USPS May Allow People to Ship Firearms Through the Mail

Saturday, May 09, 2026

The US Postal Service could soon allow handguns to be mailed for the first time in nearly a century ...

Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 01:32 PM | 11 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry |

USPS considers allowing people to ship handguns through the mail

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-- The Guardian (@theguardian.com) May 9, 2026 at 8:12 AM

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"Since 1927, Congress has banned the USPS from mailing concealable firearms unless they were sent from licensed dealers. But in a January memo, the Department of Justice revisited the law, saying it was unconstitutional and arguing it violated the Second Amendment."

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Link: Executive Order

#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-05-09 05:57 AM | Reply

So many little hands and tiny pingas, so many packages to ship before Christmas.

#2 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-05-09 08:20 AM | Reply

IMO those wanting to ship firearms should stick with FedEx or UPS for safety and privacy.

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UPS is generally better for cost-effective, reliable domestic ground shipping, while FedEx specializes in faster, premium air express and international deliveries

#3 | Posted by MSgt at 2026-05-09 11:52 AM | Reply

"with opponents of the bill calling it a potential "gun trafficking pipeline."

That's a feature, not a bug.

Widespread, unchecked small arms proliferation has been a domestic policy goal of Republicans since Reagan.
Because widespread unchecked gun crime helps advance the racist, xenophobic Republican agenda.

Percentage of crimes involving guns by state, 2024
National average
Percent of homicides involving guns 74%
Percent of assaults involving guns 33%
Percent of robberies involving guns 32%
www.security.org

Guns are used in 3/4 of murders and 1/3 of assaults and robberies.
Yet Republican mythology teaches us that guns keep us safe from these things.
Compare our homicide, assault, and robbery rates to other modern countries and you'll see we outpace them, by about as much as guns are used in those crimes here.

#4 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-05-09 12:00 PM | Reply

Gives new meaning to, "going Postal".

#5 | Posted by Corky at 2026-05-09 01:37 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

UPS is generally better for cost-effective, reliable domestic ground shipping, while FedEx specializes in faster, premium air express and international deliveries

#3 | POSTED BY MSGT

Safe and reliable enough for mailing deadly guns. But not for mailing ballots.

Got it.

#6 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-05-09 01:50 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

Widespread, unchecked small arms proliferation has been a domestic policy goal of Republicans since Reagan.

You do realize that you can get a gun pretty much any day of the week in pretty much any town in the country, right? Do you really think this opens up some major market or something that's going to have a meaningful impact on the level of firearm ownership in this country?

More than likely this will just make it easier for people to ship firearms when traveling or moving.

#7 | Posted by jpw at 2026-05-09 02:19 PM | Reply

"You do realize that you can get a gun pretty much any day of the week in pretty much any town in the country, right?"

You do realize that's the Republican gun control policy, right?

"Do you really think this opens up some major market or something that's going to have a meaningful impact on the level of firearm ownership in this country?"

Define "meaningful."

Does one gun getting stolen from the mail and used in a murder tell us the whole gun control system is broken, the way one murder by an illegal immigrant tells Republicans the whole immigration system is broken?

Probably not. So what's meaningful? Would Fast and Furious levels of firearms trafficking do it for you?

#8 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-05-09 02:32 PM | Reply

Firearms are the leading cause of suicide and the leading cause of death for children. If only there were some governmental official interested in a healthier populace in this country. Any ideas? Asking for thousands who will be shot dead this year ...

#9 | Posted by catdog at 2026-05-09 02:58 PM | Reply

What could possibly go wrong...

OCU

#10 | Posted by OCUser at 2026-05-09 03:02 PM | Reply

I bought a Mossburg bolt action 12 gauge thru the mail when I was 15 in 1966-not a great idea in today's angry America. My brother-in-law picked it up, held it about 2 inches from his shoulder and pulled the trigger. His reaction had me on the ground laughing my butt off.

#11 | Posted by Yodagirl at 2026-05-09 03:32 PM | Reply