1 week Ago By Michael Clements
Two Second Amendment advocacy groups are asking a federal judge to declare a ban on carrying guns in U.S. Post Offices unconstitutional.
The Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC), the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) are asking the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas to stop federal officials from enforcing the laws underlying the ban on firearms in post offices.
The first law, 18 USC 930 (a), prohibits carrying a gun on federal property, and the second, 39 CFR 232.1(1), prohibits firearms on any property under the control of the federal government. The suit, filed June 18 against U.
S. Attorney General Merrick Garland in his official capacity, states that the federal laws are unconstitutional under the U.S.
Supreme Court’s June 2022 decision in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen. Under Bruen, courts must consider the law’s text and the history of firearms regulation when determining if a law is constitutional.
For a law to meet this standard, the court ruled that a similar law—a historical analog—must have existed when the Second Amendment was adopted. “And it means that any locational restrictions on Second Amendment rights must come from history, not from the plain text,” the lawsuit states. Texas residents Gavin Pate and George Mandry, plaintiffs in the suit, have Texas-issued firearms licenses, are members of the FPC and SAF, and visit post offices regularly.
The suit states they are required to disarm on each visit, which they .
