Post office grounds and building carry may be coming. . .

[NightShade]

http://gunowners.org/alert1282014.htm

Have you ever wondered why you can't pull your pickup truck into the parking lot of the Gillette, Wyoming, post office, go in, and mail a letter -- without giving up your Second Amendment rights?

The answer is that a bunch of gun-hating legislators -- who are terrified of the very thought of guns -- slammed through a law prohibiting guns in any federal facility. It is now contained at 18 U.S.C. 930.

The original law contained a provision, at subsection (d)(3), which would allow you to carry your gun for "other lawful purposes" -- including, presumably, self-defense.

But, not surprisingly, the ATF and the other anti-gun denizens of the federal government have read this exception out of the law -- by executive fiat.

But the good news is this: On Wednesday, January 29, Senator Rand Paul will offer an amendment, in committee, to the Postal Reform Act (S. 1486).

The amendment will allow you to drive into a post office parking lot with your gun, and will allow you to carry it into the post office, to the extent state law would allow you to carry that firearm in any other venue.

Because the amendment will be offered in Governmental Affairs, a vast percentage of the committee membership consists of conservative Republicans and Democrats running for reelection in conservative states. So there is a good chance that we can score a major victory for the Second Amendment if you act now.

 

[vvvvvvv]

I really hate having to disarm and rearm while parked outside an elementary school.

 

[mons meg]

Well, we have a bill coming for that, don't we?

 

[p238shooter]

The Corps of Engineers Property is being worked on up North also.

 

[audiophile]

I have been plastering this on every forum I am subscribed to. Let's blow up Coburn's email with support.

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[rawhide]

There is supposed be a bill to allow public school parking lot carry/possession like vocational schools.

Let's let all of them in D.C. know they should support Paul's amendment.

 

[doctorjj]

I really hate having to disarm and rearm while parked outside an elementary school.

Parked off of school grounds, correct?

 

[WessonOil]

Is there documentation anywhere of a person who is legal to carry using a gun in a crime in a Post Office or Higher Education facility?

 

[rlongnt]

I really hate having to disarm and rearm while parked outside an elementary school.

There are always a few vehicles parked across the street on the shoulder/grass across the street from my kiddo’s school during any assembly or pickup times. One good thing about it is that we never get stuck in traffic trying to get out of the lot though.

 

[vvvvvvv]

Parked off of school grounds, correct?

Yep. Post office here is right next door. Road in front of post office is also used as the queue for picking up kids from school. In fact, it's not uncommon for parents to be blocking the entrance and exit to the Post Office parking lot.

So needless to say, it's an area swarming with parents at times who may or may not be overprotective and have the ability to exercise a bit of common sense.

Now, if you visit the post office between 7:30AM and 8:30AM and 2:30PM and 3:30PM, you're in a bit of a conundrum. Do you break federal law with minimal risk and go on and park in the Post Office parking lot? Do you risk a ticket for impeding the flow of the school children pick-up/drop-off queue? Or do you walk 2 blocks from the nearest public parking (or 1 block from a private lot where no one will really report you)? How important is that Post Office visit?