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

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whughett said:
I’m not sure but if one used the USPS on line shipping feature any shipping label printed out would have a bar code. One would need an accurate scale for weight of course.

The USPS is big into the modern age of computer use and on line business transactions must be a cake walk, for instance I started using an app on my phone called “Informed” delivery. I get an email daily telling me what mail and packages are being delivered the next day. Photos of the items included.
I live between two address Winter Spring. Summer Fall, Informed delivery follows me.
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You can't use the USPS website to print labels for Media Mail. It's not an option. I've never used Stamps.com, you MIGHT be able to do so there.

Every package is supposed to be scanned, multiple times. A Certified letter dropped in a collection box stands a VERY good chance of not having an intake scan.

I was a letter carrier for 20 years. I had a couple of collection boxes on my route. One got around 20-30 letters on a normal day. The other got hundreds. I wasn't given the time to sort through all those letters to see if they were certified. If I happened to see one I would scan it. However it was mostly a case of switch out the containers and go. When I got back to the station all my outgoing letter mail was dumped into a larger hamper. No one physically went through that hamper. That mail, for the most part, was never touched by human hands till it was delivered.

Old Lady Shooter,

If I were in your shoes, I'd make nice to your letter carrier. We have/had a surprising amount of discretion in what we could pick up. Check into some of the other online postage printing options.

I just checked Stamps.com for you. You can print Media Mail labels with their service. However there is a $17.99 per month fee. It would be up to you to decide if this works for you or not.
 
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Texas10mm said:
You can't use the USPS website to print labels for Media Mail. It's not an option. I've never used Stamps.com, you MIGHT be able to do so there.

Every package is supposed to be scanned, multiple times. A Certified letter dropped in a collection box stands a VERY good chance of not having an intake scan.

I was a letter carrier for 20 years. I had a couple of collection boxes on my route. One got around 20-30 letters on a normal day. The other got hundreds. I wasn't given the time to sort through all those letters to see if they were certified. If I happened to see one I would scan it. However it was mostly a case of switch out the containers and go. When I got back to the station all my outgoing letter mail was dumped into a larger hamper. No one physically went through that hamper. That mail, for the most part, was never touched by human hands till it was delivered.

Old Lady Shooter,

If I were in your shoes, I'd make nice to your letter carrier. We have/had a surprising amount of discretion in what we could pick up. Check into some of the other online postage printing options.

I just checked Stamps.com for you. You can print Media Mail labels with their service. However there is a $17.99 per month fee. It would be up to you to decide if this works for you or not.
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:) At last a voice of experience. Good to know information. Thank you. I was just winging it myself. ;)
 
Texas10mm said:
You can't use the USPS website to print labels for Media Mail. It's not an option. I've never used Stamps.com, you MIGHT be able to do so there.

Every package is supposed to be scanned, multiple times. A Certified letter dropped in a collection box stands a VERY good chance of not having an intake scan.

I was a letter carrier for 20 years. I had a couple of collection boxes on my route. One got around 20-30 letters on a normal day. The other got hundreds. I wasn't given the time to sort through all those letters to see if they were certified. If I happened to see one I would scan it. However it was mostly a case of switch out the containers and go. When I got back to the station all my outgoing letter mail was dumped into a larger hamper. No one physically went through that hamper. That mail, for the most part, was never touched by human hands till it was delivered.

Old Lady Shooter,

If I were in your shoes, I'd make nice to your letter carrier. We have/had a surprising amount of discretion in what we could pick up. Check into some of the other online postage printing options.

I just checked Stamps.com for you. You can print Media Mail labels with their service. However there is a $17.99 per month fee. It would be up to you to decide if this works for you or not.
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Pirate Ship happily prints Media Mail labels for me, with a barcode and tracking number, and saves the records of all my shipments. It does not charge any fees. I suppose it might get a discounted price from USPS and that's how it makes its money. If I deposit the packages at the post office I am able to track them, and this applies whether I stand in line to get a receipt (in which case the counter representative scans the package) or deposit it in the package contraption on the wall. The question in my mind is what happens if I drop it in the mailbox around the corner from my house.
 
old lady new shooter said:
Pirate Ship happily prints Media Mail labels for me, with a barcode and tracking number, and saves the records of all my shipments. It does not charge any fees. I suppose it might get a discounted price from USPS and that's how it makes its money. If I deposit the packages at the post office I am able to track them, and this applies whether I stand in line to get a receipt (in which case the counter representative scans the package) or deposit it in the package contraption on the wall. The question in my mind is what happens if I drop it in the mailbox around the corner from my house.
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It should be scanned. Talk to your letter carrier and see who picks up that box. If it's your letter carrier they may just prefer to pick them up at your house. Do you have some of those plastic postal boxes?
 
Texas10mm said:
It should be scanned. Talk to your letter carrier and see who picks up that box. If it's your letter carrier they may just prefer to pick them up at your house. Do you have some of those plastic postal boxes?
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Letter carrier does not come to my house, he deposits all the mail in the cluster mailboxes and takes away the mail in the standalone blue box. If I get a USPS package delivery it is not brought by the regular letter carrier.
 
Texas10mm said:
It should be scanned. Talk to your letter carrier and see who picks up that box. If it's your letter carrier they may just prefer to pick them up at your house. Do you have some of those plastic postal boxes?
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Sounds a bit odd. Ive lived in a couple of places where we had those common boxes, and if there was something that wouldnt fit in the box, or one of the larger package boxes, where they leave you the key, they would drop them off at the house, if someone were home. If you had packages to go, you could put them in the large box for that. The same mailman delivered the mail and packages.

Where we are now, its rural delivery, and the carrier does the same thing, drop off, and pick up, and if you arent home, and it wont fit in the box, they leave it at the door. Or, you leave it at the door, and they pick it up.
 
I have cluster boxes in front of my house as well, but I've made friends with my postman (with the assistance of my Border Jack, "Peanut".)
He drops packages at my house rather than taking them back to the main post office, which is two towns over.
If I had a package to send out I'd just hand it to him as he stuffs the cluster boxes.
Peanut always announces his arrival... .
 
OLNS, I’m having a hard time understanding why you just don’t slide the carry piece under the front seat for the few minutes your in the PO.
Has your vehicle be broken into before, PO is in a bad neighborhood, drive a high profile expensive auto on the high probability for stolen list.

Your permitted, in the unlikely event some one did steal the piece, a police report would cover it and if your auto insurance includes personal property theft again your covered.

IMO Lots of anguish over what might me.
 
whughett said:
OLNS, I’m having a hard time understanding why you just don’t slide the carry piece under the front seat for the few minutes your in the PO.
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I assume she's hesitant to do that because she'd be breaking federal law if she did so in the post office parking lot. If not on postal service property that'd be fine but may turn it into more than a few minutes depending on the post office. In my case, the two post offices I frequent don't have parking lots that are clearly differentiated from neighboring businesses so it'd be a bit of a guessing game.

Obviously, if you did happen to be parked on postal service property, and the gun was stolen, you'd be faced with the uncomfortable dilemma of calling the police and telling them that you had been robbed while committing a felony. I'd be willing to bet that in most cases you'd still be fine, mainly because I don't think most cops are aware of the laws that we're talking about here, but it'd be a gamble.
 
Concealed carry when done correctly is called a secret. How many gun free zones does everyone pay attention to? I liked the comment about being judged by 12. I don’t want to be around the post office when someone goes postal. To each his own though.
 
I live in a rural area but only a couple of minutes from my local post office. Since it’s so close I just leave the gun at home unless the drop off is the beginning of a long traveling day in which case I put it under the seat, lock my car doors, and activate the alarm. I print all of my postage at home so I’m in the building a minute tops dropping my package off.
 
GAF said:
When my goal is to go to any of those federal government places I leave my carry gun at home.
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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.
 
I have a spare zippered bank bag that I leave in the car for the times I am forced to leave a firearm in the car. The bag, w/full size 1911 inserted wedges nicely, out of sight, between driver seat and center console and w/doors locked and alarm set it's safe for fairly short periods of time. Always figure a smash and grab would go for the console rather than search car carefully.

This morning, I had not planned it, but got out of the Dr. office early and noticed half empty parking lot when passing the early voting location. Quickly made a spur of the moment decision to take advantage of the short line. As I parked the car, noticed the bank bag was not to be found, so shoved the 1911 into usual slot, muzzle down and we voted.

Upon return, I reached into the slot but pistol had slipped all the way down, muzzle pointing to rear of car. I could barely touch the grip, let alone grasp it, so exited car; still barely able to get finger tips from each hand on the gun and began to worry that safety might have disengaged as it slid down, turning "belly up".

Long story short was finally able to extract the gun being extremely careful not to get a finger near trigger and aware of any "downrange" traffic while so doing. Sure enough, the safety was off! :eek: Have carried condition 1 for many years and shall continue to do so, thanks to John Browning's redundant safeties, but in spite of them, one must be aware of any unusual possibility.

This further verifies my contention that the firearm is much less of a threat to the public on my person than it is when I'm forced to leave it in a vehicle. Now I'm off to locate the lost bank bag!:(

Regards,
hps
 
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