Gun owners are confronting bans on firearms in these places

Attorneys with the Firearms Policy Coalition filed a lawsuit challenging firearm bans in buildings managed by the United States Post Service.

The federal entity prohibits firearms, whether open or concealed, in their facilities. The lawsuit filed on Tuesday in the Northern District of Texas represents members of the Firearms Policy Coalition who intend and desire to exercise their Second Amendment rights to carry firearms in post offices without fear of prosecution.

The Second Amendment protects the individual right to possess and carry firearms outside of their home for lawful purposes, including at post offices, Firearms Policy Coalition President Brandon Combs said in a statement. But unlike the USPS, we can promise that Attorney General Garland will receive this message on time.

The advocacy group seeks a declaratory judgment asserting that the statues banning firearm carry in post offices are unconstitutional under the Second Amendment.

Many of the plaintiffs represented by the Firearms Policy Coalition practice concealed carry as they complete their daily business and run errands. Gavin Pate, an Anglican minister who resides in Texas, has a license to carry because of elevated crime in his area, but is forced to disarm every time he enters a post office. George Mandry, a small business owner who also lives in Texas, likewise takes his firearm with him on errands since customers sometimes pay him in cash or money orders that he handles at the post office, yet is also forced to disarm before he enters.

The lawsuit referenced Supreme Court precedent noting that when the Second Amendments plain text covers an individuals conduct, the Constitution presumptively protects that conduct, meaning that the government must show the regulation is consistent with the nations historical tradition of firearm regulation.

Critics of laws that limit firearm carry in public places, such as parks, hospitals, and transportation, contend that they make self-defense more difficult, especially in environments where residents cannot easily disarm before entering such facilities.

Another lawsuit in the state of New York is challenging concealed carry statutes which prevent citizens from taking their firearms into churches, theaters, transportation, and other locations in an attempt to circumvent a Supreme Court decision which overturned their restrictive concealed carry permitting process.

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