USPS considers allowing people to ship handguns through the mail
The proposed rule would let people mail pistols and revolvers under tighter conditions, and opponents say it could weaken state gun controls.
- Handguns could be mailed through the United States Postal Service for the first time in nearly 100 years if a proposed rule under the Trump administration takes effect, reversing a 1927 law barring concealable firearms.
- The Department of Justice argues the 1927 law is unconstitutional, citing the Second Amendment as the basis for enabling transport of concealable firearms for lawful purposes like hunting and self-defense.
- Crediting President Trump, John Commerford, executive director of the lobbying arm of the National Rifle Association of America, called the change a "key victory for law-abiding gun owners" in a Wednesday statement.
- Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford and other attorneys general in two dozen states sent a letter Monday urging the USPS to withdraw the proposal, citing risks to public safety and law enforcement.
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Mailing guns through USPS could soon be allowed
(CNN)– For the first time in nearly a century the U.S. Postal Service might soon accept handguns to be mailed. A proposed rule backed by the Trump Administration would let law-abiding gun owners ship pistols and revolvers through the mail under certain restrictions. Current law bans the USPS from mailing concealable firearms unless they come from licensed dealers. But a January Justice Department memo argues the restriction violates the second …
Postal Service Poised To Allow People To Mail Handguns After DOJ Memo
by Harold Hutchison at CDN - The United States Postal Service (USPS) closed comments Monday on a proposed rule that would allow law-abiding citizens to mail firearms, reversing a 99-year-old ban. The Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel issued a memo in April questioning the ban, citing the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association … Click to read the rest HERE-> Postal Service Poised To Allow People…
New USPS rule would allow mailing handguns for the first time since 1927
Handguns could soon be legal to send through the mail as the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) considers overturning a century-old restriction that currently blocks most citizens from shipping concealable firearms.
Proposed rule by Postal Service could allow handguns to be mailed
The Postal Service has proposed a new rule that would allow people to mail handguns, after the Justice Department under the Trump administration claimed this year that a century-old ban on the practice was unconstitutional.
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