H.R. 3033 — Protecting the Mailing of Firearms Act

This section repeals 18 U.S.C. 1715, which prohibits mailing concealable firearms (i.e., pistols, revolvers, and other firearms capable of being concealed on the person), with exceptions for official use by military and law enforcement personnel, Postal Service employees, and shipments between firearms manufacturers and dealers. (Thus, concealable firearms become fully mailable, subject only to general postal regulations, and the associated criminal penalties—fine or up to two years imprisonment—are eliminated.) The repeal applies to pending prosecutions under that section (including on appeal), and the table of sections for chapter 83 of title 18, U.S. Code, is conformed by deleting the entry for section 1715.

This section prohibits the Postmaster General from issuing any rule that (1) prohibits or materially impedes the mailing of firearms, ammunition, or any component thereof; or (2) requires, as a condition of mailing such items, disclosure of sales receipts, firearms transaction records, or other customer records kept by federal firearms licensees or ammunition sellers, or disclosure of any firearm or component serial number.