For decades, the federal government has treated law-abiding gun owners like criminals the moment they step foot on Post Office property.
It didn’t matter if you were armed only for self-defense. It didn’t matter if you never caused harm to anyone. The so-called “gun-free zone” around Post Offices was absolute — and millions of Americans were forced to disarm just to pick up their mail.
But that dangerous fiction finally cracked (partially).
A federal judge in the Northern District of Texas struck down the unconstitutional ban on carrying, storing, or possessing firearms at Post Offices and their parking lots.
What This Means for Texans
The ruling found that the government failed to justify disarming Americans on USPS property — and blocked enforcement of the law against the named plaintiffs and members of Firearms Policy Coalition.
In short, if you’re not part of this lawsuit, the feds still claim the authority to prosecute you for carrying in a Post Office.
And unless this ruling is upheld by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, or Congress repeals the law entirely, millions of Texans will remain second-class citizens every time they set foot in a USPS building.
That’s unacceptable.
Because let’s be blunt: “gun-free zones” are nothing more than sitting-duck zones.
They don’t stop criminals. They don’t stop violence. They only strip law-abiding citizens of their God-given right to self-defense — leaving them vulnerable.
And Texans know better than most what happens when government bureaucrats chip away at our rights one “gun-free zone” at a time.
But the truth is, no Texan should ever be forced to rely on patchwork court decisions just to exercise a constitutional right.
The Post Office gun ban needs to be fully and permanently repealed.
That’s why Texas Gun Rights has made eliminating dangerous “gun-free” zones one of our top legislative priorities — in Austin and in D.C.
Whether it’s the Post Office, schools, or any other place where law-abiding Texans are forced to disarm, we will never stop fighting until every single one of these unconstitutional infringements is gone.
It’s Time to Double Down
This ruling proves that the fight can be won.
The courts are starting to recognize that the Second Amendment actually means what it says. But this is no time to get complacent.
While the battle continues playing out in the Fifth Circuit, we must push Congress to repeal the USPS ban. And we must expose every politician — Republican or Democrat — who defends these dangerous “sitting-duck” zones.
According to Texas Gun Rights President Chris McNutt, TXGR isn’t resting on its laurels. “Until every Texan can carry their lawfully possessed firearms wherever they visit, our rights are still being trampled. Texas Gun Rights will not stop until ALL gun-free zones are eliminated and the Second Amendment is fully restored”
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