Post Office Court Case Says No Guns in Post Offices
^^Here's a report on a Fifth Circuit Court ruling on a case involving a man bringing a handgun onto post office property.
Looks like he might have been an employee from the wording of the decision.
The utterly terrifying thing about this story is that he has been convicted of violating a RULE, not a law.
It is not specific about what criminal offense he is guilty of.
The rule he violated is part of 39 C.F.R. (code of federal regulations) which outlines how the post office works.
C.F.R. is not law, but apparently, we can be arrested, tried, and convicted for violating it.
Amazing.
One ray of sunshine:
Maybe it just applies to that one case.
I doubt it.
Guess I'll be parking across the street from now on.
^^Here's a report on a Fifth Circuit Court ruling on a case involving a man bringing a handgun onto post office property.
Looks like he might have been an employee from the wording of the decision.
The utterly terrifying thing about this story is that he has been convicted of violating a RULE, not a law.
It is not specific about what criminal offense he is guilty of.
The rule he violated is part of 39 C.F.R. (code of federal regulations) which outlines how the post office works.
C.F.R. is not law, but apparently, we can be arrested, tried, and convicted for violating it.
Amazing.
One ray of sunshine:
-from the footnote on the first page of the document.the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.
R. 47.5.4.
Maybe it just applies to that one case.
I doubt it.
Guess I'll be parking across the street from now on.