Second Amendment Victory: Federal Court Overturns Post Office Gun Ban, Dealing Massive Blow to Liberal Agenda

By The Blogging Hounds A landmark decision out of Texas has just shattered another unconstitutional barrier to the Second Amendment. In a ruling that could reverberate nationwide, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas declared that prohibiting law-abiding citizens from carrying firearms in post offices is unconstitutional—a devastating blow to anti-gun radicals…

By The Blogging Hounds

A landmark decision out of Texas has just shattered another unconstitutional barrier to the Second Amendment. In a ruling that could reverberate nationwide, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas declared that prohibiting law-abiding citizens from carrying firearms in post offices is unconstitutional—a devastating blow to anti-gun radicals and the federal bureaucracy that has long treated “gun-free zones” as sacred ground.

Judge O’Connor Defends Constitutional Liberty
Chief U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor issued the opinion in Firearms Policy Coalition, Inc. et al. v. Bondi, finding that the federal ban on carrying firearms in postal facilities violates the Second Amendment rights of ordinary Americans. The plaintiffs—Firearms Policy Coalition, the Second Amendment Foundation, and two private citizens—argued that there was no historical or constitutional basis for such a restriction. The court agreed.
Judge O’Connor wrote that the law “is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment with respect to Plaintiffs’ (and their members) possession and carrying of firearms inside of an ordinary United States Post Office or the surrounding Post Office property.” The opinion dismantled the government’s argument by invoking the Supreme Court’s Bruen precedent, which requires that modern firearm restrictions be “sufficiently analogous to a well-established and representative historical analogue.” None existed.

No Historical Basis—No Constitutional Ban
The ruling exposes what many gun rights advocates have long said: the so-called “gun-free zone” model is not rooted in the Constitution or America’s founding principles.
Alan Gottlieb, founder of the Second Amendment Foundation, said there is “no historical analogue” for such a prohibition. Executive Director Adam Kraut emphasized that millions of Americans visit post offices every day, and they should not have to “choose between their rights and mailing a package.”
Brandon Combs of the Firearms Policy Coalition added that governments cannot “invent new so-called ‘gun-free zones’ whenever they please,” declaring the ruling a victory for “peaceable people” who simply want to exercise their constitutional rights without fear of prosecution.

The DOJ’s Retreat and the Nationwide Implications
This Texas ruling follows the Department of Justice’s quiet withdrawal of its appeal in a similar Florida case earlier this year, where another court also found the federal government failed to justify its postal gun ban. Together, these cases create a powerful precedent that could dismantle one of the last bastions of bureaucratic anti-gun policy. The momentum is clear: judges across the country are returning to the Founders’ intent, rejecting decades of unconstitutional overreach that treated law-abiding gun owners like potential criminals.

Gun-Free Zones: An Invitation to Violence
For decades, the Left has pushed the myth that banning guns in public spaces keeps people safe. In reality, such zones create targets, not safety. As countless tragedies have proven, criminals bent on destruction will not be stopped by a sign that says “No Firearms Allowed.” Those signs only ensure that law-abiding citizens are defenseless.
In contrast, the Founders understood that an armed citizenry is the backbone of liberty. As Thomas Jefferson noted, “No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.” This ruling restores a measure of that original freedom and sends a clear message to the gun control lobby: their power to define where and when Americans can exercise their rights is rapidly collapsing.

A Prophetic Moment for Freedom
From a prophetic perspective, the erosion of gun rights has long been tied to the rise of globalist control and state dependency. Disarming the public is always the first step toward tyranny. This court decision, coming amid an era of increasing federal surveillance, civil unrest, and technocratic control, represents a divine reprieve—a reaffirmation that liberty still has defenders within America’s judiciary.
But it also serves as a warning: the forces seeking to strip away constitutional freedoms will not stop. They will rebrand, refile, and reassert their power wherever they can. The victory in Texas is a call to vigilance—a reminder that eternal vigilance is still the price of liberty.

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