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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 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. Continue reading...

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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

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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