How often are people prosecuted under 39 C.F.R. § 232.1(l)?
I’ve seen arguments that the “except for official purposes” language is vague and that a state-issued CCW/CHL is certainly official. I wouldn’t want to be a test case for that though.
The public parking lot, box lobby and public side of the service counter cannot be reasonably described as “sensitive areas” in any Federal office, post office or not. State carry laws should apply.
The employee (only) parking lot,loading areas and the “employee’s only” portions of such offices, where the public does not have a right to go in the normal course of business, could be so described.
The mere presence of a Federal employee cannot make somewhere “sensitive”, the area needs to be circumscribed by some means and not open to the public armed or unarmed.
October 6th, 2010 at 11:44 am
How often are people prosecuted under 39 C.F.R. § 232.1(l)?
I’ve seen arguments that the “except for official purposes” language is vague and that a state-issued CCW/CHL is certainly official. I wouldn’t want to be a test case for that though.
October 6th, 2010 at 2:38 pm
http://www.ohio.com/news/break_news/104338709.html
October 6th, 2010 at 2:50 pm
The public parking lot, box lobby and public side of the service counter cannot be reasonably described as “sensitive areas” in any Federal office, post office or not. State carry laws should apply.
The employee (only) parking lot,loading areas and the “employee’s only” portions of such offices, where the public does not have a right to go in the normal course of business, could be so described.
The mere presence of a Federal employee cannot make somewhere “sensitive”, the area needs to be circumscribed by some means and not open to the public armed or unarmed.