# handguns - authorized military and law enforcement — Postal shipping restrictions by item category

For handguns - authorized military and law enforcement, carrier is USPS; restriction type is allowed; scope is domestic mail - to authorized military and law enforcement persons; conditions is 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, recorded from its source on 2026-08-04.

- **Item category:** handguns - authorized military and law enforcement _(unconfirmed — we could not tie this to the quote below)_
- **Carrier:** USPS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction type:** allowed _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Scope:** domestic mail - to authorized military and law enforcement persons _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **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 _(unconfirmed — we could not tie this to the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 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

- https://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c4_010.htm

Last verified: 2026-08-04. Review by: 2027-08-04.
Part of [Postal shipping restrictions by item category](https://referencesource.org/shipping-restrictions-by-class/).