The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently released a Memorandum Opinion stating that the Postal Service should stop enforcing a law banning the mailing of firearms. The obvious question is whether this Memorandum Opinion also permits the sale, shipment, and transfer of automatic knives. The answer is not straightforward.
Enjoy a timely and well-reasoned explanation of this subject by attorney and knife expert Tony Sculimbreme. The article, “Mailing Guns and Knives – DOJ Memorandum,“ was published in the March 2026 issue of Knife Magazine.