Posted on 10/07/2025 6:43:30 AM PDT by marktwain
Judge Reed O’Connor, a Chief United States District judge in the Fifth Circuit, has determined the ban on possession and carry of arms in common use in Post Offices and on property owned by the Post Office is an infringement on the rights protected by the Second Amendment. From the decision:
The Court determines that both 18 U.S.C. § 930(a) and 39 C.F.R. § 232.1(1) are inconsistent with the principles that underpin this Nation’s regulatory tradition. Thus, they are unconstitutional as-applied to carrying firearms inside a an ordinary post office or on post office property.
The decision was published on September 30, 2025, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth Division. The case is Firearms Policy Coalition Inc, et al., v. Pamela Bondi. The Second Amendment Foundation and two Texas citizens, Gavin Pate and George Mandry, were also parties to the lawsuit against the Federal government as represented by Pamela Bondi, United States Attorney General (AG). The original lawsuit was brought against Merrick Garland when he was AG on June 18, 2024.
Both the regulatory ban on firearms or other weapons in Post Offices and the Statutory ban on weapons in federal government buildings are relatively recent. The first prohibition on firearms in government buildings occurred in 1964. The regulatory ban on weapons in Post Offices was put in place in 1972.
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They are both held to be unconstitutional in this case, as applied.
Excellent
After all: Would the Post Office be justified in abrogating our Free Speech rights on their premises? How about our 5A rights?
Regards,
Yes of course the ruling is correct but I don’t understand how the a justice from the 5th has jurisdiction. Should this not have come from the 9th?
Excellent, yes, but only applies to the Plaintiffs stated in the case and only in that circuit (Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi). We have some time to go before SCOTUS gets the case and/or federal legislation changes.
Precedent, I pray 🙏
People who “Go Postal” don’t follow what a sign says, anyway.
And then in the 80s, going Postal became a thing.
Kid of proves the feds make rules but don’t have to go by them huh.
Yes of course the ruling is correct but I don’t understand how the a justice from the 5th has jurisdiction. Should this not have come from the 9th?
Wonder if this is going to be pressed forward to other govt buildings
There is a picture of gun-bearing Black Panthers in the California State Capitol in the 1960s.
It is my understanding that they were asked to go and left without being arrested.
There was a time when one could freely walk up to the front door of the Virginia governor’s mansion. Until Jeb Bush took office, I believe one could also freely walk up to the door of the Florida governor’s mansion.
In the first half of the 19th Century, one could often enter the White House if properly dressed.
Ah yes, l was confusing this with a Ca law.
Good!
The article mislabeled the judge.
He’s a “judge”, not a “justice”. Judges sit at the trial court, which is where this was. Justices sit at an appellate level.
Specifically, he is a judge from the Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth division.
Now, ND Texas is in the Fifth Circuit, but that has nothing to do with anything here, except in the unlikely event a justice was sitting at the trial court level, but which can happen if someone is sick or something.
So the author threw a red herring at his readers.
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Where does the article refer to Judge O’Conner as a justice?
I do not see it.
It says he sits in the 5th Circuit in the first sentence, which he does not, specifically “ Chief United States District judge in the Fifth Circuit”, which makes no sense.
He would be a justice, not a judge, if he sat at the appellate court. And there is no such thing as the “district judge in the fifth circuit”.
He’s the Chief Judge of the ND Texas, Fort Worth Division.
Yes, Texas is part of the 5th Circuit, but that has nothing to do with anything unless there is an appeal.
I think the confusion is because there is a famous Texas appellate judge “justice Occonnor,” maybe the same person, but that’s a state justice position.
10/03/2025 11:57:09 AM PDT · by Yo-Yo · 25 replies
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