USPS considers allowing people to ship handguns through the mail
Key takeaways
- US Postal Service trucks are parked at a post office in Glendale, California.
- Prefer the Guardian on Google Handguns could be mailed through the United States Postal Service (USPS) for the first time in nearly 100 years if a proposed Trump administration rule takes effect.
- Democratic attorneys general in two dozen states have sent a letter in opposition.
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US Postal Service trucks are parked at a post office in Glendale, California. Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images View image in fullscreen US Postal Service trucks are parked at a post office in Glendale, California. Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images US Postal Service USPS considers allowing people to ship handguns through the mail Trump administration urges US Postal Service to scrap 100-year-old rule as Democratic state attorneys general protest
Prefer the Guardian on Google Handguns could be mailed through the United States Postal Service (USPS) for the first time in nearly 100 years if a proposed Trump administration rule takes effect.
Democratic attorneys general in two dozen states have sent a letter in opposition.