---
type: restriction
id: usps-firearms-handguns-including-pistols-and-revolvers
asset: shipping-restrictions-by-class
title: "firearms - handguns (including pistols and revolvers) — Postal shipping restrictions by item category"
sources:
  - https://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c4_009.htm
source_quote: "Pistols, revolvers, and other firearms capable of being concealed on a person, including but not limited to, short-barreled shotguns and short-barreled rifles, are categorized as handguns."
generated: true
harvested: 2026-08-04
stale_after: 2027-08-04
item_category: "firearms - handguns (including pistols and revolvers)"
carrier: "USPS"
restriction_type: "restricted"
scope: "domestic mail"
conditions: "A firearm with a short stock designed to be held and fired by a single hand; includes pistols, revolvers, and firearms capable of being concealed on a person including short-barreled shotguns and short-barreled rifles"
verified: false
unverified_fields: carrier, conditions, item_category, restriction_type, scope
---
**Item category:** firearms - handguns (including pistols and revolvers)

**Carrier:** USPS

**Restriction type:** restricted

**Scope:** domestic mail

**Conditions:** A firearm with a short stock designed to be held and fired by a single hand; includes pistols, revolvers, and firearms capable of being concealed on a person including short-barreled shotguns and short-barreled rifles

> Pistols, revolvers, and other firearms capable of being concealed on a person, including but not limited to, short-barreled shotguns and short-barreled rifles, are categorized as handguns.

Source: <https://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c4_009.htm>