Can someone please explain how an unlicensed schmuck like me can legally ship a handgun by ground and not get roasted by overnight shipping charges? I just took a serious bath on a Gunbroker auction...

the few times iv'e sold handguns on gunbroker, I contacted the ffl I was shipping to and got him to send me a shipping label... I paid his price, it took a couple days longer for the transaction to complete, but there was no absurd price, and the gun was shipped the way he wanted it....

Or you can have a local dealer send it by US mail. A non licensee cannot mail a handgun, and as you know, UPS requires the expedited thing.