The DOJ just stopped defending the century-old ban on shipping firearms through USPS — calling it likely unconstitutional — and three state AGs immediately filed to take over the defense. New York, New Jersey, and Delaware don't want to let that go quietly.

"Those interests are no longer represented by the Federal Defendants, which no longer offers any defense of this critical public safety law on the merits."
— AGs of New York, New Jersey, and Delaware, Monday brief

A Pennsylvania woman needs to get a handgun to her father across the state and her only legal option is a six-hour round trip — because she can't use USPS, UPS, or FedEx without an FFL involved. Three AGs from neighboring states think that's fine. Worth sitting with that for a second.

The Bruen analysis here is interesting. The 1927 law was written to slow mob gun shipments during Prohibition — not exactly the kind of historical tradition the Founders were encoding. Courts have been skeptical of exactly this kind of post-hoc "safety" justification when the actual history is "we were trying to slow Al Capone."

For anyone who's had to coordinate a transfer, you know how this plays out in practice — you're paying FFL fees and burning time for a transaction that should be as simple as shipping a rifle scope. The law isn't stopping bad actors. It's just adding friction for people doing everything right.

Have you ever had a transfer situation where the shipping restrictions made a simple transaction into a whole production — and how'd you end up handling it?

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