A federal judge in Florida ruled a U.S. law that prohibits people from having firearms in post offices to be unconstitutional, the latest court decision declaring gun restrictions violate the Constitution.

U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, a Trump appointee, cited the 2022 Supreme Court ruling “New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen” that expanded gun rights. The 2022 ruling recognized the individual’s right to bear a handgun in public for self-defense.

The judge shared her decision in the indictment that charged Emmanuel Ayala, U.S. Postal Service truck driver, with illegal possession of a firearm in a federal building.

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    9 months ago

    Some people are required to carry firearms. If your job is armed security, you shouldn’t have a potential felony charge for going to the post office after work and dropping a letter in the night drop with your gun locked in the car.

    Just have federal buildings follow the laws of the states they’re in regarding the definition of premises for firearms. That is - apply it to the buildings, but not to the cars in the parking lot.

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        What’s a more secure place for a firearm? Unattended in a locker or actively in the possession of the person licensed to have it?

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            How so? Where do you keep your wallet? How about your keys?

            The most secure place to store something isn’t to leave it unattended. It’s to actively have it on your person.

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              I don’t take my wallet and keys with me to secure them. I take them with me because there is a good chance I’ll want to use them.

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              See you think that. But I don’t think you know the people I know. Even the military locks up guns when they aren’t in use.

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                On a fucking military base. That’s slightly more secure than the standard office locker.

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                  Hahaha. Yeah, totally always on base. Never in a random downtown building… They would never ever do that.

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      FWIW, the amount of security guardsin Florida is pretty small at 0.4032%. I don’t know the percent of those who carry for work, but the number of cops that carried (all data 20/21/22) was also small at 0.246%. Combined, that gets us to the measurable number of Job Guns at .649% of the population in 21/22.

      The idea that these people’s hindrances should even be acknowledged, let alone come into consideration when making or tossing out laws, is fucking absurd.