In a letter sent to one Florida gun dealer, Ghost Firearms, UPS said they were terminating the account because they “may be violating” laws concerning homemade firearm parts.
“We write to inform you that UPS has learned that your company may be violating applicable laws concerning the shipment of “ghost guns” to unauthorized locations,” the letter states. “In light of our concern, UPS has determined that it will cancel your account, effective immediately.
-wildbill
CRAP! I have two ammo orders coming from Brownells . . . or maybe NOT! Time to boycott UPS and tell them what you think about their travesty of justice.
ReplyDeleteI hate to be seen carrying water for Libs, "Anonymous," but just what did you read in the news article that indicated that your ammunition purchase might not be delivered?
DeleteI think you reacted by going at least a couple of bridges too far with your comment.
The article did say that UPS cancelled Brownell's contract.
DeleteOMG! You're correct, Anonymous and Wirecutter. My very humblest apologies!
DeleteYes, vote with your wallet, send it DHL
DeleteLighten up, Anon@6:07.
DeleteI was supporting your comment to Survivorman99. Did either of you read the article at the link? If you had, you'd have known that.
Yes,Wirecutter, I did read the article, and my only (poor) excuse is that I was focused on the word "ammunition" in the article. Brownell's, of course, does sell ammunition, something I failed to note at the time.
DeleteWell, when they get their drivers kilt or beaten and trucks burnt, they just may understand "get woke, go broke"
ReplyDeleteHypothetically, of course.
You said it first Census... exactly. May the the brown burn!
DeleteI would sue UPS for the loss and punitive damages if possible. Of course it shouldn't matter but having the word "Ghost" in you company name is a little obvious. In this day and age, discretion is probably better.
ReplyDeleteSame with the AR. The industry (manufacturers, dealers, buyers) need to start a concerted effort to change the terminology to something like SR-15 (Sporting Rifle) rather than the AR. We all know what AR means but optics/perception is everything these days.
Years ago when I got my 1st introduction into shooting, one of my instructors tried to get people into the habit of calling guns firearms instead of weapons. I rarely hear anyone refer to them that way (as firearms).
Weapon: something (such as a club, knife, or gun) used to injure, defeat, or destroy. I can use a car, or a pencil, or a bottle in a manner that fits this very definition. I can take a firearm to the range for target shooting and make a valid argument that it's intended use is not to injure, defeat, or destroy and at that moment it is not a weapon but just a firearm...
A LOYAL READER
Even after me being in the army where it's drilled into you that your rifle is your weapon and a machine gun is a gun, I still refer to rifles and handguns as guns. And firearms. Depends on the context.
DeleteWith all due respect... HELL NO!
DeleteLet these perverts destroy our language? Not on my watch! "Mostly peaceful" ? Call them on that shit, it was a riot! Jan. 6th insurrection? It was a mostly peaceful protest.
Orwell warned us about the perversion and manipulation of language. It will be used to corral your very thoughts (go read 1984 if you haven't yet).
I love the "assault" placed before a weapon. I've started mentally putting "assault" in front of every means of death and injury in the news. Assault knife, assault fist, assault car, assault rock, assault fentanyl.
DeleteI didn't realize UPS was in the law-enforcement business.
ReplyDeleteIt's not a law, it's an abomination of tyranny. Laws are passed by the legislative branch, not the asshole in the oral orifice, or some alpha-beta agency.
DeleteGlad to see SCOTUS fixing things, however, now we have assholes who are supposed to be upholding law, ignoring SCOTUS rulings.
Time to thin out the culls.
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My guess is UPS (or whomever owns them, Blackrock and Vanguard perhaps?) has signed on for the ESG travesty. And given that Brownells yanked their post in one day, maybe they are as well.
ReplyDeleteDoes everybody work for fucking government now. Fuck Joe Blow.
ReplyDeleteWhew... my Geissele trigger coming by UPS from Midway, scheduled for 7/5, is reported delivered as of today to my PO box... How long will Midway stay off the list?
ReplyDeleteBold move for a company that runs a lot of trucks out on rural roads. Wonder what it costs to patch bullet holes in big brown trucks and replace tires and windshields with the supply chain all messed up.
ReplyDeleteDon’t shoot up UPS property or people, especially on our turf. Order really cheap bullshit items and have them sent (by UPS) into diverse urban hellholes marked “gift”. The diversity will fuck up UPS for you, you betcha.
DeleteRed-flagging shipments instead of indivduals. How original....I thought, maybe mistakingly so, that they were a shipping/transport company, and as such, just shipped "customer" owned packages and that they were not the owner of said freight. I will never knowingly used this company again. The only way to make a statement is to hit them hard in the pocket. Remember the woke store Dicks? It is a hallow shell of its former self; time to take Brown down too.
ReplyDeleteups, as I understand it, is a very time-conscious operation. From receiving, to handling and right up until the package hits your door, every second of every employee is accounted for.
ReplyDeleteImagine if each of us spent just a few minutes of our time to delay them in any way possible. Nothing violent, of course. But blocking a driveway for a moment, stalling at a green light, simple things to do every time you see a brown van.
Until he retired I got along very well with my UPS driver, in the few seconds he had while dropping stuff off we'd exchange a word or pass books or DVD's between each other.
DeleteThe drivers are not the villains. (Mind your own business): And paintballs maybe, but firing rounds into a truck loaded with God knows what is a very bad idea.
They are doing this because they can't keep their sticky-fingered employees from stealing every gun related shipment that they can get their hands on.
ReplyDelete^^^ this
DeleteDon't blame UPS, they are held over a barrel by the very regulatory agencies that "allow " them too operate. Gobbermint has more leverage over corporate entities than mom and pop enterprises. Why do you think all the small business mom & pops were closed down during the plandemic and big operators were allowed to operate. Corporate donors always win over non corporate voters. Follow the money.
ReplyDeleteI do blame UPS. Either you stand up for what's right & fight for it if need be, or you ARE the problem. There is no middle ground. This country wasn't founded by people who did the King's bidding because he had the leverage. It was founded bu people who said "No, I won't do that".
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They will tell you it's just business.
Delete“... it’s just business, it’s politics, it’s the way of the world, it’s a tough life and that it’s nothing personal.
Well, fuck them.
Make it personal.”
I use UPS _a lot_ for my business. Several of the drivers have become friends over the years and are avid hunters. As of Tuesday morning we’ll be switching to DHL or FEDEX.
ReplyDeleteWhen they ask me why, I’ll be very glad to tell them.