What has CHL done to me?

[maximus2161]

well when I was new to carrying I walked right into my post office to mail something while packing. As I am dropping the mail in the box it dawned on me and I was like 'oooooooh noooooo' and made a quick retreat.

[davidtx]

You know for some reason or another I thought even the parking lot was a no no at the post office. I suppose I am wrong. Happens frequently. I do need to get a safe foe the car. I usually don't even carry a bigger gun, but i just feel off without one in my back pocket.

There is a federal statute (somewhere in the CFR) against having firearms anywhere on post office property (low-level misdemeanor).

I won't carry into the building itself but the post office parking lot is one of the few places I adopt a "Don't ask, don't tell" philosophy. I put it in the glovebox before I get there and don't put it back in the holster until after I get to the next place I'm going. Nobody's the wiser

In a thread from a few months ago, this was discussed at length and somebody posted a letter from somebody in authority in the postal service. The letter essentially said that he didn't think that having a weapon in the parking lot was an issue. I may be mis-remembering this, but I don't think so.

At any rate, like you, I quit worrying about the parking lot. I used to worry about even driving through the lot to drop a letter in the outdoor box.