Videos tagged with 18 USC 1715

This video from Guns & Gadgets details the Department of Justice's admission that 18 USC 1715, which bans mailing handguns via USPS, violates the Second Amendment. Despite this admission, the DOJ is attempting to have a lawsuit challenging the law dismissed by arguing they are not currently enforcing it, rather than repealing the law or allowing a court to strike it down. The speaker criticizes this tactic as a way to avoid a definitive ruling, allowing future administrations to reinstate enforcement.

This video discusses a significant policy change allowing Americans to mail handguns through the US Postal Service, stemming from a January 2026 Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) opinion. The OLC determined that the existing federal statute (18 USC 1715) prohibiting the mailing of handguns was unconstitutional as applied to constitutionally protected firearms. The Postal Service is now proposing new regulations to align with this opinion, permitting handguns to be mailed under similar conditions as rifles and shotguns, provided they are unloaded and sent between authorized persons.

The United States Postal Service is proposing a new rule that would allow handguns to be mailed under specific conditions, reversing a long-standing interpretation of federal law. This change stems from a Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel opinion deeming the previous ban unconstitutional as applied to lawful firearms, citing historical tradition under the Second Amendment as established in NYSRA v. Bruen. The proposed rule clarifies definitions and outlines requirements for mailing firearms, including compliance with federal and state laws, unloaded status, and tracking.

This video discusses a legal challenge to 18 USC 1715, a federal law banning the mailing of most firearms via USPS. Gun Owners of America (GOA) is challenging the law, and states like New York, New Jersey, and Delaware are attempting to intervene to defend it. The video highlights GOA's argument that these states lack legal standing and their claims of potential harm are speculative and unsupported.

The DOJ has admitted 18 USC 1715, the federal ban on mailing handguns, is unconstitutional, citing Bruen, Heller, and McDonald. However, they are seeking dismissal rather than a definitive ruling, which the speaker argues is a "shell game" to retain leverage. This tactic avoids a binding precedent that would permanently strike down the law, allowing future administrations to potentially re-enforce it. The speaker emphasizes that rights should not be subject to executive discretion.

This video details a significant legal victory where the DOJ's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) has admitted that the federal ban on mailing handguns via USPS, codified in 18 USC 1715, is unconstitutional. The admission stems from a lawsuit filed by Gun Owners of America (GOA) and others, arguing the ban violates Second Amendment rights as interpreted by recent Supreme Court decisions like Heller, Bruen, and Rahimi. The DOJ's opinion concludes the ban fails the 'text and history' test and suggests federal prosecutors should cease enforcing it against handguns.

This video from Gun Owners of America (GOA) details their lawsuit challenging the 1927 federal law prohibiting private citizens from mailing handguns via USPS. The law, 18 USC 1715, exempts FFL holders, creating a disparity. GOA argues this ban is unconstitutional and harms law-abiding citizens, citing historical context and a specific plaintiff's inability to gift a handgun to her father.

A lawsuit has been filed by Gun Owners of America and the Gun Owners Foundation challenging the federal law prohibiting ordinary Americans from mailing handguns via the U.S. Postal Service. The lawsuit argues this 1920s-era law, specifically 18 USC 1715, violates the Second Amendment by infringing upon the implicit right to acquire firearms, which is seen as essential to the right to keep and bear arms. The plaintiffs contend there is no historical tradition supporting such a restriction on mailing handguns.