Rules for using private shipping companies for firearms, such as FedEx, might be different for those for the Postal Service, he said.

Wyomingites should be cautious about assuming that the DOJ’s ruling gives them the all-clear to start dropping packaged pistols into the mail, said Mocsary, who heads UW’s Firearms Research Center.

“It’s a very complicated area (of law). It remains to be seen exactly what is covered by this. They shouldn’t assume any particular kind of mailing is OK without doing some research,” he said.

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