There are a lot of ways to ship goods, and I think I’ve gotten something via most of them that are still in service today. Not, as I’ve had to point out to my son, the Pony Express, which was gone before I entered this glorious world. I’m not that old, though I feel like it sometimes.
But up until recently, using the United States Postal Service to ship a firearm was a non-starter, at least for most of us. We’d have to turn toward a private carrier, which might be more expensive, even as our tax money went into a service we couldn’t use.
That’s changing, and that’s good news.
Unfortunately, a group of anti-gun states is trying to oppose the move, and Virginia Attorney General Jay “Shoot ‘im twice” Jones is signing onto the opposition.
Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones on Tuesday joined 21 other states in opposing a proposed United States Postal Service rule that would allow certain firearms to be sent through the mail, warning the change could undermine state gun laws and make it easier for prohibited individuals to obtain weapons.
In a multi-state comment letter, the attorneys general argue the proposal is unlawful and would create what they describe as a dangerous loophole in federal law that has restricted the mailing of concealable firearms for nearly a century.
“This loophole puts guns in the hands of those barred by Virginia law from buying weapons, and it allows people to blatantly dodge background checks and access illegal firearms,” Jones said in a statement. “The federal government continues to undermine the law and (is) putting our communities at risk in the process.”
The dispute stems from a January 2026 opinion issued by the U.S. Department of Justice under President Donald Trump’s administration, which concluded that a long-standing federal statute restricting the mailing of certain firearms is unconstitutional.
“So long as Congress chooses to run a parcel service, the Second Amendment precludes it from refusing to ship constitutionally protected firearms to and from law-abiding citizens, even if they are not licensed manufacturers or dealers,” the opinion stated.
The department said it would no longer enforce the law and directed the Postal Service to align its regulations accordingly.
There is, however, no mention as to whether Jones managed to spell all the words correctly this time.
Honestly, of all the battles anti-gunners try to engage in, this is the dumbest, and it’s particularly dumb because it’s always been legal to put a gun in a package and send it across the country. The receiver has to have an FFL for the package to be lawfully shipped, but it could be shipped. And criminals sometimes used private carriers to traffic guns to other states without having to drive there themselves.
Opening up the USPS to shipping firearms doesn’t increase trafficking. It won’t put guns in the hands of anyone who wouldn’t have been able to get them otherwise. In other words, this is really a non-issue being argued about because people like Jones don’t like the idea of taking down any barrier that surrounds firearms, even if they don’t work and can never work.
Jones signing onto this is dumb, but then again, I haven’t seen a lot from him that didn’t suggest he should probably be restricted to using blunted scissors in art class for the rest of his life.
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