# Weapons — Postal shipping restrictions by item category

For Weapons, carrier is Royal Mail Wholesale (Access customers); restriction type is prohibited; scope is UK; conditions is Including Section 5 firearms, CS gas and pepper sprays, flick knives, tasers and stun guns; guns for sporting use, including Section 1 and Section 2 firearms and low-powered airguns, are allowed subject to firearms controls, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Item category:** Weapons _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Carrier:** Royal Mail Wholesale (Access customers) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction type:** prohibited _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Scope:** UK _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Conditions:** Including Section 5 firearms, CS gas and pepper sprays, flick knives, tasers and stun guns; guns for sporting use, including Section 1 and Section 2 firearms and low-powered airguns, are allowed subject to firearms controls. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Weapons Including Section 5 firearms, CS gas and pepper sprays, flick knives, tasers and stun

## Source

- https://www.royalmailwholesale.com/mint-project/uploads/233157117.pdf

Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2027-08-10.
Part of [Postal shipping restrictions by item category](https://referencesource.org/shipping-restrictions-by-class/).