---
type: restriction
id: usps-handguns-general-prohibition
asset: shipping-restrictions-by-class
title: "handguns - general prohibition — Postal shipping restrictions by item category"
sources:
  - https://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c4_010.htm
source_quote: "Handguns, and other firearms capable of being concealed on the person, are nonmailable unless mailed between the parties listed in 432"
generated: true
harvested: 2026-08-04
stale_after: 2027-08-04
item_category: "handguns - general prohibition"
carrier: "USPS"
restriction_type: "prohibited"
scope: "domestic mail - general public"
conditions: "Handguns and other firearms capable of being concealed on the person are nonmailable unless mailed between authorized parties with required affidavit or statement"
verified: false
unverified_fields: carrier, conditions, item_category, restriction_type
---
**Item category:** handguns - general prohibition

**Carrier:** USPS

**Restriction type:** prohibited

**Scope:** domestic mail - general public

**Conditions:** Handguns and other firearms capable of being concealed on the person are nonmailable unless mailed between authorized parties with required affidavit or statement

> Handguns, and other firearms capable of being concealed on the person, are nonmailable unless mailed between the parties listed in 432

Source: <https://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c4_010.htm>