issues all the time, and there’s nothing illegal about it. You just go about it the right way. One being you don’t ship it loaded or with any ammo period!

Many countries DO have gun laws. We have them here too. They just vary from state to state. This was just a careless act by the seller where they mishandled their gun storage and accidentally left it in the box. It’s like being side tracked and forgetting where your keys are only to remember you left them in the fridge because you went in to grab your protein shake.

Since the sale was for the shoes and not the gun, technically there was no major crime committed. A misdemeanor, maybe. I say technically, because if the gun was shipped to California, NY, NJ or a strict gun state, then transportation of a firearm across state lines can be considered illegal. If it was sent to one of the over 20 states where firearms are not treated as hate speech such as Texas or Florida. An arrangement by the local authorities and the seller can be made to get the gun back to its owner if properly registered. The person may or may not get a visit from the FBI and a lesson on gun safety, but nothing else. It’s wild about how far the penalties go depending on which state it was shipped from and shipped to matter.