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Post Office???

eye95

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Thinking out loud over here...

What if that individual was a civilian contractor for the government? Say their employer is IEM, but they're performing a job that DHS has contracted out to IEM. If that job requires them to carry, is it considered official? :eek:

I am not a lawyer, so I don't want to attempt to deal with the nuances. I was trying to make a gross point in the law, basically that ordinary citizens just doing business with the post office clearly fall on the side of the line known as "not official." A police officer performing his duties clearly falls on the side of the line known as "official." Exactly where that line between the two falls, I don't know.
 

ak56

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Based on the Dorosan case out of the Court of Appeals in '08, I would not suggest carrying anywhere on postal property.

What's interesting in that case is the fact that the court ruled very narrowly, only ruling on carry in the restricted/gated employee parking areas, and did not address the public parking areas.

Not wanting to be the test case for the public parking areas, I will continue to park on the street and lock my firearm in the truck while I go inside.
 

ak56

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What's interesting in that case is the fact that the court ruled very narrowly, only ruling on carry in the restricted/gated employee parking areas, and did not address the public parking areas.

Not wanting to be the test case for the public parking areas, I will continue to park on the street and lock my firearm in the truck while I go inside.

Update on the current case:

ORDERED: Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint, filed
December 6, 2010 [6], is granted with leave for plaintiffs to file an amended
complaint (20 days) by April 11, 2011
.

But it's not over yet. The original complaint covered both inside the building and the public parking lot together. The have filed an amended complaint that separates the two.
 
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