Guns in Post Offices? Well, I don't like that idea....

[Triana]

Just received in my email:

Prior to a 2007 regulation banning guns in post offices, post office shootings were so common that the term “going postal” became synonymous with workplace shootings.

Despite this tragic history, Senator Rand Paul has introduced an amendment to the postal reform bill to once again allow guns in post offices. The Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee is considering the amendment this week.

Will you call and urge Committee Chair Tom Carper to defeat the amendment and keep guns out of post offices?

Call 888-556-4737, or you can use the Americans for Responsible Solutions click-to-call tool and we'll make the connection for you:

http://action.americansforresponsiblesolutions.org/post_office

The gun lobby sees this amendment as a gateway to rolling back all federal laws that prohibit guns in sensitive areas, and is campaigning hard for its passage.

It’s part of a long-standing effort to use legislation that has nothing to do with firearms policy to weaken federal gun laws. They’re hoping the amendment will slip through without notice.

But your voice can help persuade our allies on the committee to deliver for us.

All the best,

Peter Ambler
Strategy Director, Co-Founder, Americans for Responsible Solutions

[Glassunion]

1. What was the regulation in 2007 that banned them in post offices?

18 USC 44 sec. 930 would cover all federal buildings and was in effect well before 2007.

[ManiacJoe]

2. It is in the CFR(?) (regulations, not laws).

They conflict with the actual federal law. At least, they did back then.