Florida Judge Rules Post Office Gun Ban Unconstitutional

Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle cites lack of historical precedent and Second Amendment rights in landmark ruling.

Florida federal judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle ruled a law prohibiting people from having firearms in post offices is unconstitutional.
The ruling was in response to an indictment where a postal worker, Emmanuel Ayala, was charged with possessing a gun illegally in a federal facility.
Ayala, who had a concealed weapons permit, carried a Smith & Wesson 9mm handgun for self-defense.
Mizelle cited the New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen case from June 2022, where the Supreme Court ruling recognized that the Second Amendment protects one's right to carry a handgun in public for self-defense.
Mizelle argued that since federal laws prohibiting firearms in government buildings were not created until 1964, and no laws concerning post offices until 1972, there is no historical practice that justifies the ban.