Today, on behalf of Gun Owners of American and Gun Owners Foundation, we filed comments opposing the United States Postal Service’s “Proposed New Standards Prohibit the Mailing of Replica or Inert Munitions.” (See 73 Fed. Reg. 12321.) The new rule proposes to declare nonmailable “[r]eplica or inert munitions.”
The comments demonstrate that the proposed standard is unauthorized by law, and violative of the Postal Service’s Universal Service Obligation. Additionally, the comments show how the proposed new rule is vague and, as a consequence, could include all sorts of unintended items.
Finally, the comments note how the proposed new rule appears to be driven by an attempt to standardize postal regulations among North American countries.