# handguns - general prohibition — Postal shipping restrictions by item category

For handguns - general prohibition, carrier is USPS; restriction type is prohibited; scope is domestic mail - general public; conditions is Handguns and other firearms capable of being concealed on the person are nonmailable unless mailed between authorized parties with required affidavit or statement, recorded from its source on 2026-08-04.

- **Item category:** handguns - general prohibition _(unconfirmed — we could not tie this to the quote below)_
- **Carrier:** USPS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction type:** prohibited _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Scope:** domestic mail - general public _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Conditions:** Handguns and other firearms capable of being concealed on the person are nonmailable unless mailed between authorized parties with required affidavit or statement _(unconfirmed — we could not tie this to the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 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

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/).