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Mail-a-handgun: Trump administration pushes to allow firearms to be delivered by USPS 1531956-me-usps-mail-processing-7-gmf.jpg

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. LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 2, 2025: Large bins of packages await sorting at the Los Angeles Processing & Distribution Center on December 2, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 2, 2025: Large bins of packages await sorting at the Los Angeles Processing & Distribution Center on December 2, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.(Gina Fe — Source image associated with the linked report from Los Angeles Times.Credit: Image via Los Angeles Times Source-hosted image; rights remain with the publisher or credited rights holder. Image source Image selected from source-page metadata and displayed with attribution and link back; VINI does not copy the image into local storage unless rights are cleared.

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According to Los Angeles Times’s source item, Mail-a-handgun: Trump administration pushes to allow firearms to be delivered by USPS 1531956-me-usps-mail-processing-7-gmf.jpg, 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. LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 2, 2025: Large bins of packages await sorting at the Los Angeles Processing & Distribution Center on December 2, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

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Mail-a-handgun: Trump administration pushes to allow firearms to be delivered by USPS 1531956-me-usps-mail-processing-7-gmf.jpgLos Angeles Times - 2026-05-08T02:18:52+00:00

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