# firearms - handguns (including pistols and revolvers) — Postal shipping restrictions by item category

For firearms - handguns (including pistols and revolvers), carrier is USPS; restriction type is restricted; scope is domestic mail; conditions is 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, recorded from its source on 2026-08-04.

- **Item category:** firearms - handguns (including pistols and revolvers) _(unconfirmed — we could not tie this to the quote below)_
- **Carrier:** USPS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction type:** restricted _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Scope:** domestic mail _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **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 _(unconfirmed — we could not tie this to the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 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

Last verified: 2026-08-04. Review by: 2027-08-04.
Part of [Postal shipping restrictions by item category](https://referencesource.org/shipping-restrictions-by-class/).