USPS considers allowing people to ship handguns through the mail

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: ABC News/AP

May 7, 2026, 2:03 PM


LAS VEGAS -- 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. Democratic attorneys general in two dozen states sent a letter this week in opposition.

In 1927, Congress passed a law barring the USPS from mailing concealable firearms unless they were from licensed dealers in an effort to curb crime. In January, the Department of Justice revisited the 1927 law, calling it unconstitutional and arguing that it violated the Second Amendment, and urged the postal service to change its regulations.

The Department of Justice said that as long as Congress chooses to run a parcel service, “the Second Amendment precludes it from refusing to ship constitutionally protected firearms to and from law-abiding citizens, even if they are not licensed manufacturers or dealers.”

Last month USPS proposed a new rule that would allow anyone to mail concealable firearms like pistols and revolvers. USPS currently allows some firearms like long-barreled rifles and shotguns to be mailed, however they must be unloaded and securely packaged. Similar protections would be in place for handguns, which have evolved since 1927. The USPS said in a statement that it is reviewing public comments — which were due Monday — before making final changes.

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[sinkingfeeling]

1. What a brilliant idea!

[BlueKota]

2. I am sure nothing could possibly go wrong!

Who cares if it's dangerous, anyway. 🤬

[Solly Mack]

3. Damn

[catsudon]

4. why stop there

i'd like to mail excessive medication as donation... hmmm how about abortion pills too?

i'd also like to mail weeds to my friend

[Rebl2]

5. Greater

chance of them being stolen from mail carriers, from their trucks. Sounds like a horrible idea unless they have a secure way of handling them.

[AZLD4Candidate]

6. Why stop there? Bearing arms doesn't just mean guns. Why not IEDs? I mean the Unabomber did,

Why not biological arms? Chemical arms? Why not small tactical nuclear arms?

The Department of Justice said that as long as Congress chooses to run a parcel service, “the Second Amendment precludes it from refusing to ship constitutionally protected firearms to and from law-abiding citizens, even if they are not licensed manufacturers or dealers.”

Tell me again how to know they are law-abiding. Most gun owners are law-abiding until they use their dick extenders to shoot up their sassy wife, a guy they don't like, or something else that irritates them?

[eggplant]

7. bear doesn't mean ship.

[eringer]

8. Oh Great! We are now arming the porch pirates! 😂

Hahahahahajaha

[photokat]

9. WHAT??

As a former psotal worker......... WHAT?? again! I sure wouldn't trust people to mail UNloaded weapons or ANY weapons for that matter.

[no_hypocrisy]

10. What a great way to avoid a buyer from having his/her record checked before

a legal purchase can be executed. (No pun intended)

[FakeNoose]

14. They will record the sender's and receiver's info, you can bet your bottom dollar

It's all going to be on the record. Even so, it's a very, very stupid idea.

[Initech]

11. What could possibly go wrong?

[popsdenver]

12. Not to worry

by the time they get this passed, the Republicans will have already destroyed the USPS at the rate they are going......

Just wait until a private company takes over.........a first class letter, delivered, will cost 15.00, and packages will go sky high.
Rural America will get screwed the worse, because FedEx and UPS won't be able to dump them on the USPS for Last Mile Delivery like they have been doing for quite some time.....

Of course, the Trumphumping Voters in Rural America will pretend that that is just fine......

The only consolation that WE can have, is knowing that all the MAGA Trumphumping Voters will get creamed at least as bad as WE all do......ESPECIALLY the Rural masses.......

[Jacson6]

13. Oh come on! They would be stolen.

Gangsters would pay postal clerks handsomely to get their hands on one to resell or use on the street.

Sheesh!

[FakeNoose]

15. This is the definition of insanity

My only guess is that they think they can track the names and addresses of who sent and who received the firearms. That way they can pin something on the recipient, who they assume ordered a gun by mail because he/she intended to commit a crime.

Great detective work there, Sherlock!

[sakabatou]

16. I'm sure nothing nefarious will come from that

[mwb970]

17. Why not? It's so hard to get a gun these days.

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

18. Wow, postal workers could just open a package when they want to go "postal."

[Hieronymus Phact]

19. Why is everyone kneejerk panacking?

Guns have been shipped through UPS and FEDEX for forever. This isn't some new radical concept.

[travelingthrulife]

22. It is radical to have them shipped at all.

Why are we not allowed to protect ourselves from the Holy Gun?

[Hieronymus Phact]

29. how does that follow?

Who ever said such a thing? we're talking about shipping something through the mail (something that's already been happening for decades), not canonizing it.

[GreenEyedLefty]

24. Thank you. I'm not a gun nut but shipped a handgun last year

as part of my brother's estate. He had a vast collection of long guns and handguns.

I got lucky in that there is a gun broker that is headquartered near me. The owner came by and personally picked up most of them, otherwise I would have been shipping all them guns via FedEx or UPS. I had to ship one last one via UPS. I boxed it securely, and the language on the shipping label was vague.

That whole chapter was such a learning experience.

[Bengus81]

25. From manufacturer to dealer is how I'm reading it for the most part. I'll bet

those are special delivery, not just tossed on some mail truck doing hours of residential to be dropped off at a gun store later. If this becomes law and is spewed all over Trumps kiss ass MSM there will be trucks hijacked and carriers killed probably on a daily basis.

This is a bad,really bad idea.

[Hieronymus Phact]

28. Sorry but not really,

A lot of shipping is for repair, or customization. Custom stock work or trigger work, possibly something cosmetic, maybe engraving or anodizing. If something needs repair it may get shipped to a gunsmith or back to the manufacturer. I've done this myself. some items need to be worked on by a specialist in an another state. This happens all the time. Like right now there are already tons of guns and gun pieces in shipping transit all over the place. I'm sorry this really is a big nothing to panic about. The only real change with this is people are no longer limited to FEDEX/UPS for their shipping options.

[RetiredParatrooper]

20. Yet another reason to keep and bear arms

Far too many lunatics will get them some weapons who shouldn't have them.

[travelingthrulife]

21. More insanity

[BidenRocks]

23. Most popular 'Send to' city?

Washington D.C.

[ToxMarz]

26. Of course they can only be mailed under the supervision of those 'well regulated militias' that are also a part

of the Second Amendment, right?

[Historic NY]

27. Mail Theft

It is in many cases an inside job.


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