“Other proposals would ease rules for transporting firearms, remove a requirement that licensed dealers provide youth handgun safety notices, and revise standards governing when dealers can lose their federal licenses. Separately, the U.S. Postal Service allowing individuals to mail handguns under the same rules that apply to lawful shipments of rifles and shotguns.” “That proposal … Read more
March 10, 2026 The APWU has filed an amicus (“friend of the court”) brief in Shreve v. U.S. Postal Service (W.D. Pa.), a case challenging the federal law prohibiting individuals from mailing concealable handguns. The plaintiff argues that 18 U.S.C. §1715 — a 1927 law banning the mailing of concealable pistols, revolvers, and similar firearms by private … Read more
October 1, 2025 FORT WORTH, TX — A federal judge in the Northern District of Texas has ruled that the long-standing federal ban on firearms inside United States Post Offices and on surrounding postal property is unconstitutional as applied to members of the Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC), the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF), and two named … Read more
July 15 (Reuters) – A gun rights lobbying group is suing the U.S. Postal Service in a bid to overturn its nearly 100-year-old ban on mailing handguns, arguing that the law wasn’t contemplated when the country’s founders drafted the 2nd Amendment in the U.S. Constitution.
January 18, 2024 Employee safety is a top priority for the Postal Service, which is why the organization wants to ensure everyone is aware of its longstanding policy on firearms on postal property. A recent Florida district court decision is being misreported or may be misinterpreted as holding that the Postal Service’s ban on carrying … Read more
Via Don Cheney, APWU PSAL 298, Retired President: U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle in Florida on Friday ruled that a U.S. law that bars people from possessing firearms in post offices is unconstitutional, citing a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling from 2022 that expanded gun rights. Emmanuel Ayala, a U.S. Postal Service truck driver … Read more
By Jonathan Stempel – June 26, 2015 A federal appeals court said a U.S. Postal Service regulation banning firearms on postal property is constitutional, and reversed a lower court ruling that would have let people keep weapons inside their vehicles in post office parking lots. By a 2-1 vote on Friday, the 10th U.S. Circuit … Read more
Yesterday the Tenth Circuit heard oral arguments in Bonidy v. United States, which is an as-applied challenge to the U.S. Postal Service regulation which completely prohibits firearms on all postal property, including parking lots. Mr. Bonidy lives in Avon, Colorado, and has a concealed carry permit issued pursuant to Colorado law, following a fingerprint-based background … Read more