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firearms - handguns (including pistols and revolvers)

For firearms - handguns (including pistols and revolvers), carrier is USPS; restriction type is restricted; scope is domestic mail; conditions is A firearm with a short stock designed to be held and fired by a single hand; includes pistols, revolvers, and firearms capable of being concealed on a person including short-barreled shotguns and short-barreled rifles, recorded from its source on 2026-08-04.

Item category
firearms - handguns (including pistols and revolvers) unconfirmed
Carrier
USPS our reading
Restriction type
restricted our reading
Scope
domestic mail our reading
Conditions
A firearm with a short stock designed to be held and fired by a single hand; includes pistols, revolvers, and firearms capable of being concealed on a person including short-barreled shotguns and short-barreled rifles unconfirmed
Sourcepe.usps.com
Verified2026-08-04
Review by2027-08-04
DatasetPostal shipping restrictions by item category

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What the source says

Pistols, revolvers, and other firearms capable of being concealed on a person, including but not limited to, short-barreled shotguns and short-barreled rifles, are categorized as handguns.

pe.usps.com, retrieved 2026-08-04

Source

Last verified against source: 2026-08-04. Scheduled for re-check by: 2027-08-04. This page as Markdown · OKF concept · full dataset as JSON.