Justice Department looks to overturn USPS rule that bans mailing handguns

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00:02You could soon be able to send a handgun through the mail via the U.S. Postal Service.

00:08The Trump administration is pushing to overturn a nearly 100-year-old federal restriction

00:13that bans most people from shipping concealable firearms through the mail.

00:18The Justice Department says the rule violates the Second Amendment,

00:21that law-abiding gun owners should be allowed to mail handguns

00:25under the same types of safety requirements already used for rifles and shotguns.

00:30The proposal is already drawing pushback from Democratic attorneys general in more than 20 states,

00:36including Nevada, where the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history happened

00:40at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas in 2017.

00:44In a statement to the Associated Press, Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford said,

00:48To suggest we make it easier for criminals and abusers to access firearms is a slap in the face.

00:55to gun violence survivors and law enforcement.

00:58The NRA, though, is praising the change,

01:00while gun safety groups warn it could make illegal firearms harder to track.