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You could soon be able to send a handgun through the mail via the U.S. Postal Service
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The Trump administration is pushing to overturn a nearly 100-year-old federal restriction
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that bans most people from shipping concealable firearms through the mail. The Justice Department says the rule violates the Second Amendment
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that law-abiding gun owners should be allowed to mail handguns under the same types of safety requirements already used for rifles and shotguns
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The proposal is already drawing pushback from Democratic attorneys general in more than 20 states
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including Nevada, where the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history happened
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at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas in 2017. In a statement to the Associated Press, Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford said, quote
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To suggest we make it easier for criminals and abusers to access firearms is a slap in the face
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to gun violence survivors and law enforcement. The NRA, though, is praising the change
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while gun safety groups warn it could make illegal firearms harder to track
