Does 18 U.S.C. § 930(a) and 39 C.F.R. § 232.1(1), which prohibit carrying firearms in post offices and on postal property, violate the Second Amendment as applied to private individuals carrying firearms for self-defense in ordinary U.S. post offices (i.e. not on military bases or in areas with armed security)?

Firearms Policy Coalition, Inc. v. Bondi (N.D. Tex., Sept. 30, 2025) challenged federal laws banning the possession of firearms in post offices and on postal property. The plaintiffs argued these restrictions violated their Second Amendment rights to carry firearms for self-defense. The court agreed, finding no historical tradition supporting such bans and ruling that post offices are not inherently “sensitive places.” As a result, the court struck down the prohibitions as unconstitutional when applied to ordinary post offices.