Filing charges would be a huge hassle, but it sounds like you've got the right to do so if you wish. You're the one who's being harassed here. Whether or not you make a public stand over the issue of cubicle posters that represent your support for fundamental human rights, you might do the following, with the assistance of your boss, the gunnie.
Write up a memo for your file in the personnel office: the file that holds the copy of your citation for alleged harassment. If you agree with the ideas that follow, you could note things such as these:
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I understand that I have received a citation which states that a fellow employee has experienced discomfort, and that this discomfort is said to have been caused by the human rights posters that someone removed from my work space. While I do not believe that taking property from co-workers is a proper way to alleviate personal discomfort, a matter of greater concern is that no one chose to make this issue known to me or to my supervisor in order to seek a more appropriate solution.
{key point, duckfoot: they could have talked to your boss about this, or had their boss talk to your boss; instead, they vandalized your workspace in your absence. Have you experienced diminished trust in your employer's commitment to your personal security and that of your property? - I'm only half kidding.}
The posters that apparently prompted this complaint depicted ordinary, normal people having guns. Millions of ordinary, normal Americans have guns. This is appropriate; the overwhelming majority of people are good, upstanding people. I believe that, of my co-workers here and my close, personal friends, every single one of them merits my opinion that they are good people. They are not dangerous predators. They are not criminals. They have no interest in harming the rest of us here; quite the contrary. I believe that they are committed to a safe, productive, collegial atmosphere, just as I am.
I also believe that the world has a small proportion of bad people in it. History shows us that these few can cause suffering both great and small to the rest of us, because our attention is on building our lives and families rather than the destruction of others, on giving rather than demanding, and on trust rather than suspicion and hatred. Over the past few years, we have been reminded once more of what bad people can and will do to good people, when good people forget.
1. We're at war. We currently have combat troops away from their families, in the difficult and dangerous mission of killing terrorists in other countries.
2. The reason we are at war is that our country has been attacked by those with a long record of killing civilians, both in their own countries and in other countries. These murders exemplify the differences between their principles and ours. Our principles include the insistence that the strong must protect the weak; they are never to murder, rob and terrorize them.
3. The long record of this country, both its citizens and its government, are a testament to an unswerving devotion to acknowledging and protecting fundamental human rights. When our country began, our social customs were like those of Europe -- for example, slavery was legal and voting rights were reserved for only a few. Our nation has not only pioneered the advance of new social customs that respect and give force of law to fundamental human rights; Americans have paid dearly, both in blood and in money, for the protection of these same rights for others around the world.
4. Private ownership of weapons is an embodiment of the principle that most people are good, and that they can use power wisely, either to restrain the hands of the ruthless or, as a last resort, to stop their actions, once begun.
5. We of the Postal Service have been specifically attacked by those whose sympathies lie with the ruthless killers referred to in (2), above. We have taken casualties in this war. The anthrax attacks that murdered and sickened our colleagues were aimed at all of us, in an attempt to sow fear and confusion among us. This attempt has failed. We continue to do our jobs. Except for our Postal Inspectors, we do not carry weapons as we do our jobs.
6. I believe that we of the Postal Service were targeted for the anthrax attacks in the fall of 2001 because we are an integral part of a nation that succeeds brilliantly. We of the Postal Service are also an excellent example of what our nation stands for: we are men and women, of all ages, ethnic groups, religions, creeds and national origins, working together as a team. Our team's purpose is to provide, enhance and facilitate communication among Americans, and between Americans and people all over the world. We can look at our record and say that we are a team of champions.
7. I personally support the philosophy made clear by our Nation's laws: that fundamental human rights are paramount. During my paid working hours, I do not personally spend my time in such activities as publishing, giving speeches, worshipping in the manner of my choosing, carrying weapons, filing civil lawsuits, corresponding with the legislators who represent me, and voting. That is because I am here to do my job. We all willingly accept certain workplace requirements; they enhance the efficient completion of our jobs. There is no conflict between our focus on doing our jobs well and the truth that we all have fundamental human rights.
I respectfully suggest that very little credence would be given to any analogous complaint made about a Postal Service employee's posters showing, for example:
support for our military and hopes for our loved ones' safe return;
gratitude for the general freedom to worship, or (for example) the Lord's Prayer, or other verses from the Bible, the Torah, or other religious texts;
a reminder of the importance of voting rights;
a copy of the Bill of Rights, done in fine calligraphy;
pictures of an employee's children, because of the complainer's discomfort around the ethnic group of the family in the pictures;
-- need I go on?
Again, I suppose that my unknown colleague's discomfort about my human rights posters was caused by a lack of familiarity with the specific topic of guns. I'll point out here that all of the troops we've seen carrying guns and bringing freedom to others around the world came from among us; they are not a separate group. They come from our culture. They are us. Some are even our Postal Service colleagues, called up with National Guard and Reserve units, making us proud to know them.
I do not dispute the assertion that a co-worker of mine could have felt uncomfortable while in my work space without me, looking at my human rights posters. I do not know this person's identity, nor will I attempt to find out. I respect their privacy; to make them respect mine is not the purpose of this memo. If they or their supervisor have any other opinions or views that they wish me to be aware of, then they may communicate them to me or to my supervisor. I will certainly listen to those views, as long as those views do not include or recommend violations of the law or the oppression of others.
{-Your signature}
Received and read by,
{-Your supervisor's signature, if he's willing. I expect that he can sign it just to show that he's seen it and will forward it to Personnel. He doesn't need to publicly write down that he agrees with what you've written.}
Original: to personnel file (whatever it's called)
CC: Your Supervisor
CC: Originator of complaint
CC: Supervisor of originator of complaint
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Sign it, ask your supervisor to sign that he's received it, then make 4 copies. Keep one photocopy, and your supervisor gets one. He forwards the original to the personnel office for your file, and he sends the other 2 copies upstream for "blind" distribution to the appropriate parties (you don't know who they are, nor do you really need or want to).
Do as you wish with this, if anything. You, and anybody else who supports gun rights, may use it or any part of it. I don't presume to put words into your mouth OR Oleg's mouth. Use what you think expresses your beliefs; add, rewrite and delete stuff however you see fit. Your boss might even be willing to review a draft copy before you submit the final copy.
All the best with this.
Happy Bob
:banghead: 
