January 18, 2024 Employee safety is a top priority for the Postal Service, which is why the organization wants to ensure everyone is aware of its longstanding policy on firearms on postal property. A recent Florida district court decision is being misreported or may be misinterpreted as holding that the Postal Service’s ban on carrying…
Via Don Cheney, APWU PSAL 298, Retired President: U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle in Florida on Friday ruled that a U.S. law that bars people from possessing firearms in post offices is unconstitutional, citing a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling from 2022 that expanded gun rights. Emmanuel Ayala, a U.S. Postal Service truck driver…
By Jonathan Stempel – June 26, 2015 A federal appeals court said a U.S. Postal Service regulation banning firearms on postal property is constitutional, and reversed a lower court ruling that would have let people keep weapons inside their vehicles in post office parking lots. By a 2-1 vote on Friday, the 10th U.S. Circuit…
