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So anyone surprised by this ruling must believe that folks, licensed and legally carrying, are disarming and leaving their shit in the car to go into specific buildings. That's stupid. All that does is leave a gun one broken window away from someone already committing crimes who in the excitement of finding a weapon might suddenly graduate to doing much worse crimes. Keeping your piece on your person, holstered and concealed is the only responsible approach if you are going to carry.
But why? When have you ever been in a post office and felt like you needed a firearm to defend yourself? Or the grocery store? Or any of the other places people are pushing to be able to intimidate people by wearing a firearm that immediately lets people know, "look out for me". I've never been to a place I felt like I needed to be armed, and if I did I would probably stop going there. Living in fear of everyone around you to the point you can't mail a package without your gun probably means you should be seeking some counseling, not a carry permit.
EDIT - Oops extra period.
Your comment pretends that concealed carry doesn't exist. I'd rework that section so you don't look like you missed an obvious counterpoint. While you are at it I'd avoid pretending that you know the motivation of someone carrying. If a person carries for a reason other than what you said it makes it very easy to discard your whole position and because of the way you phrased it not one person you are trying to reach will even begin to agree with your description of their motivation even if that is actually the reason they carry.
Must be nice to just decide not to go places. Not everyone has that luxury.
A lot of people who wear them on holsters could just forget, and it's unreasonable to punish people for something they have the right to carry on their person anyway.
I'm actually kind of with the right wing on this one. It is a stupid rule.
Intimidation? Maybe read what you are going to respond to. Who is being intimidated by a fully concealed firearm? And what I would give to be as blissfully unaware of my surroundings as you to believe that I could never be endangered by man or beast. You live in a dream. The world is dangerous.
Bad risk assessment. Most Americans are deeply confused about the things that are likely to kill them vs the things they actively worry about. Maybe that's not you, but statistically it almost certainly is.
Unless you are a young man in a concentrated poverty neighborhood, your chances of encountering deadly interpersonal violence are vanishingly small. You're far more likely to be killed by heart disease due to an unhealthy lifestyle, yet the vast majority (not all) of gun-owners pay little or no attention to that aspect of their personal well-being.
The need some people feel to carry a gun isn't rooted in accurate risk assessment and instead is about a desire to feel empowered or because like my old man --a Vietnam combat vet-- they have a blown-out fight or flight response so that everything looks like a threat even when it's not. (This is why so many Vietnam vets --again, like my old man-- ended up living off in the woods by themselves; that way they could be in control of their environment at all times which is also why they always carried firearms.)
But ultimately the real problem is that many people aren't honest with themselves about why they are so wedded to carrying.
I conceal carry where ever I can. It's not about "intimidating" people. No one around me knows I have a gun on me.
A lot of people carry a firearm for self protection, these are not the people you want to take guns away from. We just want to live our lives and not be the victims of any criminals with bad intentions.
Um, I don't take my gun in. I remove the magazine, empty the chamber, remove the slide and carry the slide in one pocket and the magazine in another. The lower, the part legally defined as a gun, is locked in the car and useless without the other parts. Never had anyone break into my car while at a post office. Gotta imagine that the rate break-ins at post offices is lower than the average for any given area.
Part of being a responsible gun owner is not putting yourself at risk of a felony charge for bringing a gun into a federal building. Once you have a felony you don't get to carry any guns anywhere.
I am alarmed and concerned by this ruling, but not really surprised.