One of the nation’s leading civil rights groups is suing to overturn the outdated and unconstitutional federal ban on shipping handguns through the United States Postal Service.
Gun Owners of America (GOA) and Gun Owners Foundation (GOF), which represent two million gun owners, announced in a statement that “together with Pennsylvania resident Bonita Shreve have filed a lawsuit against the United States Postal Service, seeking to overturn the Prohibition-era federal ban on the mailing of handguns.”
“The Complaint alleges that this ban is ‘inconsistent with Founding-era historical tradition’ of firearm regulation,” GOA notes.
“Since 1927, federal law has denied ordinary Americans the right to utilize the mails to ship the ‘quintessential self-defense weapon’: handguns. Yet all the while, the USPS handles handgun shipments on behalf of businesses and government officials every single day. This ban is as arbitrary and discriminatory as it is violative of the Second Amendment – and its criminal penalties are steep,” GOA’s statement reads.
“This complaint demonstrates that the federal government’s Prohibition-era ban on mailing handguns violates the Second Amendment. GOA is proud to stand with its members and supporters to ensure that their constitutional rights are protected, and we are committed to ending all anti-gun ‘rules for me, but not for thee,’ in any form they may take,” said Erich Pratt, Senior Vice President of Gun Owners of America.
“This law was passed in a different time. Our complaint makes clear that every day this ban remains in effect, it infringes on the rights of law-abiding Americans who are fully entitled to exercise all of their Second Amendment freedoms. In America, using the Postal Service to mail handguns to other law-abiding individuals should not be a felony,” said Sam Paredes, on behalf of the board for Gun Owners Foundation.
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The real problem will be the same one which caused UPS to stop shipping hand guns. The union members will steal anything marked as a gun.
Love idea BUT needs major work
ID end user
Front fake companies for terrorisim
Gangs
Crime ring
Vs Joe & Jane Voter
How to ID & seperate
& update FedEx, UPS, USPS policies alone