Ban on carrying guns in post offices ruled unconstitutional by U.S. judge

January 13, 2024, 07:25 PM

quote:
A federal judge in Florida on Friday ruled that a U.S. law that bars people from possessing firearms in post offices is unconstitutional, citing a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling from 2022 that expanded gun rights.

U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, an appointee of Republican former President Donald Trump in Tampa, reached that conclusion in dismissing part of an indictment charging a postal worker with illegally possessing a gun in a federal facility.

Mizelle said that charge violated Emmanuel Ayala's right to keep and bear arms under the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment, saying "a blanket restriction on firearms possession in post offices is incongruent with the American tradition of firearms regulation."

https://www.reuters.com/world/...nded%20gun%20rights.

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January 13, 2024, 07:26 PM

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January 13, 2024, 07:40 PM

12131

Bruen FTW!

January 13, 2024, 07:43 PM

Ogie

Wow!! Excellent!!!

January 13, 2024, 07:48 PM

Balzé Halzé

Just Post Offices? What about shithouses in National Parks? (And other federal buildings in National Parks of course)

January 13, 2024, 08:18 PM

smlsig

quote:
Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
Just Post Offices? What about shithouses in National Parks? (And other federal buildings in National Parks of course)

That “ban” has never stopped me from carrying…

January 13, 2024, 08:23 PM

220-9er

Post Offices never were a place that should have qualified for this kind of treatment. There is no heightened risk above your local convenience store.
The shootings I can recall involved employees with domestic problems and other personal issues, not the general public.
They don’t provide any security so the body count is worse than where the victims can carry.
This is long overdue.

January 13, 2024, 08:26 PM

Balzé Halzé

quote:
Originally posted by smlsig:
quote:
Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
Just Post Offices? What about shithouses in National Parks? (And other federal buildings in National Parks of course)

That “ban” has never stopped me from carrying…

Neither me.

January 13, 2024, 08:33 PM

lyman

always thought it odd that as an FFL I was supposed to drop off the firearms I was shipping unarmed,, tho honestly, concealed is concealed, and I was and am always carrying ,,

January 13, 2024, 08:39 PM

tatortodd

Great outcome!

The article didn't list the attorneys. Anyone know if the attorneys were funded by GOA, SAF, FPC, etc?

January 13, 2024, 08:51 PM

12131

quote:
Originally posted by tatortodd:
The article didn't list the attorneys. Anyone know if the attorneys were funded by GOA, SAF, FPC, etc?

Listed here,
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/co...m-div/115709647.html

January 13, 2024, 09:25 PM

ensigmatic

quote:
Originally posted by 12131:
quote:
Originally posted by tatortodd:
The article didn't list the attorneys. Anyone know if the attorneys were funded by GOA, SAF, FPC, etc?

Listed here,
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/co...m-div/115709647.html

Thanks, Q. That's interesting reading.

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January 13, 2024, 09:31 PM

newtoSig765

Anybody know if this ruling applies just to PO employees, or to the rest of us? And can it be appealed.

Asking for a friend...

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January 13, 2024, 10:06 PM

SIG228

quote:
Originally posted by newtoSig765:
Anybody know if this ruling applies just to PO employees, or to the rest of us? And can it be appealed.

Asking for a friend...

Did you read the article?

January 13, 2024, 10:10 PM

parabellum

Leave your firepower in the car when you visit the post office.

January 13, 2024, 10:29 PM

newtoSig765

Yeah, caution seems the best approach. I agree.

January 13, 2024, 10:39 PM

Mustang-PaPa

Yeah my gun will stay in the pickup at the post office.

I wont be the one setting off the metal detectors.

January 13, 2024, 10:48 PM

YooperSigs

The MQT Post Office shares the building with the Federal Court.
I wont carry in the post office.

January 13, 2024, 10:49 PM

12131

quote:
Originally posted by Mustang-PaPa:
I wont be the one setting off the metal detectors.

Yeah, mine stays in the car, but folks package metal parts to ship all the time. I have always shipped long guns through them. They have metal detector at your PO?

January 13, 2024, 11:31 PM

Fenris

quote:
Originally posted by parabellum:
Leave your firepower in the car when you visit the post office.

IIRC, The Postal Service also considers guns in their parking lots to be a violation.