Question about Weapons and Post Offices

[GuyWithQuestions]

There was another thread on the legality of carrying a firearm into a post office. Now here's a different question. Does anyone know if it would be legal to leave it in your vehicle in the parking lot while you go inside, or would that be illegal since you're still technically on post office property?

Another question I have: is it legal to have pepper spray on you while you go inside a post office? Is it legal to carry a dart-firing air taser while you go inside? What regulation I can find is:

Code of Federal Regulations
Title 39, Volume 1
CR232.1 states:

(l) Weapons and explosives. No person while on postal property may
carry firearms, other dangerous or deadly weapons, or explosives, either
openly or concealed, or store the same on postal property, except for
official purposes.

Would pepper spray be considered a dangerous or deadly weapon? I know that the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives ruled that TASER devices are not considered firearms since they don't use explosives/flammable materials to shoot the projectiles, but instead compressed air. So they wouldn't be considered firearms on federal property even if you're in a state that has legal code that classifies them as firearms since it's on federal grounds, or would it? Post offices are a federal thing, not state? There have also been quite a few studies to show that air tasers are quite safe, so would they consider that as part of the dangerous or deadly statement, or are some people so paranoid that they wouldn't care and get you anyway?

 

[PointOneSeven]

I guess it's not carrying if it's locked up in the car. Then storage implies long term, getting your mail takes all of 3 minutes.



Pepper spray and tasers aren't designed to kill, I think it gets the OK.

 

[ThatsJon]

Guy with Questions,

Is your local post office in such a bad part of town you have to carry that pepper spray and taser in with you, in other words do you feel totally naked without some sort of protection for those 3 minutes going in, getting your mail and leaving?

I wish that was all I had to worry about!

 

[GuyWithQuestions]

Is your local post office in such a bad part of town you have to carry that pepper spray and taser in with you, in other words do you feel totally naked without some sort of protection for those 3 minutes going in, getting your mail and leaving?

I live in the Cache Valley area, Utah. The Logan metropolitan area was found to be the safest metropolitan area in the United States for 2007 (not the safest city but metropolitan area). Mission Viejo, CA was the safest city. Detroit, MI was the most dangerous city, and the Detroit and some other city next to it was the most dangerous metropolitan area for 2007. It's not so much that I'm scared. I just have heard that whatever your defensive strategy is, it's good to have it available 24/7 and to practice with it regularly. Like they say if you buy pepper spray and leave it in your house always or at the bottom of a back pack, then it's basically useless as defense. So I'm developing a mindset of having available with me my defensive strategies all the time and practicing with them.

And in answer to your question, yes I do feel naked. When going to bed, if I don't have my XD chambered within reach, and the same with my 2 oz pepper spray, air Taser, and fire extinguisher size bear pepper spray, I feel really weird. Not that I feel like something bad will happen, but it just feels awkward. I felt awkward this summer when I went to California to visit some relatives because I didn't bring my handgun. I made sure to put my pepper spray in with the check-in luggage, because TSA now allows you to if it's the proper size and I would have felt weird without it in California.

 

[Winchester 73]

Well,just drive into that P.O. parking lot,park and lock your piece in the glove compartment.I believe its legal.
Pick up mail,buy stamps,whatever.
In a thousand years nothing is ever going to happen unless your car is stolen.Odds are smaller than hitting the Lotto.
I've been doing it since 1965 and everything is still copacetic.
IANAL,but who cares?
Just do it.Stop worrying.Life is way too short.

 

[Thin Black Line]

And in answer to your question, yes I do feel naked. When going to bed, if I don't have my XD chambered within reach, and the same with my 2 oz pepper spray, air Taser, and fire extinguisher size bear pepper spray, I feel really weird.

Is there still room on your nightstand for the alarm clock?

 

[Pat-inCO]

Why do you use the forum to post something that says "I'm about to do something illegal, do you think I'll get in trouble if I'm caught?