Carry at Post Office

[PKendall317]

Before I say anything the title to this thread is a tad bit misleading. I never carry at the post office whenever I have to go there, and am aware that it is a felony to do so. My question relates more to the parking lot.

Is it still considered carrying a weapon into the Post Office if you're disarmed and the firearm is locked securely in your vehicle in the parking lot? Or does that extend to the parking lot as well?

 

[Roadie]

There have been threads on this before, and the general consensus is that the law applies to the "Property". not just the "Building"..

 

[bwframe]

Someone needs to be a test case for this. We need a court case to get behind.

 

[SaintsNSinners]

Technically the post office was privatized.....

 

[m82mike]

This was covered in USCCA not long ago. Parking lot and building are off limits.

 

[PKendall317]

Someone needs to be a test case for this. We need a court case to get behind.

Has long as it's not titled U.S. Postal Service v. Kendall!

 

[PKendall317]

This was covered in USCCA not long ago. Parking lot and building are off limits.

Thank you! That's all I needed to know. Luckily at my post office I can park in the street or at the Subway next door.

 

[bwframe]

How do motorcycle riders who carry handle this?

 

[Roadie]

How do motorcycle riders who carry handle this?

Like this?

Thank you! That's all I needed to know. Luckily at my post office I can park in the street or at the Subway next door.

Not sure I would want to leave my gun in a tank bag though..

 

[PKendall317]

Like this?



Not sure I would want to leave my gun in a tank bag though..

If I were a biker I wouldn't either. But then I don't know anything about how secure you can make those.

 

[Excalibur]

So what if I am driving up to a mail box outside the actual building itself?

 

[bwframe]

Just to play devils advocate;
If you effectively CC'd, no one would know unless you had to use your gun for SD. If you had to use your gun for SD, what difference would legalities make?

 

[Excalibur]

Just to play devils advocate;
If you effectively CC'd, no one would know unless you had to use your gun for SD. If you had to use your gun for SD, what difference would legalities make?

Because even if you've used your gun in self defense, there is always a guy in the court that wants to put you away from using a gun even if you are justified and they will procure anything that can be used against you.

 

[bwframe]

Because even if you've used your gun in self defense, there is always a guy in the court that wants to put you away from using a gun even if you are justified and they will procure anything that can be used against you.

Judged by 12 or carried by 6?

 

[Mosinguy]

Because even if you've used your gun in self defense, there is always a guy in the court that wants to put you away from using a gun even if you are justified and they will procure anything that can be used against you.

"they will procure anything that can be used against you."



Some people here don't seem to understand this.

 

[Prometheus]

"they will procure anything that can be used against you."



Some people here don't seem to understand this.

If you had to use a firearm in a location where it was illegal to have it, one would assume you'd be dead if your didn't use it.

I can't comprehend how some people don't seem to understand a plea bargain down to a misdemeanor and forfeiting your firearm isn't a good trade for their life.

Their life must not be worth much?

 

[Justin073190]

^^^^What he said^^^^

 

[Evermoore]

So how does this apply to a post office that is located in a shopping mall? Its not the post offices parking lot. But they are located there.. Where is that line drawn?

 

[El-Cigarro]

Ahhhhhhhh-SO!

 

[BehindBlueI's]

Just to play devils advocate;
If you effectively CC'd, no one would know unless you had to use your gun for SD. If you had to use your gun for SD, what difference would legalities make?

I thought that, too. Then I got hit by a car while on my bicycle. I had to get medical treatment, but luckily I wasn't hurt bad enough that I had to take the ambulance ride, If I had been its a pretty sure bet they would have discovered my firearm at some point.

I'm not saying don't carry, everyone can do the risk calculus on their own and see which way they'd rather lean, but there are definitely ways to get "made" as carrying other than a SD scenario.