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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IOL PortugalTrump government wants to amend the 1927 law prohibiting the postal shipment of short arms. It claims that it is unconstitutional. Twenty states have already demanded the withdrawal of the proposal.
Mail-a-handgun: Trump administration pushes to allow firearms to be delivered by USPS
The Trump administration is pushing the Unites States Postal Service to allow people to send concealable handguns in the mail after the Department of Justice declared a 99-year-old ban on the practice unconstitutional.
USPS proposal would allow handguns to be sent through the mail for the first time since 1927
The Justice Department argues the patchwork of state laws around guns makes it difficult to take them across state lines for lawful purposes like target shooting, hunting and self-defense.
USPS mulls allowing handguns to be shipped through mail
The United States Postal Service (USPS) could begin mailing handguns if a proposed rule from the Trump administration receives approval. Filed last month, the proposed rule would allow Americans to mail concealable guns, like pistols and revolvers, to anyone in the country. Protections similar to those for mailing long-barreled rifles and shotguns, which require them...
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