chasfm11 wrote:puma guy wrote:Just the portion of the store leased or operated by the post office is off limits from my understanding, the rest of the building is not. If a PO is in a strip center it's off limits but not the other businesses nor the parking lot. Bonidy vs USPS in July 2013 ruled the prohibition of firearms and weapons did not apply to PO parking lots. Also the law requires Federal buildings and parking lots be posted. 18 USC Sec. 930 01/03/2007 Title 18
IANAL so if I'm incorrect - Need lawyer input HERE.
I've been to Fischer Store up by Canyon Lake and there's a PO inside, but I saw no posting.
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I don't know the right answer. But here is the way that I approach it until I hear something more definitive. The prohibition on firearms is Federal property. I have a local drycleaner who has a postal desk that takes up less than 15% of her floor space. There is no need for me to go behind the postal desk and the front of the desk is the direct pathway to her drycleaning desk. I think that a position could be taken that she is a sub-contractor to the USPS and that none of her building is Federal property.
Of course, there is a rule that says that my mailbox is Federal property, too, and according to that I would be unable to carry and pick up my own mail in front of my own house. I'm willing to take that risk.
As long as you don't go inside, you should be okay.
chasfm11 wrote:I don't know the right answer. But here is the way that I approach it until I hear something more definitive. The prohibition on firearms is Federal property. I have a local drycleaner who has a postal desk that takes up less than 15% of her floor space. There is no need for me to go behind the postal desk and the front of the desk is the direct pathway to her drycleaning desk. I think that a position could be taken that she is a sub-contractor to the USPS and that none of her building is Federal property.
I don't know the "right answer" either, but I agree with your thinking. One thing I would like to point out is that it doesn't have to be owned by the government to be "Federal property", it only has to be leased. In the case of the USPS in the drycleaner, it is clearly not leased or owned by the Federal Government. IANAL, but I agree you should be okay.