USPS Weighs Allowing Handgun Shipments By Mail Under New Rule

USPS is weighing a rule change that would allow mailing handguns for the first time since 1927, with concealable firearms potentially mailed unloaded and securely packaged within state lines and stricter limits for cross‑state shipments. The Department of Justice argues the move is constitutional under the Second Amendment, but about two dozen state attorneys general oppose it, saying it would bypass state gun laws and tracking. Private carriers still restrict gun shipments to licensees, while gun-rights groups cheer the change and gun-safety advocates warn it could fuel illegal trafficking and complicate enforcement.