Lawsuit Filed Against Post Office Gun Ban
Colorado ––(Ammoland.com)- If there’s anything that makes a concealed carry permit holder upset, its criminal safezones.
A criminal safezone is where only criminals are safe, because armed self defense is banned. That’s why the National Association for Gun Rights has filed a lawsuit against the United State Postal Service.
The U.S. Postal Service uses bureaucratic rules to ban your right to carry in a Post Office, and that’s important, even if you don’t carry concealed –- it’s the camel’s nose under the tent.
You see, the U.S. Postal Service claims citizens don’t have the right to self defense in Post Offices.
There’s one problem with that claim: it isn’t true.
The law cited by the Post Office creates an exception for “lawful carrying of firearms” for “other lawful purposes.” On top of that, both the Heller and McDonald Supreme Court decisions guarantee “the individual right to possess and carry weapons in case of confrontation.”
Sounds like it should be simple, right?
Well, no government bureaucracy ever gave up power without a fight.
And, given the anti-gun nature of the Obama administration, we know they aren’t going to instruct the Postal service properly.
So I assumed you’d want your organization to act… and quickly.
Do you support this lawsuit on behalf of law-abiding citizens for their self defense?
I sincerely hope so. I know, personally, it infuriates me to be disarmed just because I’m picking up my mail.
But imagine how Debbie Bonidy feels. Debbie and Tab Bonidy live in the mountains of Colorado, and are the plaintiffs –- along with the National Association for Gun Rights –- against the Postal Service.
Debbie Bonidy doesn’t like going anywhere without her personal handgun, which is why she went through the trouble of being trained, proving she’s law-abiding, and getting her concealed carry permit. Not only does the U.S. Postal Service say she can’t carry that handgun for self protection in a Post Office, but they arrogantly claim she can’t even leave it in her car when in their lot.
If we win this lawsuit, that outrageous policy will change in every Post Office in America.
For Freedom,
Dudley BrownExecutive Director
National Association for Gun Rights
P.S. I hope you will support our lawsuit against the Postal Services’ ban on self-defense.
We’ve already filed the suit against the Post Office, and if we win, they’ll be forced to allow legally authorized citizens to carry in Post Offices across the country.
About:
The National Association for Gun Rights was founded in 2001 to serve as a grassroots gun rights group focusing on building state-level gun rights groups and lobbying for pro-gun federal legislation. Brown has been a gun lobbyist for more than 17 years. Visit: www.nationalgunrights.org
lets all carry guns to make work a fair playing field , maybe management wony harrass us so much then.
By the way – Wyoming also passed "Constitutional Carry" effective July 1, 2011.
My question is, and was posed to a State Senator ……. if it's Constitutional …… why are you even voting on it?
His response?
"You know …….. you're right".
USC Title 39 – bans the possession of firearms and other weapons on United States property. If the feds don't OWN it, their laws do not apply – many POs are leased. If firearms are banned on "postal property", why can you ship a firearm through the US Postal Service? How is it that "federal law" or "United States Code" even applies since the post office is a private enterprise and not a 'federal entity'? As far as I know, every single instance (with one exception) of "going postal" was a postal employee, or related to, or involved with, a… Read more »
NAGR is simply a fundraising organization to line Dudley Brown's pockets. It's not surprising that Greg is bashing NRA since he works for NAGR and makes a living off their attacks on NRA. Do not give money to these so called gun rights supporters. The only thing they are doing is fundraing. Dudley Brown claims to also serve as the head lobbyist for his other fundraising organization (rocky mtn gun owners) that masquerades as a gun rights organization. Dudley wasn't even registered to lobby the Colorado legislature for the last 6 years and only registered to lobby last month. NAGR… Read more »
Don't ask, don't tell, sounds proper, to me.
Have all USPS, employees, passed the backround check, as we did?
If you have a CCW use it.
The Kansas Attorney General publishes an FAQ, listing "Places were concealed carry MAY NOT be legal" because it may be legal. The history of "going postal" began after the Post master General under LBJ took the guns away from mail carriers and removed the holsters from inside the mail bags. This also removed the requirement that airline pilots carry a gun to protect the mail entrusted to airlines to transport. Hijackings to Cuba began after that too. Title 39 does say that a sign must be posted at every entrance, not 100 feet inside the door and behind a curtain.… Read more »
The post office has good reason to not allow guns the felons running the place would not be allowed in the building. The post office is guaranteeing the rights of convicted felons to a good civil service pension. Easy pickens in the lobby. Of course license holders should be allowed to carry concealed. The post office works on who you know and personnalizing permission to have gun in car. Post office is run by crimnals
I agree with Pablo. Concealed means just that. Get your mail and go home. Know one will know any diff. You would be surprised how many CPL holders do this. I don't need some one taking a shot at me and my family when my gun is in the car. The one's who choose not to carry at all is ok too. I hope know one ever runs into a problem where your life is in the hands of these thugs.
For a terrorist, it's wonderful to know where you can kill a dozen folks, get it all over the news, and get your name repeated all over the world. The terrorist's benefactors know for sure which family to pay for the terrorist's killings. Remember Fort Hood? Something to add to your list of places to avoid: If there's more than 10 people in line at the post office, it might be safe to leave and go back when there are fewer unarmed folks.