What do folks here do with their carry gun when they have to go into a post office?

[230RN]

As I said, I used to go armed into my P.O. under that section D, "other lawful purpose," my "lawful purpose" being for self defense.

I gave up on that because of the controversies I'd seen and now leave my unloaded gun in a locked compartment in my locked car, per local (Denver) regs.

And except for the Avon-Bonidy case, I've never seen it tested. (In fact, the first judge involved said it was more or less OK, but a higher court said it was not more or less OK, and that it was not OK at all.)

I can't afford to make a case for my "lawful purpose," so I decided to be practical about it.

I mean, just because I can read and speak English pretty welll, doesn't mean prosecuting attorneys and Judges can. Just look at the word "infringed."

As a locally famous lawyer once told me...

Justice costs.

Terry, 230RN

 

[Aannddrreeww]

Personally, I think you should be calling them up and demanding to know what the procedure for checking your gun is, as should everyone who carries and needs to go there should. Its your right to carry a gun, and they have to accommodate that, if their rules restrict you carrying there. Do "we the people" not own the property? Or, is the federal government really something totally different, as some will tell you?

The other thing with crap like this, that I always bring up to those tell you you cant have a weapon and want to disarm you is, the second they do, they take full responsibility for your safety at that point, and are liable should anything happen to you. Most look at you like youve lost your mind, and dont want to hear it, or you talk too loud about it.

Of course, the feds and most state governments claim "immunity" to anything like that (funny how that works, isnt it?), so youre left even more defenseless.

So, whos really the boss here? And when did we cede power to the government when to comes to things like this?

They force you to get a carry permit to exercise your right, supposedly to vet you and make sure youre not a problem, yet, when it comes to things like this, they wont honor it, and still treat you like a common criminal.

So, as US citizens, protected by the Constitution and Bill of Rights, do we actually have rights or not? All I see, are ever-growing rooms full of volumes of exceptions, that say we really dont have any.

Exactly, and people endlessly complying with unconstitutional laws is the reason we now have government dictating to us when and where we can carry a gun.

 

[needmorecowbell]

I have no recollection of those events

 

[sparkyfender]

I hide it in the cab of my truck, lock the doors.

Small rural Post Office. Stand alone building, no neighboring businesses. Rightly or wrongly, I've never thought about the law affecting the parking lot before now.

 

[Kevin Rohrer]

A very good point. There is no legal defense to my knowledge. Years in jail to try to make a very vague point is a very rough learning experience, My Mama Said.

Fortunately, no one is going to prosecuted for carrying a CCW into a Post Office unless he causes a problem.

 

[230RN]

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Kevin Rohrer remarked,

Fortunately, no one is going to prosecuted for carrying a CCW into a Post Office unless he causes a problem.

Unfortunately, that rather smacks of the notion that "something is only illegal if you get caught." No offense, but I can't get behind that idea, and I hope CCWers in general don't take that remark seriously.

Terry, 230RN

 

[Robert]

10 pages seems like more than enough...