Challenge to Ban on Firearms on Postal Service Property

[Gunreference1]

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Challenge to Ban on Firearms on Postal Service Property

Attorney Jim Manley and the Mountain States Legal Foundation are taking on the US Postal Service's ban on any firearm on USPS property. The challenge is on behalf of Debbie and Tab Bonidy of Avon, Colorado and the National Association for Gun Rights. A lawsuit, Bonidy et al v. USPS et al, was filed Monday in U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado.

The Bonidys live in a rural area of Colorado that doesn't have home mail delivery. Because of that, the local post office in Avon, Colorado provides the residents of the area with a post office box at no charge. While they both have Colorado concealed carry permits and regularly carry, the Bonidys cannot carry concealed or openly when picking up their mail. They even can't leave their firearms locked in their car as this would violate 39 C.F.R. § 232.1(l). This regulation reads:

(l) Weapons and explosives. No person while on postal property may carry firearms, other dangerous or deadly weapons, or explosives, either openly or concealed, or store the same on postal property, except for official purposes.

To read the rest of the story click the link below.

http://onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com/2010/10/challenge-to-ban-on-firearms-on-postal.html

Steve

[deth502]

i always thought that legaly carrying concealed was taken to fall under "offical purposes"

[Gunreference1]

Monday, November 22nd, 2010 at 7:59 pm

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.

To read the rest of the story click the link below.

http://www.ammoland.com/2010/11/22/lawsuit-filed-against-post-office-gun-ban/

Steve

[Gunreference1]

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Bonidy v. USPS: Postal Service Moves To Dismiss

Last week, Department of Justice attorneys representing the U.S. Postal Service filed a Motion to Dismiss the suit (http://www.scribd.com/doc/45607414/Bonidy-v-USPS-Motion-to-Dismiss) brought contesting the ban on firearms on Postal Service property. This suit was brought by the Mountain States Legal Foundation on behalf of Debbie and Tab Bonidy as well as the National Association for Gun Rights.

The Bonidys live outside of Avon, Colorado in an area which does not receive home mail service. As a result, they have to pick up their mail at the Post Office in Avon where they are provided a free mail box. The Bonidys, both of whom have Colorado concealed carry licenses, want to be able to carry a handgun for self-protection (http://onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com/2010/10/challenge-to-ban-on-firearms-on-postal.html) on the way to, while, and upon returning from picking up their mail. Current postal regulations prohibit possession of a firearm on USPS property including the parking lots.

To read the rest of the story click the link below.

http://onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com/2010/12/bonidy-v-usps-postal-service-moves-to.html

Steve

[Gunreference1]

Colorado couple's lawsuit over post office gun ban is allowed to proceed

Posted: 11/28/2011 01:00:00 AM MST
Updated: 11/28/2011 06:52:00 AM MST

By John Ingold
The Denver Post

A federal judge in Denver has allowed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Postal Service's ban on guns in post offices to go forward.

Avon residents Debbie and Tab Bonidy filed the lawsuit last year, saying the ban violates their Second Amendment rights.

To read the rest of the story click the link below.

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_19423472

Steve

[abpt1]

So when I go to the post office is it alright to have my CCW in the car ?

[O.S.O.K.]

So when I go to the post office is it alright to have my CCW in the car ?

Screw them. I figure if I ever get caught and arrested, I will take it all the way to the SCOTUS. They must either take responsibility for my safety or allow me to defend myself.

Unlike "collective bargaining rights", 2A rights are real.

[slamfire51]

"Going Postal" refers to POSTAL EMPLOYEES shooting other employees or their bosses.

I don't imagine too many postal patrons have actually shot up a post office unless it was in the commission of a robbery.

I think they are over protecting their working environment.