--- type: restriction id: usps-handguns-authorized-military-and-law-enforcement asset: shipping-restrictions-by-class title: "handguns - authorized military and law enforcement — Postal shipping restrictions by item category" sources: - https://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c4_010.htm source_quote: "handguns may be mailed by licensed firearm manufacturers, dealers, importers, or authorized agents of federal, state, territory, or district governments, only upon filing the required affidavit or certificate" generated: true harvested: 2026-08-04 stale_after: 2027-08-04 item_category: "handguns - authorized military and law enforcement" carrier: "USPS" restriction_type: "allowed" scope: "domestic mail - to authorized military and law enforcement persons" conditions: "May be mailed by licensed firearm manufacturers, dealers, importers, or authorized government agents only upon filing required affidavit or certificate, addressed to military officers, national guard officers, law enforcement officers, authorized Postal Service employees, or federal enforcement officers for official duties" verified: false unverified_fields: carrier, conditions, item_category, scope --- **Item category:** handguns - authorized military and law enforcement **Carrier:** USPS **Restriction type:** allowed **Scope:** domestic mail - to authorized military and law enforcement persons **Conditions:** May be mailed by licensed firearm manufacturers, dealers, importers, or authorized government agents only upon filing required affidavit or certificate, addressed to military officers, national guard officers, law enforcement officers, authorized Postal Service employees, or federal enforcement officers for official duties > handguns may be mailed by licensed firearm manufacturers, dealers, importers, or authorized agents of federal, state, territory, or district governments, only upon filing the required affidavit or certificate Source: