"California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta is calling the proposed mail-a-handgun policy a "dangerous loophole" that threatens to undermine state gun control laws and enable weapons trafficking. Under the proposed change outlined by the USPS last month, revolvers and other handguns would be reclassified as mailable firearms and subject to the same rules that currently apply to long-barreled rifles and shotguns - namely that they are shipped unloaded and securely packaged."
""Once again, the Trump Administration is recklessly disregarding the safety of the people it is sworn to serve," Bonta said in a statement. "We cannot ignore the dangerous consequences of this proposed rule, which could open the door for prohibited individuals to obtain weapons without background checks or regard for state firearms laws.""
"Congress banned members of the public from mailing concealable firearms in 1927, but in January the Department of Justice issued an opinion siding with a challenge filed by gun rights groups and declared the federal law unconstitutional. "So 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," the opinion stated."
The Trump administration is urging the United States Postal Service to permit people to mail concealable handguns. The Department of Justice declared a 99-year ban on the practice unconstitutional, and USPS outlined a proposed policy change. Under the proposal, revolvers and other handguns would be reclassified as mailable firearms and shipped under rules similar to those for long-barreled rifles and shotguns, including being unloaded and securely packaged. California Attorney General Rob Bonta called the change a dangerous loophole that could undermine state gun control laws and facilitate weapons trafficking. Bonta joined 22 attorneys general in submitting opposition to USPS. USPS said it will review public comments before finalizing any policy change.
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